On June 27, 2013, Alexandra Mondalek listed Rocky by Sylvester Stallone as one of 10 Huge Breakthroughs that Came from All-Nighters in her piece for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Here’s what she had to say about Rocky…
Stallone and his wife wrote the script to the first “Rocky” movie in three and a half days, reportedly working day-in and day-out as Stallone wrote and wife, Sasha, typed. Stallone’s work wasn’t deadline-motivated but instead motivated by the intrinsic drive to produce something great.
Stallone describes the process in The Official Rocky Scrapbook:
“There was heat. I knew that the time was now and that the quicker I got it out, the quicker it was going to be sold.”
Source: Eric Epstein