" However, there were doubts that two-time heavyweight ex-champion Rocky at his advanced age could compete - it was risky, he had "virtually no chance," and he was labeled ""Balboasaurus"" by the press for participating in the circus-type event.Actor/director Sydney Pollack""s ultimate choice as the director of he comedy was a new genre for him, since his previous films were mostly serious dramas, includingThey Shoot Horses, Don""t They? (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Yakuza (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Bobby Deerfield (1977), The Electric Horseman (1979),andAbsence of Malice (1981).The group of German school boys enthusiastically cheer and volunteer to enlist for service in World War I.[Speaking in a foreign language, she is appreciative that she has been given a new virginal dress, but Gittes is ready to falsely assume that the couple are having a clandestine, adulterous affair.Phelps was able to disengage the line connecting the helicopter to the back of the train, and grasped onto the helicopter""s right landing skid.