Film & Cinema · Friday, November 13, 2026

I Play Rocky

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I Play Rocky is a biographical drama directed by Peter Farrelly, shown as a Hawaiʻi premiere in the Panorama section of the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF46). It dramatizes the story of an unknown Sylvester Stallone, played by Anthony Ippolito, who wrote the screenplay for Rocky and refused to give up the lead role while studios resisted. The cast also includes Matt Dillon, AnnaSophia Robb and Tracy Letts. The film runs 128 minutes and is in English. HIFF prints no rating or subtitle details. It suits teens and adults who enjoy movie-making stories and sports dramas. This screening is not on Oʻahu. It plays at The Palace Theater, 38 Haili Street, Hilo, on Hawaiʻi Island, on November 13 at 8:00 PM. HIFF says tickets for most neighbor island screenings are sold through the venue's own site, hilopalace.com, and individual ticket prices are not printed on HIFF's page. The same evening at The Palace Theater, the calendar lists Ea (Sovereign) at 6:00 PM. For Oʻahu moviegoers, HIFF's box office page also lists an earlier I Play Rocky screening at Consolidated Theatres Kahala on October 30 at 6:00 PM, which is not currently on this calendar.

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