If you’re planning to tour Rocky’s Philly neighborhood, then you might want to first check out this article that Joe Bordsen wrote for The Age.com. – Craig
Category: Rocky
Rocky Statue Special!
Hey SZoners!The holidays are quickly approaching and I wanted to remind everyone that Rocky sculptures are still available through A. Thomas Schomberg studios. These statues were created by Mr. Schomberg [who created the original Rocky sculpture seen in the Rocky movies] in collaboration with Sylvester Stallone and MGM studios. Here’s my interview with Mr. Schomberg. [part two of the interview is here] for the SZ.
Mr. Schomberg and his lovely wife, Cynthia, are offering the following discounts for statues purchased between November 26th, 2008 to January 7th, 2009:
20″ ROCKY – Bronze Plated – $468 reduced to $395 plus free shipping in the US!
12″ ROCKY – Resin and Hand Painted – $98 reduced to $89 plus free shipping in the US!
Limited Supply Available – International orders please inquire as to shipping costs.
Remember, if you’ve purchases a statue, I’d love to post a picture of you with it! – Craig
Rocky Minimates
The ad above appears in the August 2008 issue of Previews which goes out to comic and specialty shops throughout the USA. If you’re interested in getting them, let your local shop know! – Craig Rocky #1 Again
Here is Sly as drawn by the uber-talented, Mort Drucker for the August 2008 issue of Muscle & Fitness. This is page one of a two page spread that also features Arnold, Kurt Russell and Jean-Claude Van Damme. The article looks at the Top 10 Movie Training Montages and rates “Rocky” as #1. Who could argue with that? – Craig
Another Honor for Rocky
The American Film Institute recently posted their list of The 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres. “Rocky” came in at #2 on their Sports list. – Craig
Differences Between Rocky and Rambo
Askmen.com has a short video of Sly discussing the differences between Rocky and Rambo. You can see it here. – Craig
Rocky Wins Yet Again
“Rocky” has been crowned the Best Sports Movie Ever in a survey by LoveFilm.com. It was a landslide victory with “Rocky” earning 20% of all votes cast! Take that “Raging Bull,” “Field of Drams,” and “Million Dollar Baby”! For the full details click HERE. – Craig
Rocky Wins Again
Rotten Tomatoes has posted their picks for the 20 Greats Fight Scenes Ever. They picked Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed as their #1 choice. Can’t say that I disagree. – Craig
Rocky: One of the Best Movie Endings
Deke Farrow, a writer for McClatchy Newspapers, looks back at some of the great movie endings of all time. He chooses Rocky and says:
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) crying out for his wife (Talia Shire) after his bloody bout with Apollo Creed in “Rocky” (1976).
–“Adriaaaaan”
For the full article, click HERE. – Craig
Burt Young Reflects
Stephen Williams wrote a great little piece on Burt Young for Newsday.com. Here’s what is said about Sly and appearing in the Rocky movies:“Rocky” soon followed. Young had worked with the original’s producers, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, which led to Stallone selecting the plucky Young to play the character – Paulie was Rocky’s cinematic brother-in-law – that would span all six “Rockys.”
“I’m not Paulie,” said Young, “but there’s a part of Paulie in all of us … cowardice, bravado, false bravado. And I knew how to beat the drum to make the guy interesting and ugly and pathetic.”
Young initially balked at the invitation to do the first sequel – “I didn’t want to be part of an ensemble,” he said – but eventually agreed. “It wasn’t the money,” he says. “It don’t mean that much to me, I find a way to get by, and I find a way to blow it.”
Will he see the new “Rambo” with Stallone when it opens Jan. 25?
“You know,” he said, and this is why you have to love Burt Young, “I’ve never seen a ‘Rambo.’“
Burt Young on Paulie, Rocky, and Sly:
“I first met Stallone, I was in the studio commissary, he comes to my table, he says, ‘Mr. Young, I’m Sylvester Stallone, I wrote “Rocky.” You gotta do a part, you gotta do a part.’
“I says, ‘Shush, whaddaya doin’? Let me twist their arms [the producers] a little bit, lemme make a buck.’ And he lit up. Turns out I was the highest-paid actor in the first one.
“Stallone wrote exquisitely; he wrote street prose. I think he saw me when he wrote it. Like Arthur Miller, he’d cut the commas off. You’d say, hey, he saying somethin’ without the commas.
“Seventeen years after ‘Rocky V,’ we came back [for ‘Rocky Balboa’], and it was pretty sentimental for me. Stallone was […] Michelangelo painting the chapel. He wouldn’t let anything alone. He was a force. It was touching.”
For the full article click HERE. – Craig