Author: Craig

Sly Fan Art

Craig / / 2008, Fan Art
Craig,

This portrait is an oil on canvas, 48″ x 48″. It was motivated by my seeing an interview with Sly on TV, in which he lamented the fact that people only related him to his screen action personna, and he mentioned things about himself that most fans are unaware of, so…..I decided to create an image of him surrounded by those things that are important to his life, specifically: he’s a writer and there are actual pages from the first Rocky script as a collage; books emphasizing that he is an avid reader of important literature; the easel, an artist; and of course, his action persona images. I am incidentally a custom oil portraitist who likes to change gears occasionally.
Allan Dordick
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Thanks for sharing your talent! – Craig

Hervé Attia’s First Blood

Craig / / 2008, First Blood, Sly Fan

Dear Mr Zablo,

My name is Herve Attia. I’ve always been a big fan of First Blood movie since it came out in 1982. So, last month, I went to Hope, Canada, visiting the First Blood filming locations which includes Othello/Coquihalla Provincial park, Lake Pitt river (Coquitlam)…

I made a movie which is composed of two parts posted on YouTube.
Part1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7pMuaku1o
Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7pMuaku1o

If you like the movie…and think it deserves an entry/post in your web site, don’t ask me the permission 🙂 it would be an honor! I’ve always been a big fan of stallonezone.com.

PS: I had the great privilege having Mr Andrew Laszlo (director of photography) watching the movie. He really enjoyed it. This was definitely my best reward. 🙂 Sincerely, -Hervé Attia

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Herve has created a beautiful, creative video love letter to “First Blood.” Thanks to Herve for sharing his talents with us. I hope that we get to see more! – Craig


Sly is Banned in Burma

Craig / / 2008, Rambo

Hey Craig,

My name is Brittany Harrison, and I was just browsing around your fan page which is awesome – I’m a huge Sylvester fan, too! What’s awesome that you already know about his involvement in the Burma: It Can’t Wait campaign, as I can see from your postings. I work for a website called Fanista and we’ve just launched the campaign with the US Campaign for Burma and the Human Rights Action Center.

In case you don’t know much about the campaign, Sylvester and other celebrities have graciously done REALLY amazing short film spots for us to speak out against the atrocities enforced by the Burmese military junta (70,000 child soldiers, 2x more villages burned than in Darfur, torture and massacre of monks, systematic rape – and that was before the most recent crime of denying aid to desperate victims of the Myanmar cyclone, resulting in 100,000 deaths). We came up with the idea to get 30 celebrities to be in 30 short films rolling out over the month of May.

Please spread [warning — graphic content!] this video as far and wide as you can. I think this is a great performance by Sylvester.

Thank you so much! Brittany

Rocky II Tribute

Craig / / 2008, Rocky 2, Sly Fan
Jeremy Richey runs a bunch of 70’s-related sites [one of my favorite decades!] and this week he offers a “Rocky II” tribute with cool photos, wallpapers, and more. It’s definitely worth a look HERE! – Craig

Sly Watches

Craig / / 2008
Actor Sylvester Stallone watches the San Antonio Spurs play against the Los Angeles Lakers in the second half in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference basketball finals, Friday, May 23, 2008 in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 101-71.
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Sly Waves

Craig / / 2008
Actor Sylvester Stallone sits courtside as he watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the San Antonio Spurs during Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference final basketball playoff series in Los Angeles, May 23, 2008.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES)