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On September 13, 2009, Yahoo News posted several photos of Sly from The Venice Film Festival. Here are photos of Sly that they ran.
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone poses during a photocall before he is presented with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award during the 66th Venice Film Festival September 12, 2009. [REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi]
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
On September 13, 2009, The Herald-Dispatch.com posted several photos from The Venice Film Festival. Here are photos of Sly that they ran along with their commentary.
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone poses at the photo call for the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone poses at the photo call for the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.
(AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone arrives for the closing ceremony at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
You can see all of the Herald-Dispatch photos by clicking here.
On September 12, 2009, the DailyMail.uk posted some photos of Sly at the Venice Film Festival in a piece titled: Sly Stallone Raises Eyebrows… The piece says that although Sly wanted to look his best since he was the first American to receive the Jaeger-Lecoultre Glory To The Filmmaker award, perhaps he went about overboard.
Take a look at the photos and the piece and you can judge for yourself. Sounds to me, like the author of the piece wanted to see Rambo, but got Sly instead.
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone is flanked by actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta during the closing ceremony of the 66th Venice Film Festival September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone makes a speech during the closing ceremony of the 66th Venice Film Festival September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
WorldTempus.com posted a piece about Sly being awarded the “Jaeger- LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award” on September 12, 2009, during the closing ceremony of the 66th Venice International Film Festival. Here’s a bit of what it says:
…the prize is intended to celebrate Sylvester Stallone’s stature as a filmmaker. Ever since the visionary opening sequence of his first film as a writer and director, “Paradise Alley” –a chase across the rooftops of New York City in the 1940s– Stallone has shown an original eye and an auteur’s determination
“Being honored at the Venice Film Festival – says Sylvester Stallone – is something I have always hoped would become a reality and now that it’s actually happened it’s been well worth the wait”.
During the presentation of the award, there will be a world-premiere screening of some sequences from the new film written by, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables, with Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, and Mickey Rourke. “The Expendables – explains Stallone – is a story of heroism and the price that people pay to save others. It’s a great deal of action and human comedy as well”.
In addition, at 11 p.m. in the Sala Grande – with the support of Jaeger-LeCoultre – there will be a screening of Rambo – Director’s Cut by Sylvester Stallone, about which the director also says: “I’m very happy because I wish the director’s cut had been the actual cut. The problem with releasing a film is when you revisit it a year or some later you see all the wasted possibilities that you didn’t pay attention to the first time because of a rushed schedule. The new one has a great deal more heart to go along with the physicality of the film.”
To read the whole article click here. [“Rambo – Director’s Cut” is music to my ears.]
Here’s another article on Sly’s Award.
“Rocky Balboa” made the list of the TOP 15 FILMS of the NEW MILLENNIUM over at the Big Hollwood site. Here’s what they had to say about “Rocky Balboa”:
“Rocky Balboa” might not be better written, photographed or acted than any number of films not on this list, but I’m going to watch it a helluva lot more, that’s for sure. Who would have ever thought writer/director Sylvester Stallone could pull this off? But he did. And I love it more each time I see it.
I couldn’t agree more. You can see the entire list by clicking here.
On September 12, 2009, Sylvester Stallone will be honored at the 66th Annual Venice International Film Festival when he will receive the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award. The awards ceremony will include the world premiere of scenes from “The Expendables.”
The Venice Film Festival opens September 2nd and will be headed by director Ang Lee who is joined by Sandrine Bonnaire [French actress], Liliana Cavani [Italian director], Joe Dante [American director], Anurag Kashyap [Indian director] and Luciano Ligabue [Italian film-maker].
You can read more about the Venice Film Festival and Sly’s award at:
On July 26, 2009, Nathan Dominitz of Savanah Now.com posted his All Time Top Ten Favorite Sports Movies. “Rocky” came in 3rd and here’s what he had to say:
3. Rocky (1976)
Hero: Boxer Robert “Rocky” Balboa (Sylvester Stallone)
Plot: Balboa, a palooka fighter/inept loanshark muscle, has few career options until heavyweight champ Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) needs a hand-picked tomato can for a Philadelphia bout. Enter the Italian Stallion to prove that underdogs, through earnest training and guts, can go toe-to-toe with superior talent, speed, experience and size. It’s often forgotten by politicians and the like adopting the underdog “Rocky” persona that he lost (by 15-round split decision) in the original. Oscars went to “Rocky” in 1977 for best picture and director.
Quotable: “Yo, Adrian!” “Cut me, Mick.” Anything uttered by Balboa’s crusty trainer, Mickey Goldmill.
Backstory: The story goes that Stallone, a broke actor/screenwriter, sold his screenplay for $350,000, contingent that he star as Balboa. He did, but made scale as the lead actor and nothing more for writing. Studio United Artists wanted a big name (Burt Reynolds? Robert Redford?) but was contractually stuck with Stallone. The rest, including numerous sequels, is cinematic history.
You can read the complete list by clicking here.
Larry Phillips of the Mansfield News-Journal.com posted his all-time favorite sports films. “Rocky” came in third and here’s what he had to say:
3. Rocky (1976)
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire. Supposedly, Stallone was inspired to write this picture after watching a 1975 fight in Cleveland when Muhammad Ali struggled to put away Chuck Wepner. Rocky Balboa is the quintessential palooka, a southpaw with a Philly left hook as his only weapon against the world. The brilliance of this film, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, is captured in the final seconds. One has to listen closely to discover who won the big fight. Of course by that time we all know a winner isn’t judged by a scorecard.
Beliefnet.com lists “Ten Military Movies to Celebrate Memorial Day” and “First Blood” makes the cut. Here’s what they had to say:
“First Blood” (1982): This movie featured no war footage and, in fact, was set entirely in a little Northwest town. But it told the tale of Vietnam vets after they came home and illustrated the unfairly rough journey so many of them had to face. And Sly Stallone was both believable and restrained as a war hero who won sympathy for a generation of those who lived his on-screen fate.
Click here to see the full list.