{"id":13403,"date":"2003-12-07T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-07T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=13403"},"modified":"2022-01-01T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T20:03:14","slug":"sly-guests-on-amcs-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2003\/12\/07\/sly-guests-on-amcs-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Sly Guests on AMC&#8217;s &#8220;Shootout&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2003\/dec\/120703shootout.jpg?resize=342%2C449\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"headlines\">Sylvester Stallone Guest Stars on AMC&#8217;s &#8216;Sunday Morning ShootOut&#8217; on December 7 at 11 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">for Sun. (Dec. 7) &#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20031203005479&amp;newsLang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><b>AMC<\/b>&#8216;s weekly half-hour series,\u00a0<b>&#8220;Sunday Morning ShootOut,&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0hosted by\u00a0<b>Peter Guber<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Peter Bart<\/b>, brings the smarts and spin of Sunday morning political shows to the world of entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><u>THIS WEEK&#8217;S GUEST<\/u>: Actor, writer and director\u00a0<b>Sylvester Stallone<\/b>. Since achieving worldwide fame with\u00a0<b>Rocky<\/b>, which won an\u00a0<b>Oscar<\/b>\u00a0for\u00a0<b>Best Picture<\/b>\u00a0in 1976,\u00a0<b>Stallone<\/b>\u00a0has acted and co-written such successful films as<b>\u00a0First Blood<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Rambo: First Blood Part II<\/b>, and\u00a0<b>Rambo III<\/b>. His acting credits include\u00a0<b>Get Carter<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Driven<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Demolition Man<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Copland<\/b>, which garnered him international critical and audience acclaim. Most recently,\u00a0<b>Stallone<\/b>\u00a0has completed filming\u00a0<b>Avenging Angelo<\/b>, co-starring\u00a0<b>Madeline Stowe<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><u>DISCUSSION TOPICS<\/u>: 1) The producers of\u00a0<b>Rocky<\/b>\u00a0offered you $150,000 to cast\u00a0<b>Ryan O&#8217;Neal<\/b>\u00a0in the title role. What made you turn it down? 2) Why did you agree to take a major pay cut for the film\u00a0<b>Copland<\/b>? 3)\u00a0<b>Lost<br \/>\nSouls Seeking Redemption, Rocky VI<\/b>\u00a0&#8212; is this a parallel to your own life and life experiences? 4) Your upcoming\u00a0<b>Rampart Scandal<\/b>\u00a0delves into the murders of\u00a0<b>Tupac Shakur<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Biggie Smalls<\/b>. What made you choose this piece and how did it come about?<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><u>WHEN<\/u>: The episode will air on Sunday, December 7 at 11 am ET\/PT on the<b>\u00a0AMC<\/b>\u00a0cable network. The episode can also be viewed at http:\/\/movies.yahoo.com, beginning at 12 Noon (PT).<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><u>BACKGROUND<\/u>:\u00a0<b>&#8220;Sunday Morning ShootOut&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0is a new, half-hour weekly series on\u00a0<b>AMC<\/b>\u00a0hosted by entertainment industry veterans,\u00a0<b>Peter Guber<\/b>\u00a0and<b>\u00a0Peter Bart<\/b>.\u00a0<b>Guber<\/b>\u00a0is the chairman of\u00a0<b>Mandalay Pictures<\/b>, former CEO of\u00a0<b>Sony Pictures<\/b>, the producer of dozens of\u00a0<b>Hollywood<\/b>&#8216;s most successful movies including\u00a0<b>Midnight Express, Batman, Rainman, Basic Instinct<\/b>.\u00a0<b>Bart<\/b>\u00a0is editor-in-chief of<b>\u00a0Variety<\/b>, and former Hollywood reporter for\u00a0<b>The Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>The New York Times<\/b>. In his career as an executive at\u00a0<b>Paramount Pictures\u00a0<\/b>and as president of\u00a0<b>Lorimar<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Bart<\/b>\u00a0played a major role creating classics like\u00a0<b>The Godfather, Rosemary&#8217;s Baby<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>The Postman Always Rings Twice<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Like other Sunday morning debate shows, the sparks fly here as prominent producers, directors, writers and stars join the hosts to debate all sides of the week&#8217;s biggest stories in the world of movies and entertainment. The experts provide informed and spirited perspectives on the winners and losers at the box-office, the rising and falling fortunes of the stars and studios themselves and the emerging trends that are forever reshaping the business of entertainment.<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" width=\"80%\" \/>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The pic above comes from an ad in\u00a0<b>Entertainment Weekly<\/b>\u00a0and the text from\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20031203005479&amp;newsLang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Wire<\/a><\/b>.\u00a0<b>&#8211; Craig Zablo<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sylvester Stallone Guest Stars on AMC&#8217;s &#8216;Sunday Morning ShootOut&#8217; on December 7 at 11 AM for Sun. (Dec. 7) &#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; AMC&#8216;s weekly half-hour series,\u00a0&#8220;Sunday Morning ShootOut,&#8221;\u00a0hosted by\u00a0Peter Guber\u00a0and\u00a0Peter Bart, brings the smarts and spin of Sunday morning political shows to the world of entertainment. THIS WEEK&#8217;S GUEST: Actor, writer and director\u00a0Sylvester Stallone. 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