'I Play Rocky' is an 'anti-money movie,' says its director. Just like the original

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Set us as preferred In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, director Peter Farrelly, writer Peter Gamble and the cast of “I Play Rocky” share stories from re-creating one of the greatest films of all time live at AFI Fest.Kelvin Washington: Hello and welcome to the latest episode of The Envelope.

Kelvin Washington [here with] Yvonne Villarreal [and] Mark Olsen as usual.And listen, Oscar season is upon us.

Football season is — I’m looking at you, [Yvonne] — football season is upon us, which means a lot of people play fantasy football.It’s the reason why a lot [of] work is not getting done at offices.

For Oscar season, give me your pick.You know, if I have No.

1 fantasy pick, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the biggest, but maybe it’s of value.Like, this is a sleeper that can gain a lot of respect.

Or maybe you wanna go with an obvious pick as well.But just the film that you’re saying, “I’m telling you, I got a lot riding on this one.” Either of you can set it off.

Mark, maybe if you got one, you wanna go?Mark Olsen: I’ll say, I think a movie that I think probably is going to have strong support across the board is “The Invite,” which came out over the summer.It’s the kind of movie that in some ways could be easily forgotten in awards season.

But I think there’s enough enthusiasm for it and also the team behind it.Olivia Wilde, the director and star of the movie, she’s shooting another movie in London right now, but she has been as strong of a presence at screenings in New York and Los Angeles as people who, as far as I know, are not also shooting in the movie in another country right now.

And also I think it’s the kind of movie that has the possibility of very broad support: actor, actress, supporting, the crafts categories, screenplay, cinematography, editing.I just thi...