Screenwriter Peter Gamble joins the 49th Denver Film Festival to present the dream that became history.
by Melodie Miller | November 2, 2026
Anthony Ippolito, as Sylvester Stallone, celebrates during a training run through Philadelphia in a scene from “I Play Rocky.” (Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios, Baha Productions and Fireside Films)
The studio executives wanted the “Rocky” script, but not the unknown actor who wrote it, Sylvester Stallone. They wanted a star. They didn’t realize they were looking at one.
“I Play Rocky,” directed by Peter Farrelly and written by Peter Gamble, stars Anthony Ippolito as Stallone, who gives an award-worthy performance as Gamble’s words jump off the page.
Chris Rosen of The Ankler interviews Peter Gamble at the Tattered Cover in Denver. (Melodie Miller / CU Independent)
Melodie Miller spoke with Gamble on the 49th Denver Film Festival red carpet and at the Tattered Cover in Denver about his journey of turning a dream into reality.
Read the full story by Melodie Miller in the CU Independent.
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