Andy Warhol′s Screen Tests were filmed from early 1964 to November 1966. Factory visitors who had potential "star" quality would be seated in front of a tripod mounted camera, asked to be as still as possible, and told not to blink while the camera was running. Warhol manipulated light and shadow in increasingly inventive ways to capture the appearance, style, personality, and mood of both famous and lesser-known visitors to his studio, the Factory. His subjects included Dennis Hopper, Gerard Malanga, Edie Sedgwick, Susan Sontag, and Salvador Dalí. Although each film was shot at standard sound speed, or twenty-four frames per second, Warhol specified that prints be projected at a slower speed of sixteen frames per second, a rate used in the projection of silent films. The result is an unusual fluidity of pace, a rhythm gently at odds with the starkness of the lighting and the boldness of the close-ups of face and hair.In total more than 500 Screen Tests were made. Helmut was the seventh.
洛基?巴尔博厄(西尔维斯特?史泰龙 Sylvester Stallone 饰)是费城的过气拳击手。他空有拳击热忱,却只混杂于三流拳击赛中。一天,他对售货员艾黛丽安(塔里亚?希雷Talia Shire 饰)一见倾心,虽然这个姑娘长相一般,性格内向,却毫不阻碍洛奇对她爱得炽热。爱情得意,事业也开始一路畅通。为了庆祝美国建国200周年,当地举办了一个拳击比赛,胜出者将获得15万美元的高额奖金。美国一个拳击巨星在比赛中受了伤,主办方选中了洛奇去上演一场“灰姑娘”式的比赛,大敌当前的同时,也是洛奇事业转机、大显身手的良机。洛奇在赛场上苦撑15回合,在面肿血流之际,会不会有奇迹的发生?