Devastated by his recent personal setbacks, Peter lost his web-producing and wall-climbing powers and decided to make a personal choice (while having a vision of his final conversation with Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson)): "I want a life of my own."A wealthy, lonely, land-owning, raw-boned farmer (Shepard in his acting debut) of the Great Plains falls in love with the girlfriend (Adams) of a hot-headed wheat-field worker (Gere), who is masquerading as the field hand""s sister.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The second sequel in the original five film series.This was the firstRockypicture to begin with Rocky as the champion.With a production budget of $12.5 million, and box-office gross receipts of $124 million (domestic).With one Academy Awards nomination: Best Original Song (the popular Survivor smash-hit "Eye of the Tiger," the film""s theme song).At first, he dying Beth reassures her older sister Jo:I""m not afraid anymore! I""m learning that I don""t lose you, that you""ll be more to me than ever, and NOTHING can part us, though it seems to.Although she considered Breedlove "arrogant, self-centered, and yes, a somewhat entertaining man," she phoned him up and invited him to her bedroom one evening soon after to look at a Renoir painting as a pretext for sex (after fifteen years of celibacy): "I""m inviting you to come over and look at my Renoir.