![]() ![]() In 1979 he wrote, directed and starred in 'Rocky II' which grossed over 200 million dollars worldwide. He went on to direct the 1978 film 'Paradise Alley' and later starred in 'F.I.S.T'. However, Sylvester thought unorthodoxly and gave his first directorial debut the very next year after 'Rocky' was released. ![]() Renowned producers wanted to work with him for his avant-garde performance. The success of 'Rocky' was mammoth and made Stallone a star to be chased. The 49th Academy Awards (1977) was a memorable year for Stallone and his film, 'Rocky' defeated the highly lauded 'All The President's Men' and took away the Oscar for Best Film, Best Director and Best Editing. The movie received both critical acclaim and a good viewership which further paved way for ten Academy nominations. ![]() “If ever a recent offbeat film project had some high-horsepower sponsorship, it's 'Rocky'” wrote Variety about the film. The film instantly became a huge hit and connected to masses. Post much negotiation the producers agreed to his terms, 'Rocky' was born! The Academy Awards 1977 The actor rejected the offer and instead showed interest to be casted as the lead in the film. After getting rejected by many studios, it was Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff who became interested in the script and offered Stallone US$350,000 for the rights. After finishing the script, the challenge was to find someone who could make it into a film and take Stallone in the lead. He later sat down for 20 long hours to write a script. On March 24, 1975, Stallone witnessed the Muhammad Ali–Chuck Wepner fight. A self written script about a boxer changed Stallone's fate forever. By then he hardly knew that something big was waiting for him in the days that followed. ![]() Right from his acceptance to go for uncredited roles in films like Pigeons (1970) as a party guest, Woody Allen's 'Bananas' (1971) as a subway thug, in psychological thriller 'Klute' (1971) as an extra dancing in a club, and in the Jack Lemmon film 'The Prisoner of Second Avenue' (1975) as a youth, and later doing supporting roles in 'Farewell', 'My Lovely', 'Capone' and 'Death Race 2000', Stallone tried his hands onto every small film which could keep up his survival. Then 'Hollywood' happened to him! Small Beginnings In Hollywood He knew he had to do more with his life and tried ways to explore it through whatever available sources he had. It was when he moved to Philadelphia and gained some university education, he started accepting the challenges both (physical and financial) all by his own.Īt one point in his early days as an adult, when he was left with no money and a shelter, he starred in a soft core pornography feature film titled 'The Party at Kitty and Stud's' and earned his first 200 dollars. At times he couldn't explain at first the reason behind his slurred speech and often faced rejection as a child. Early Life Without Any Moneyīorn in a lower middle class family, Stallone spent his early years in Manhattan and had a difficult childhood due to being partially paralyzed from the time of his birth. On the likes of Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, 'Balboa' existed to be the greatest bull artist of all time! In the lines below, read about how Sylvester Stallone ignited the 'Rocky' in him to become a great actor and what followed years later as his charm faded away. He broke the existing boilerplate about the modish version of Hollywood, instead, gave it an unfashioned, raw slant which many would have turned down then. Steadily, 'Rocky Balboa' fixated us to his version of the American dream and filled our hearts with hope, belief and ambition. Imagine how life would have been for a dead broke actor who positively rejected the idea of selling his power script, and wrote his own destiny to become a well known figure of all time. ![]()
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