Late in the year 2005, 60-ish year-old, puffy, battered Rocky awoke at 5am, a widower (a picture of deceased Adrian (Talia Shire) was on his nightstand), living by himself in a very modest South Philadelphia house, with his two turtles Cuff and Link.FIFTEEN YEARS LATER.Two sanitarium staff members, about-to-retire ex-con Ismael Cruz (Danny Trejo) and smart-mouthed Jack Kendall moved he hulking, 6"" 8" tall, long-haired patient Michael (Tyler Mane) from his cell, now with hand-made masks covering the walls, to speak to his psychiatrist.Two long-time acquaintances Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) grapple with this question over a 12-year period (beginning in the spring of 1977), as their relationship grows and matures.Good day." He walks along the cars - joined by the intimidated clerk and sergeant, urgently calling out Stern""s name, as the locomotive begins to move and pick up speed.He came from a wealthy and well-connected family, but was eager to prove himself on his own.He chose to neglect introducing his demanding and overprotective mother (Katharine Warren) at his graduation to his girlfriend - nightclub singer May Wynn (May Wynn, originally Donna Lee Hickey), fearing her disapproval of her lower class status.