StalloneZone Helps Promote “Driven”

Craig / / 2001, Driven

There have been two promotions that have been put together [so far] to promote “Driven” and StalloneZone is proud to have been selected to particpate in both!

The first promotion involves free magnets which have the 2001 CART RACING SCHEDULE on them with a sticker that says “April 27th: DRIVEN opens.”

The second promotion is “Driven” postcards. I have been able to score a limited number of these to make available to SZoners for free!

– Craig Zablo

(Update – Unfortunately I no longer have these items available.)

SLY “GOING THE DISTANCE”

Craig / / 2001, Rocky

The April 2001 issue of Total Movie, features Going the Distance: ROCKY at 25. The eight page article by Edward Gross (author of Rocky and the Films of Sylvester Stallone) provides an extensive look at Rocky (and its sequels) with over 25 photos (including the one to the left). The article provides quotes from Sly, Talia Shire, John Alvidsen, Robert Chartoff, Carl Weathers, and others involved with the films.
The magazine comes with a DVD which provides a trailer for Rocky and a snippet of the interview with Sly that will appear on the Rocky special edition dvd. All in all, easily worth the cost of the mag!
(Now I’m REALLY psyched for the ROCKY Boxed Collector’s Set! Click |HERE| to check it out!)
Craig Zablo (March 17, 2001)

SLY MAKES AN “IMPACT”

Craig / / 2001

The March 2001 issue of Impact, features an article entitled Sylvester Stallone: On the Sly. The four page article provides an overview of SLY’s career and features eleven pictures (including the one above). Although hard core fans will learn nothing new, and at least one picture is obviously labeled incorrectly, it still is a positive article which looks forward to SLY’s next decade of films.


Thanks for the tip to -Paul Corr from Ireland and Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes for the mag!

Craig Zablo (March 17, 2001)

ROCKY: NOT THE BEST PICTURE??

Craig / / 2001, Rocky

ROCKY: NOT THE BEST PICTURE??
The April 2001 issue of Premiere contains an article entitled “They Wuz Robbed!” The article compares the results of two polls taken (one with 25 film professionals such as Quentin Tarantino; and the other with 2,000 film fans) who voted for their choices of who should have won Academy Awards during the last 25 years.
The piece is accompanied with some spectacular artwork by ROBERTO PARADA showing Rocky putting Travis Bickle in a headlock while Ghandi and ET look on!
The article makes for some interesting reading and I’m sure will inspire some lively debate. I plan to discuss my thoughts on the results over at BigBeatty’s message board. I hope to talk to you there!
Craig Zablo (March 17, 2001)

Sly Revives Rocky

Craig / / 2001, Rocky

The March 13, 2001 issue of The National Enquirer contains an item called “Yo! SLY Brings Back Rocky to Help a Tragic Kid” in the Hollywood Behind the Screens section by Mike Walker.

“In a heartrending revival of his gutsy “Rocky” character, SLY STALLONE played a real-life hero when he suddenly appeared in the hospital room of a badly injured little boy who idolizes him, knelt by his bedside and said gently: “Yo!… Give Rocky a punch!” Sadly, 5-year-old Brandon Zucker, maimed in a Disneyland accident, can’t throw a punch anymore.. or even whisper, “Yo, Rocky!” But STALLONE got a smile from the beautiful kid – and these are rare these days, says mom Victoria, who relives the horror of watching her son fall out of the “Roger Rabbit” ride and get crushed under machinery. SLY’s wife JENNIFER FLAVIN, read in a paper how Brandon used to run through his house wearing oven mitts punching the air like his hero, “Rocky.” JENNIFER showed the story to SLY, who went to the hospital to give the kid a shot of come-from-behind Rocky courage! “His visit did a lot of good for Brandon,” wept Victoria. [Keep punching, kid… and… lookin’ good, Rock!]

– Craig Zablo