AceShowbiz - I Play Rocky, directed by Academy Award winner Peter Farrelly, held a special New York screening on Wednesday, November 4 at the SVA Theatre, drawing a crowd of cast members and filmmakers for a celebratory evening in the Big Apple.

The film stars Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, Toby Kebbell, P.J. Byrne, Jay Duplass and Kiki Seto, featuring Matt Dillon with Stephan James and Tracy Letts. The screening was attended by Ippolito, Robb, James, Letts, Dillon, Byrne, Kebbell and Emmerich.

Filmmakers on hand for the evening included director Farrelly, writer Peter Gamble, and producers Christian Baha and Michele Weiss. The film is produced by Toby Emmerich, p.g.a., Baha, p.g.a., Farrelly, p.g.a., Paul Currie and Weiss.

Amazon MGM Studios presents I Play Rocky, which is rated PG-13 for strong language, brief sexual material, and smoking. The film opens in select Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia theaters on Friday, November 6, and everywhere on November 20.

The film tells an electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky — he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds. The result is the ultimate underdog story behind the ultimate underdog movie.

The New York screening served as a showcase for the film ahead of its limited release. Farrelly, who won an Academy Award for Green Book, directs from a screenplay by Gamble.