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Friday, Dec. 2, 2005, Sly Stallone made an appearance at the weigh-in for the Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins middleweight championship bout in Las Vegas. Sly interacted with fans and signed autographs. Sly will film some crowd scenes for Rocky Balboa during the fight card. – Craig
Stallone is filming scenes for ‘Rocky Balboa’ around the Hopkins-Taylor rematch.
The December 2, 2005, issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an article titled “Hollywood Pulls the Trigger” by Benjamin Svetkey which looks at how Hollywood deals with controversial subjects. Here’s what it says about Rambo:
Rambo: First Blood Part II [1985] Stallone‘s veiny mercenary drew both pride and scorn as the ultimate representation of the Reagan-era global machismo.
The November 25th issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an article rating the top 30 sports movie dvds and stars.
Sly Stallone, Rocky and Rocky III all earned top spots.
Here’s what they had to say:
4. Rocky [PG, 119 mins., 1976; MGM]
HERE’S WHY: Hard enough to take a 15-round beating from Apollo Creed [Carl Weathers], soft enough to give Adrian [Talia Shire] the bed the night before the big fight, the Philly southpaw is more character than most. With one shot to prove he’s not just another bum from the hood, Sylvester Stallone faces the champ and does the unthinkable, by Hollywood standards: He loses. But wins our hearts by going the distance [and remembering Adrian’s hat].
DID YOU KNOW? The Italian Stallion’s blow-by-blow of the bout weighed in at 32 pages. EXTRAS The 2001 special edition features commentaries detailing every decision made in the making of this Best Picture.
FINAL SCORE: We’d all like to eat lightning and crap thunder for Mickey [Burgess Meredith]. – Mandi Bierly
24. Rocky III [PG, 100 mins., 1982; MGM]
HERE’S WHY: Because it perfected the formula. Why have one nigh-invulnerable black heavyweight when you can have two? Why have one viscerally adrenalized fight when you can have three? The story of the Italian Stallion’s defeat at the hands of and subsequent victory over Clubber Lang – the only actually scary performance of Mr. T’s career – packs all the inspirational triumph you look for in a Rocky flick [and a touch of casual racism that you don’t], but Rocky III‘s true gift to sports cinema is the anatomically fetishized, borderline homoerotic training sequence. That, and “The Eye of the Tiger.”
EXTRAS: We pity the DVD fools who included nothing but a measly trailer. If we find them, our prediction for the encounter? Pain.
FINAL SCORE: Twenty notches below the first Rocky on our list, but the most fun installment in the whole series. – Marc Bernardin
SYLVESTER STALLONE Rocky [1976] Rocky Balboa may be an outclassed palooka, but he has the heart of a champ, a virtue that Stallone portrays so convincingly that he transformed his Philly underdog into an indellible and enduring pop-culture hero. [See #4]
– The pic above is different than the one with the article. – Craig
Milo Ventimiglia has signed to play Rocky’s adult son in ”Rocky Balboa.” Ventimiglia co-starred in The Gilmore Girls and The Bedford Diaries, both on the WB.
The soccer website Football.co.uk recently conducted a poll in which 4000 soccer fans picked their favorite soccer movie of all time.
As you probably guessed, Victory starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, and Pele scored the top spot.
The top 10 soccer movies are:
1. Victory (1981)
2. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
3. Fever Pitch (1997)
4. When Saturday Comes (1996)
5. Gregory’s Girl (1981)
6. Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
7. Mean Machine (2001)
8. The Football Factory (2004)
9. ID (1995)
10. Goal! (2005)
– Craig
Our POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly comes to us from the collection of Loghman Sheyda. – Craig
Garrison Taylor of BIG CROWD PRODUCTIONS got in touch with me because they are currently inviting individuals from across the country (and even the world) to attend one of three days of filming for Rocky Balboa in Las Vegas the first week of December 2005. The opportunity is to be a background audience spectator in the CLIMACTIC FIGHT SCENE that concludes this historic new film! Both individuals and large fundraising groups may sign up for this on their website at BeInAMovie.com.
How cool is that? SZoner, Chris Murphy is going. Maybe other SZoners will as well. It’s a great opportunity
and I truly hope that a bunch of you can make the trip.
Click HERE to find out more details. And please remember that I and other SZoners would love to see
pictures and read your reports if you do get to go!
– Craig
Long time SZoner,
Randy Rousseau and entertainment reporter, Joe Hipperson “Hipp on Entertainment” both sent in pics of the Rambo IV teaser which appeared in trade magazines to announce Rambo IV.
Thanks guys!
Our POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly comes to us from the collection of Loghman Sheyda. – Craig
Our POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly comes to us from the collection of Loghman Sheyda.
– Craig