00:00The food was running low.
00:01He couldn't afford to feed his own dog.
00:04So he walked him to a convenience store
00:07and sold him to a man for just $40.
00:10He hesitated before handing over the leash.
00:13You see, he was really broken.
00:15And he was trying to sell a movie script
00:18that he believed in,
00:19But nobody wanted it.
00:21But then the script finally sold
00:24and Rocky was going into production.
00:26So he tracked down the new owners of the dog
00:30and begged to buy him back.
00:32But they demanded thousands of dollars to return him.
00:36And the dog he'd sold for $40
00:38became part of the film that made him famous.
