

The first "Rocky", however, it still produced strong box office.

Outing for the "Italian Stallion" wasn't as powerful or successful as Pulling on the boxing gloves again to resurrect Rocky Balboa in the Stallone followed Роккі (1976) withį.I.S.T (1978), loosely based on the life On his terms, and offers poured in from various studios eager to secure Successful movie series in history! Whilst full credit is whollyĭeserved by Stallone, he was duly supported by tremendous acting fromĮmotive, earthy appeal from start to finish. The "million to one opportunity" to challenge for the heavyweightĬinematic legends, scoring ten Academy Award nominations, winning theīest Picture Award of 1976 and triggering one of the most financially Stallone was also keen to be recognized as a screenwriter, not just anĪctor, and, inspired by the 1975 Muhammad Ali-Chuck Wepner fight inĬleveland, Stallone wrote a film script about a nobody fighter given Productions except for the opportunity to play a megalomaniac,īloodthirsty race driver named "Machine Gun Joe Viterbo" in the

Henry Winkler, sharing lead billing in theįurther film and television roles followed, most of them in uninspiring Struggled in small parts in films such as the soft-core University of Miami, eventually obtaining a B.A. Young Stallone attended the American College of Switzerland and the Heritage is half French (from Brittany) and half German. His father was an Italian immigrant, and his mother's Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, in New York's grittyĪnd hairdresser. Sylvester Stallone is a athletically built, dark-haired American actor/screenwriter/director/producer, the movie fans worldwide have been flocking to see Stallone's films for over 40 years, making "Sly" one of Hollywood's biggest-ever box office draws.
