SZoner, Israel, runs a Sylvester Stallone site in Brasil. Israel regularly posts artwork from Clodoaldo Rodrigues. That’s a piece by Clodoaldo posted above. If you want to see more of his work or Israel’s site, then click here.
Sly’s Tattoo
On October 2, 2009, Review Journal posted a piece about tattoo artist, Mario Barth. The piece also contained a smaller version of the photo above with Mario tattooing Sly. Although the photo below did not appear with the article, I thought fans would enjoy a closer look at Sly’s tat.
Empire Talks to Sly
On October 1, 2009, Empire, posted “Stallone on Death Wish Remake plus Cliffhanger Remake and Poe Biopic”. Here’s a bit of what Sly had to say:
- On a “Death Wish” remake: “I’m thinking about it… It’s a classic morality tale, where you take a civilised man and take away everything that matters to him so he becomes primitive again.”
- On “Poe”: “I keep telling my producer Avi Lerner, ‘Make Edgar Allan Poe!’ He says, ‘Does he have a gun?’ ‘No, he doesn’t have a gun’, ‘Can he throw a knife?’ I say, ‘No, he writes poetry!’
- Will Sly play Poe?: “Of course, I’m not playing Poe. ‘Yo, Poe!’ It won’t work! It’ll be some young actor because he dies at 39, but it’s gonna happen.”
- On a proposed “Cliffhanger” sequel: “I hear they’re gonna remake it… You know you’ve been around when they start to remake your own movies when you’re still alive.”
You can read the full article here. [Gerardo Moreno made the teaser photo which first appeared on the StalloneZone here.]
Empire’s “Expendables” Photo
Empire Magazine has posted up a larger version of the photo above as well as a teaser of a longer interview with Sly about “The Expendables” that will appear in the next issue. Click here to see the it all.
Bill Marimon’s Jack Carter
Bill Marimon provides his take on Sly as Jack Carter. I’ve known Bill aka “The Raytrix” for years. He’s humble, funny, and a talented artist. Bill showed up on Saturday at Mini-MegaCon. He wasn’t set up as a guest, but I was able to persuade him to do a couple of Stallone sketches. This is the first. I’ll post the second soon. In the mean time check out Bill’s home on the web. There’s plenty there to hold you over.
EW Lists “Rocky” as Box Office Giant
The October 2, 2009, issue of Entertainment Weekly had a small piece called “Shoestring Budget, Giant Box Office”. The films listed were “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “Rocky”, “Mad Max”, “The Blair Witch Project” and “Napoleon Dynamite”. Only the “Blair Witch Project” made a bigger profit than “Rocky”.
[Why they used a photo from “Rocky II” when praising “Rocky” only they can say. – Craig]
Maga’s New Rambo Sculpt
Edinho Maga contacted me with photos of his latest sculpture. It’s Rambo and he’s hoping that Hollywood Collectibles will become involved like with his first Rambo sculpt. If they do, I will try to work out another discount for StalloneZoners.
Sly Doesn’t See Dead People
Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes sent in the scan above. It’s the first panel of a cartoon that he was working on about ten years ago when the “Sixth Sense” was big at the box office. The gag was that Sly would get a call…
Sly’s just kickin back painting clocks in his garage studio when an agent calls to lay out his BLOCKBUSTER idea of reteaming Rocky with Apollo. Sly rolls his eyes and reminds the idiot that… “Apollo Creed has officialy expired .”
Agent: It’s Apollo’s desicion to cross over and train you again. One last time!
Sly: Cross over?
Agent: It’ll be BIG. I see dead people! Sly the whole damn world is seeing dead people!
Sly & Arnold @ Championship Bout
Actor Sylvester Stallone looks on before the start of the WBC Heavyweight Championship boxing bout between Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine and Cristobal Arreola of the U.S. in Los Angeles, California September 26, 2009.
REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES SPORT BOXING ENTERTAINMENT)
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone (L) and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wait for the start of the WBC Heavyweight Championship boxing bout between Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine and Cristobal Arreola of the U.S. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California September 26, 2009.
REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES SPORT BOXING ENTERTAINMENT)
Actor Sylvester Stallone and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wait for the start of the WBC Heavyweight Championship boxing bout between Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine and Cristobal Arreola of the U.S. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California September 26, 2009.
REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES SPORT BOXING ENTERTAINMENT)
“Rocky” Top Pick Again!
Over at Today at NineMSN.com, they take a look at the all time Top Sporting Movies [“Rocky”, “Chariots of Fire”, “The Longest Yard”, “A League of Their Own” and “Jerry Maguire“]. Here’s what they had to say about “Rocky”:
Rocky is a 1976 film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen.
It’s a rags-to-riches story about Rocky Balboa pursuing his American dream – an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector, who is also a club fighter, gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship when the contender breaks his hand.
Rocky was made for only $1.1 million and it made over US$117.2 million, the highest grossing film of 1976 for US.
Who could forget the famous scene of Rocky running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture (Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler) (won)
- Best Director (John G. Avildsen) (won)
- Film Editing (Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad) (won)
- Best Original Screenplay (Sylvester Stallone)
- Best Actor (Sylvester Stallone)
- Best Actress (Talia Shire)
- Best Supporting Actor (Burt Young)
- Best Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith)
- Best Music, Original Song (Bill Conti, Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins for “Gonna Fly Now”)
- Best Sound (Harry W. Tetrick, William L. McCaughey, Lyle J. Burbridge and Bud Alper)