It's not a bit of brilliant, new, 21st-century insight that movies are in the business of selling dreams made to seem real. The perspective is as old as cinema itself, and sometimes, the more outlandish the dream and the more outrageous the film version of reality; the better the results.

But once in a while a film comes along that turns the idea upside down or inside out. The movie itself makes an impossible dream become an incredible reality. By any measure, "Rocky" is a champion in that field. It is the first of 17 movies for 2017, showing at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21, at downtown Hoquiam's 7th St. Theatre.

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