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[Michigansoftball#1]

In the late 1970s/early 1980s the two biggest box office stars in the world were Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds....Eastwood of course went into directing more movies than starring in them....but Burt Reynolds disappeared for over a decade.

[Bon-san]

In the late 1970s/early 1980s the two biggest box office stars in the world were Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds....Eastwood of course went into directing more movies than starring in them....but Burt Reynolds disappeared for over a decade.

Naw, he played Boss Hog just this year! (I hear Oscar whispers from that one )

He should have won an Oscar for Boogie Nights, which was released in '97.

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In the late 1970s/early 1980s the two biggest box office stars in the world were Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds....Eastwood of course went into directing more movies than starring in them....but Burt Reynolds disappeared for over a decade.

Naw, he played Boss Hog just this year! (I hear Oscar whispers from that one )

He should have won an Oscar for Boogie Nights, which was released in '97.

Aw gotta love Boogie Nights. Espec when the boys record 'their music'.

'Your a Winner!!!!!!'

[Kingdom Come]

Only read the 1st few posts of this thread - but wasn't Arnie a bigger action hero than Sly? and as for Roger Moore disappearing after AVTAK - it was his choice as far as I know - and his then wife's wish that he retire from films and live life to the full with what time is left.

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In the late 1970s/early 1980s the two biggest box office stars in the world were Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds....Eastwood of course went into directing more movies than starring in them....but Burt Reynolds disappeared for over a decade.

He didn't disappear so much. He worked consistently, but time and the box office caught up with him. He did ridiculous low-budget action flicks like Heat (not the Pacino/De Niro one), Breaking In and Stick that couldn't compete with Lethal Weapons and Die Hards. He even co-starred in a bomb with Eastwood in '84 called City Heat.

Then he starred in TV series like B.L. Stryker and Evening Shade in the late '80s abd early '90s. Then in the early, mid '90s he went through a messy divorce with Loni Anderson and his big comeback was the combination of Strip Tease with Demi Moore and Boogie Nights. He lost the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the latter to sentimental favorite Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting.

[Tarl_Cabot]

Rocky 6 is a go! Just read it on CNN. "Rocky Balboa" is the title.


Where are ya Loomis? great week for you I imagine...


Rocky Rocky Rocky!!!!

[Scottlee]

Dolph Lundgren was rumoured to be returning for Rocky 6, at least according to a net article from July.

Anyway, I just want to see a Rocky 6 no matter who is in it. I love those films. I watched the original one from 76' the other week and I nearly had tears in my eyes after the fight with Creed.

[Agent 76]

This guy is rumoured to star in the film.

Roy Jones Jr

[Loomis]

Rocky 6 is a go! Just read it on CNN. "Rocky Balboa" is the title.


Where are ya Loomis? great week for you I imagine...


Rocky Rocky Rocky!!!!

Looks like Bond will have some stiff competition next year from Messrs Balboa and Rambo. Stallone will own in 2006!

[Loomis]

Wow! ROCKY VI is really happening!

Sorry, Tarl, I know it's in your post, but I just skimmed it, and then I found:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9728209/

[Loomis]

Stallone has been trying to make a sixth movie for years and has been reworking a script. The latest version, which sources said is similar to the tone and grit of the first two movies, persuaded the studios to negotiate a deal.

Even Sly's got the "back to basics" and "gritty" bug.

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[Loomis]

I quite like the title. ROCKY VI was always out of the question, for obvious reasons. I think just BALBOA was mooted at one point (too lacking in connection to the Rocky franchise for most viewers, IMO), as was ROCKY: THE FINAL BELL (too much of a downer, IMO).

I hope they'll get the fight right. The one in ROCKY IV between Balboa and Drago is just ridiculous, the series' CGI ice surfing moment. The final fights in ROCKYs I and II are suitably brutal and exciting (and, crucially, suspenseful - how about another Rocky fight in which the outcome is actually in doubt?), as is the first one between Balboa and Clubber in III.

But, still, how will audiences buy the idea of any world heavyweight champion being prepared to unleash his full fury against a 60-year-old? Murder, surely?

It'll be difficult to pull off, but hopefully this film will be ROCKY V done right. I believe Stallone has been working on the script for quite a number of years, and I'm glad he's directing, too. I have a good feeling about this.

[Mister Asterix]

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[Michigansoftball#1]

In the late 1970s/early 1980s the two biggest box office stars in the world were Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds....Eastwood of course went into directing more movies than starring in them....but Burt Reynolds disappeared for over a decade.

Naw, he played Boss Hog just this year!

Note that I said "for over a decade" ie the mid to late 1980s to late 1990s

[Tarl_Cabot]

Rocky 6 is a go! Just read it on CNN. "Rocky Balboa" is the title.


Where are ya Loomis? great week for you I imagine...


Rocky Rocky Rocky!!!!

Looks like Bond will have some stiff competition next year from Messrs Balboa and Rambo. Stallone will own in 2006!

Superman,Bond and now Rocky...I'll really feel like a kid again in 2006!

[tonymascia1]

It's partially my fault, gang.

I've bought enough of Stallone's InStone High Protein Pudding (French Vanilla flavor) to get a full producer's credit.

The pudding, by the way, is DEE-LISH!

[Scottlee]

I hope Rocky 6 ends with the obligatory "ADRIAN!!!!!", as interviewer fruitlessly tries to get a comment from Rocky about his victory.

[Tarl_Cabot]

Rambo 4 is on now too! Jusr read that at AICN. Boy, it's been a good month for Sly! Woohoo!

[Genrewriter]

Wow, Stallone is doing Rocky and Rambo, horror films are big again, a Republican in the White House, a new James Bond...It's like we're back in the late eighties!

[Mona Lovesit]

Rambo 4 is on now too! Jusr read that at AICN. Boy, it's been a good month for Sly! Woohoo!

It has been "on" for a liitle while now, so it is not new news. Sly confirmed it on Larry King a few months ago.

[Scottlee]

One thing I don't get is the whole "Rocky 6 will be a change of direction as it is going back to Rocky's roots, i.e using the tone of the first two movies".

Rocky 5 was a return Rocky's roots wasn't it?

[Double-Oh-Zero]

Apologies if this has been posted already, but I just read some more news on Rambo IV, as well as a proposed teaser poster for it:

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[Loomis]

Cheers, Double-Oh-Zero.

Meantime, an insider (an agent) has managed to find the wish-list of directors that the studio hopes to coax into directing

[Agent 76]

Stephen Norrington would be a good choice IMO.

He did Blade (I), and it was a great movie.