In the electrifying conclusion (real or hallucinatory?), she watched in horror as the wind kept exposing his face and hand.In one of the film""s central scenes, she approached the two men awaiting her and sitting on her couch.Mac shouts a warning about "dames" o backward, egg-headed Charlie who hasn""t dodged city traffic or women in a long time.The entireRockyseries was the most successful sports movie franchise of all-time.With ten Academy Awards Oscar nominations and three wins: Best Picture (win), Best Director (John Avildsen) (win), and Best Film Editing (win), also Best Actor (Sylvester Stallone), Best Actress (Talia Shire), Best Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith), Best Supporting Actor (Burt Young), Best Original Screenplay (Stallone), Best Song ("Gonna Fly Now"), and Best Sound.Norwood snapped back: "Poor-white is poor-white, and books won""t change him." Marvin burst in, interrupted the Norwood family at dinner, told Mr.Norwood hat his father was dead, and summoned him to help.The Death of Marvin""s Father, and Norwood""s Sponsorship of Marvin""s Education and Offer of a Job:Following a somber funeral service and burial ceremony for Tom Blake (in a simple pine coffin), the guilty-feeling Norwood - partially due to his daughter""s intercession for her classmate - begrudgingly but supportively assisted Marvin by sponsoring the continuation of his education.