It’s hard to deny Sly…
He’s one of the most successful and brilliant Hollywood stars ever. His new movie Creed is doing well and has been considered a major comeback for the Rocky franchise. I hope he gets a much deserved academy award nomination for best supporting actor.
Like most people in the film industry I always hoped to meet all of my film heros.
Sly was one of them. So a walk down memory lane is called for here. One of my best friends, actor Sonny Landham (48 Hrs. Predator, Lockup) made it possible for me to hook up with Stallone.
Sonny was hired to play – what else? – a bad guy in Lockup starring Stallone. So Sonny took me to Stallone’s gym to work out with the two of them. I’d just gotten out of the joint so I was in pretty good shape to lift with them. I was on the set of Lockup and watched Sly and Sonny work together for a couple weeks. John Flynn the director and I had a project together at the time and Sly couldn’t have been nicer. He did hit on my then girlfriend Christine Dupree of Penthouse fame (she was the centerfold in Madonna issue).
Maybe a bigger irony, just after that movie finished, Sonny was financed for a small budget action picture called Billy Lone Bear. And he offered me a co starring role as an attorney in the picture. We shot it in Calgary Canada in the mid 1990’s.
The film had a couple names including Brian James (The Player, Blade Runner) and Chuck Nappier (Silence of The Lambs). Most of my scenes were with Frank Stallone, the bad guy in the movie. In fact Frank killed my real life girlfriend Laurie King of Kansas City in the first few scenes of the picture.
Sonny, who directed the movie, let her fly up and have a small part.
The funny thing was Clint Eastwood had just shot Unforgiven there and his budget had been much bigger (as was his movie). Our film was a typical shoot ’em up, not a hit by any means. Hah, fun to do though! Hearne wrote a few column items on the movie for the KC Star back then as well.
Frank had many film and music credits in several of the early Rocky pix. And while brother Sly was a mega star and millionaire, Frank did pretty well himself. I remained in contact with him and he even came to KC for the Italian Festival a few years back as a special guest.
But you have to hand it to Sly.
He financed Rambo and Rocky – the last one – on his own. And both were hits. Everyone thought he was past it, but he proved different and is still a star at age 70. Wow. Both Stallones are good guys, it was a cool small window in my life to meet them and work with Frank.
Those Hollywood nights, those Hollywood days…
I once flew on the same plane as the Garth Brooks impersonator from Branson, Mo.
So your joke Lance is ‘hey not a big deal working with Frank or dealing with Sly’ same as being on a flight with a nobody…funny I kinda thought doing a film with Frank was cool and being on a set of a film and hanging with Sly was of value…my bad..guess you are right everyone does that.
CG — I heard that when you were in prison, there was a policy which allowed officials to read inmates mail, and that the inmates found the policy to be an example of the routine violations of individual rights in prison.
A better example would have been the daily anal rapes but I guess you all wanted to start off small and then … work up to the daily anal rapes.
And, finally, the votes are in and Entertainment Weekly has chosen its Funniest Man Alive. And who is the Funniest Man Alive? You guessed it — Frank Stallone! … Congratulations, Frank Stallone!
***Thank you, Norm MacDonald****
Ah, Normie. Good for a few laughs.
How about some graphic and sordid details around your relationship with Christine Dupree? Now there’s some juicy info us readers would love!
Please, don’t tempt the creeper uncle…
Anything to trot out your Billy Lone Bear story, glayzer.
I guess.
hOW LONG WAS THIS STUFF GLAZE.
this long ago story is old and stale…like the rest of your writing.
slow…and most made up from what we’ve read before because stories
don’t match.
sly stallone…….tommy morrisson did a movie with him and never really
talked about it to his friends.
so you come onwith this guy took me t o meet this guywho knew this
guy who knows tis guy and I kissed stallones ass.
your hero worship is strange…Charlie sheen…stallone…hot chocolate…strippers
….ho huggers and 21 yearolds….quite strange it is.
I know its all made up, the movie on IMDB and covered by KC Star, my whole life is made up, the book, the stings oh except me being a rat thats real what else…oh the girls are all hookers, what else, oh Stanfords and me discovered no big stars they all started at the Improv which wasn’t here til the 2000’s, thats true, what else oh I know nothing bout sports though I produced five major sports films, what else man you got me Harley. I give up.
I know its all made up, the movie on IMDB and covered by KC Star, my whole life is made up, the book, the stings oh except me being a rat thats real what else…oh the girls are all hookers, what else, oh Stanfords and me discovered no big stars they all started at the Improv which wasn’t here til the 2000’s, thats true, what else oh I know nothing bout sports though I produced five major sports films, what else man you got me Harley. I give up.
Wow as time moves on and it didn’t happen just now all is questioned even events covered hard by the media when and after they happened. Most of mine are events covered by KC STar, LA Times, and fifty other newpapers and magazines…kinda hard to keep mentioning those facts, however I wrote this cause Sly has a new movie out and its a fun look back at my dealings with him and Frank. Simple as that, I have many more, I did live that life. That’s why I write on this blog. The stories mostly that involve me or names we know that I had dealings with over the years.
Let’s face it Craig, you were never really written up in the Star, unless you were arrested. It was just menions in your buddy’s little column. You can hardly count stories you created and planted be taken as proof of your awesomeness.
In fact, one may be led to believe you are a poseur. Someone who wants to think he was one big break away from stardom.
Uh ok what ever your name is…I won’t even address that stupid comment…so we will leave it at that..I’m tired of putting up my resume…it stands on its own.
PS most written about KC person ever save ballplayers and the mayors…a fact, over 1000 stories in the Star alone over 40 years…thanks for asking…