What was the name of Philly Boy Roy's movie?

[yesno]

?

[masterofsparks]

You mean Rambocky?

[Sam]

Or, if I have the names right, "Philly Fever" / "Phanatical Daze" / "Philly Pride" (was it tentatively "Philly Nites" as well?)?

[yesno]

The first movie, which I believe Sam has identified.  I didn't remember those different names.

[emma]

WaWa Records and Filmed Entertainment also (briefly?) held the rights to How To Fix A Broken Hearth, but I believe Roy Jr. is still working on the screenplay.

[DoodleJump!]

Emma- *gasp* look at your post count!!

Oh, and Sam- I thought it was Phanatical Dayze? It's probably my imagination, so disregard if I'm wrong.

[yesno]

[Steve in North Hollywood]

Wasn't there also one called "Philly is Phryin'?"  (pronounced froi-in)

[Omar]

While the FOTpedia is totally f'd, I dug this up via the Google cache:

Philly Fever is a screenplay written and produced by "Philly Boy" Roy Ziegler. The film was to be co-directed by Ziegler and Robert Hazard. The name of the film was changed to Philly Pride several weeks after Ziegler announced Philly Fever on the May 14, 2002 edition of The Best Show on WFMU.

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SPOILER warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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Plot and Cast

The Phillie Fanatic gets kidnapped by "goons from New Jersey." A team of prominent Philadelphians form a rescue team to help find him.

This team consists of:

Former Philadelphia 76er, Julius Erving ("Dr. J")
Former Phillies third baseman, Mike Schmidt
Former Philadelphia mayor, Wilson Goode
John Oates, from Hall and Oates
The Hooters
Former Phillies left-fielder, Greg "The Bull" Luzinski
Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, Ron Jaworski
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff (founders of "Philly Soul" record label, Philadelphia International Records)
Benjamin Franklin also travels forwards in time to help the team in its rescue efforts.
The villains responsible for the kidnapping are played by O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake.

At the end of the film, a rocketship transports all the citizens of Philadelphia to a new planet, after New Jersey gets "blown up."

There is a cameo appearance in Philly Fever by Sylvester Stallone, who, after drinking some bad tap water in New Jersey, has a hallucination which causes him to run to the Spectrum arena in Philadelphia, where the bronze statue of Rocky Balboa seen in Rocky III is installed. Stallone then proceeds to fight the statue.

Soundtrack

The motion picture soundtrack to Philly Fever contains many unique artist collaborations, including:

The O'Jays and Cinderella
Robert Hazard and Teddy Pendergrass
The Hooters and Zubin Mehta
Ashford & Simpson with The Dead Milkmen

Trivia

M. Night Shyamalan was originally cast to play one of the members of the rescue team, but was later dropped from the role after Ziegler loitered outside of Shyamalan's house in Philadelphia, waiting for him to come out so that he could ask if he wanted to be in the film. However, Shyamalan never appeared, most likely because he was in Hollywood at the time.

[samir]

Wasn't there also one called "Philly is Phryin'?"  (pronounced froi-in)

That was "the one that got away", you dope. Also, it was a mini-series, nice and classy.

[Steve in North Hollywood]

That was "the one that got away", you dope.

Oh, no youse didn't!

[Steve of Bloomington]

'You'll like hell. It's a lot like New Jersey!'

[Jixby Phillips]

It was called PHILLY BOY ROY SAVES THE DAY and the tagline was "PHILLY BOY ROYS FIRST MOVIE WHERE HE SAVES THE DAY"

You're welcome!

[Jake from Memphis]

There was also the television show on the shout network called "Gangs of Philly" written and starring PBR.

[Steve in North Hollywood]

Wasn't one of the gangs named "Nem Dead Rabbits?"