Category: Celebs

Sly and Bruce Willis @ Premiere

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

Actors Sylvester Stallone (R) and Bruce Willis attend the premiere of the HBO documentary “His Way”, which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub, at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011

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Sly Greets Matt Damon

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

Actor Sylvester Stallone (L) greets actor Matt Damon at the premiere of HBO documentary “His Way,” which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub, at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011.

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Sly Attends Premiere

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

Actor Sylvester Stallone poses at the premiere of the HBO documentary “His Way”, which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011

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Dolph Talks Expendables & More

Craig / / 2011, Celebs, Expendables, Expendables 2, Rocky 4

On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, Jason Rugaard at Movie Mavericks posted an interview with Dolph Lundgren who happened to mention Sly a few times.  Here are a couple of tidbits:

  • Physically ‘Rocky IV’ was very special. We didn’t use any doubles, there was no CGI, and you couldn’t augment anything. We just had to be in great shape, and both Sly [Stallone] and I were…  I enjoyed ‘The Expendables’ too, even though I didn’t take my shirt off, I had to bulk up a bit because I was surrounded by guys like ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and a few boys that aren’t exactly small. In cinema today there aren’t that many big guys around, but in that film we had a bunch.
  • J: Recently some footage surfaced of you and Stallone in Mexico. Internet speculation was that you were location scouting for ‘Expendables 2′. Can you comment on this? 

    DL: Ya, we were scouting a couple of locations, but I don’t think it will be shot there for whatever reasons. Though It will be filmed on multiple locations in France, China, and Ukraine. I’m not 100% sure when it will happen because Stallone is doing a couple of movies and I have a few other movies, but I’ll find out in the next couple of weeks.

  • I have always been grateful towards Stallone for giving me my shot in ‘Rocky IV’, and then again in ‘The Expendables’. Anytime he wanted to use footage of Ivan Drago, that was fine with me.
  • J: In early drafts of ‘The Expendables’ script your character was a clear-cut drug addict and psychopath. Was it a conscious decision to scale the character back? 

    DL: The original drafts were good, my character was a loose cannon a little more out there, but I think Stallone made the right decision by pulling him back a little. Some of it was cut out before it was shot, you kind of understood that he maybe had problems with drugs, but you weren’t sure. You never saw the guy use in the movie, I think that it made him easier to forgive. In the long term, I think it was a good choice.

You can read the full piece here.  Thanks to Jason Rugaard the great interview and heads-up! – Craig

 

 

 

Arnold Presents Sly’s Award

Craig / / 2011, Celebs, Honors

In this image provided by the International Cinematographers Guild, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, presents actor Sylvester Stallone with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 48th Annual ICG Publicist Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel Friday Feb. 25, 2011 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/ICG, Craig T. Mathew)

Brian Tyler: “Rambo” & “The Expendables”

Craig / / 2011, Celebs, Expendables, Rambo

Moviehole recently interviewed Brian Tyler [pictured above with Sly], the composer behind the scores for “Rambo” and “The Expendables.”   Tyler is currently composing music for “Fast Five” and “Battle for LA” but took time out for the interview.  Here’s what he had to say about working with Sly:

  • Jonathon Urban: After a 20 year absence, Sylvester Stallone brought back one of his two iconic characters, John Rambo, in 2008’s “Rambo.” For over 25 years, Jerry Goldsmith’s name was synonymous with the epic scores for “First Blood”, “Rambo: First Blood Part II” and “Rambo III.” What was it like stepping into such a beloved franchise that also had such a well-known score?

    BT: Daunting! I wanted to honor the Jerry Goldsmith scores and incorporate those great themes into my overall tapestry which had new themes as well. Rambo is now older and wiser and that evolution needed to be reflected in the score.

    JU: There’s clearly a “hero theme” and not per se a “love theme,” but one that is clearly for the character of ‘Sarah.’ How did you come up with these?

    BT: Well the themes for “Rambo” took awhile to come up with. Hmm. I think I sat down at the piano and just went for it!

    JU: There are several classic Goldsmith cues that meld very nicely with your original work. Was there ever any challenge on working in the Goldsmith cues into your original pieces?

    BT: Well I wrote my themes to be compatible with Jerry’s themes. They worked together by design. My biggest challenge was composing next to a giant’s shadow.

    JU: And like you have done with several other directors, you scored your second film with Stallone, “The Expendables.” Before I ask you about “The Expendables”, it has to be a good feeling working again with a director you have worked with before. Do you feel that you and the director’s chemistry gets better with each film and that you’re able to compose a score that encompasses the director’s vision even more so?

    BT: There are a number of directors that I have worked with a number of times. Bill Paxton, Sylvester Stallone, Jonathan Liebesman, William Friedkin, Justin Lin, George Gallo, Greg Yaitanes, and others. It is always great to grow closer with a creative collaborator.

    JU: Okay, “The Expendables”, which was the macho movie of all macho movies. Were you Sly’s first choice to score the movie?

    BT: I was indeed. At least I was told that. (Laughing.)

To read the whole interview, click here.

Sly & Irwin Winkler

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

Actor Sylvester Stallone (L) poses with Irwin Winkler, executive producer of the new film ‘The Mechanic,’ as they arrive at the film’s premiere in Hollywood, California January 25, 2011. Winkler produced Stallone’s 1976 film ‘Rocky.    REUTERS/Fred Prouser

A Lunch Visit with Sly and Arnold!

Craig / / 2011, Celebs, Sly Fan

SZoner, Jonathon Becker did it again…

Hi Craig… Here we are again, this time a lunch visit at Cafe Roma in Beverly Hills on January 15th, 2011 (Saturday) with the Gov.. You are Welcome to post to the entire album including the autograph I am holding up near Sly’s NEW CAR- A DECKED OUT VIPER!!

Thanks to Jonathon for sharing. You can see all of the photos at his Facebook page. – Craig