I’m not sure who Six Ice Cubes is, but he/she sure makes some amazing custom figures! Thanks to Didier for the heads-up. – Craig
Category: Rocky 5
The 12 Craziest Character Names Created by Sylvester Stallone
On July 6, 2014, Entertainment Tonight recognized Sly’s birthday and posted The 12 Craziest Character Names Created by Sylvester Stallone.
The Top Ten Sylvester Stallone Movies
On July 5, 2014, The Celebrity Cafe, posted their choices for The Top Ten Sylvester Stallone Movies. Click over for full details, but for the record their choices were…- Rocky
- Assassins
- Demolition Man
- The Expendables
- Rocky IV
- Rocky V
- Rocky Balboa
- Grudge Match
- Oscar
- Expendables 2
It’s their list, but how could you not include at least one of the Rambo movies or Cop Land or Nighthawks… and Rocky didn’t make the cut??
Rocky and Rambo PodCasts
Earlier this week, I received the following e-mail:
Hi Mr. Zablo,I’m Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Producer of the Sequelcast, a podcast looking at movie franchises. I’d thought you and your StalloneZone readers would be interested in checking out the podcasts we did of the Rocky films this past month. We also covered the Rambo films a few years ago. The podcasts might contain brief moments of explicit language.Here are the links:ROCKY III (Guest Paul Goebel of Beat The Geeks): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast170.mp3ROCKY IV (Guest Eric Lichtenfeld of The Ultimate Stallone Reader): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast171.mp3ROCKY V (Guest Ryan Hoss of the Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast172.mp3ROCKY BALBOA (Guest West Anthony of The Auteurcast): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast173.mp3FIRST BLOOD (Guest David Morrell [author of the original First Blood novel]): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast31.mp3RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II: http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast32.mp3RAMBO (Guest Eric Lichtenfeld [author of Action Speaks Louder]): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast34.mp3Keep up the good work with StalloneZone. The Expendables 3 looks to have a mightier cast than the second. I’m just wondering where Barney’s goatee went in all the promo shots for the film.Thanks,Mat Bradley-Tschirgi
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Thanks Mat for the kind words and the links to the Stallone-related podcasts! – Craig
Crowining Mr. Sports Movies
On April 9, 2014, Yahoo! Movies took a look at which actor had played the most sports roles in their piece Crowining Mr. Sports Movies by Brian Enk.
Had they counted each Rocky movie individually (as I think they should have) then Sly would have easily come in first. At any rate, here’s what the said about him…
—Sylvester Stallone: If we were to tally sports movies as a whole, including sequels, the Italian Stallion would be our champ, with six entries as boxer Rocky Balboa in the “Rocky” movies. Sly’s other sports movie credits include “Death Race 2000” (1975), in which he played deadly cross country racer Machine Gun Joe Viterbo; “Paradise Alley” (1978), in which he played Cosmo Corboni, one of three brothers trying to play the wrestling game in 1940s NYC; “Victory” (1981), in which he played a soccer goalie for the Allied forces as they face off against a German team at a WWII prison camp; “Over the Top” (1986), the greatest arm-wrestling movie ever made; “Driven” (2001), in which he plays former CART champion and car racing mentor Joe Tanto; and “Grudge Match” (2013), in which he plays former boxing champ Henry “Razor” Sharp.
John G. Alvidsen: “Rocky” and “Rocky V”
- Crave Online recently posted an exclusive interview with Rocky and Rocky V director John G. Alvidsen who talked about his experiences making both movies.
- ItemOnline profiles John Alvidsen and his work with Sly.
- The Morning Call: John Alvidsen and the Longevity of Rocky
Every “Rocky” Movie Deconstructed
On December 11, 2013, FastCoDesign posted The Plot of Every Rocky Movie Deconstructed by Mark Wilson.
Once you’ve read Wilson’s piece you should click over to Rocky Morphology. Rocky Morphology is a very cool interactive site that allows you to slide along a timeline and see stills from each of the Rocky movies and what category it was in at the time. – Craig
Sylvester Stallone: 5 Awesome Performances and 5 That Sucked.
On February 1, 2013, WhatCulture! posted Sylvester Stallone: 5 Awesome Performances and 5 That Sucked.
- According to WhatCulture! 5 that were Awesome: Rambo [First Blood and sequels], John Spartan [Demolition Man], Gabe Walker [Cliffhanger], Freddy Heflin [Cop Land], and Rocky Balboa [Rocky and sequels].
- Their Choices for Not-So-Awesome: Judge Dredd [same name], Ray Quick [The Specialist], Marion Cobretti [Cobra], Jack Carter [Get Carter], and Joe Bomoski [Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!].
To Awesome I would delete Spartan and Walker to make room for Jack Carter and Deke Dasilva [Nighthawks]. To Not-So-Awesome I would delete Carter and add Nick from Rhinestone. – Craig
Rare “Over the Top” Movie Posters & More
Those rarely seen movie posters for Over the Top appeared in the article, Movie Poster Rejects You’ve Never Seen, posted on May 22, 2012, posted at the San Diego Reader. They also have a smaller Rocky 5 poster posted that I like better than the one used for the movie’s release.
Schomberg Rocky Posters Coming
Earlier this week I received an e-mail from Tom and Cynthia Schomberg:
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Tom and I have begun a new project, which is to be released 5/2/2011. Since the 12″ ROCKY sculptures are sold out, we decided to create a ROCKY poster for our ROCKY fans. The poster is a vintage photo of Stallone sitting at the base of the ROCKY statue during one of the breaks while filming “Rocky V”.
- The poster measures 15 1/2″ x 33″ . The introductory price is $18.98 with free shipping in the USA. We are also giving a special shipping price to our international patrons.
Here is a link to their site. The posters aren’t on the site yet, but we wanted SZoners to get a heads-up so that they can be first in line!