{"id":11421,"date":"2001-02-04T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2001-02-04T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=11421"},"modified":"2019-11-30T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T00:26:54","slug":"entertainment-weekly-previews-driven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2001\/02\/04\/entertainment-weekly-previews-driven\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY PREVIEWS &#8220;DRIVEN&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The February 16, 2001 issue of\u00a0<em>Entertainment Weekly\u00a0<\/em>contains the following write-up about\u00a0<em>Driven<\/em> starring\u00a0Sylvester\u00a0Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Estella Warren\u00a0written by\u00a0Sylvester Stallone\u00a0directed by\u00a0Renny Harlin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What&#8217;s the big deal?\u00a0Sly writes himself a\u00a0Rocky\u00a0of the racing circuit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time STALLONE buddied up with action auteur Harlin &#8211; for 1993&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Cliffhanger<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; they rappelled back to base camp with $260 mil worldwide.\u00a0And since the thriller was also Stallone&#8217;s last hit, it makes sense that he&#8217;d tap<em>\u00a0<\/em>the Finnish director to help steer him back onto the fast track.\u00a0In fact, it&#8217;s why Stallone penned this race-car-driving saga.\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to do something different with my career,&#8221; he admits.\u00a0&#8220;Yeah, this movie has action and adventure, but it&#8217;s really a drama underneath, like\u00a0<em>Rocky<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0How so?\u00a0Well, the actor plays a retired driver whose days in the victory circle are over.\u00a0Then a sage racing-team owner (Reynolds) offers him a second chance &#8211; not to get behind the wheel, but to help train a cocky young prodigy (<em>Remember the Titans<\/em>&#8216; Pardue).\u00a0Still, despite all the human drama, Harlin promises it&#8217;s the wipeouts that&#8217;ll fuel this vehicle.\u00a0&#8220;The way we&#8217;re shooting these crashes is brand-new,&#8221; he says.\u00a0&#8220;You&#8217;ve never seen it before.\u00a0The viewer&#8217;s going to be right there in the driver&#8217;s seat, spinning out of control.&#8221;\u00a0Pass the Dramamine.\u00a0(April 27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I really like the overall positive tone of this write-up.It&#8217;s especially gratifying that the writer feels that the &#8220;big deal&#8221; about &#8220;Driven&#8221; is that Sly wrote the screenplay himself! &#8211; Craig Zablo\u00a0(February 4, 2001) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The February 16, 2001 issue of\u00a0Entertainment Weekly\u00a0contains the following write-up about\u00a0Driven starring\u00a0Sylvester\u00a0Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Estella Warren\u00a0written by\u00a0Sylvester Stallone\u00a0directed by\u00a0Renny Harlin What&#8217;s the big deal?\u00a0Sly writes himself a\u00a0Rocky\u00a0of the racing circuit. 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