Un post shared on Instagram and then deleted. But that she has already made film lovers and non-film lovers discuss. Sylvester Stallone addressed a decidedly convinced and angry thought to the producer of the saga Rocky and the next Creed. The reason? He never enjoyed the franchise rights. And now he demands them. At least part of it.
Sylvester Stallone against the producer of Rocky
The photo the actor, now 76, posted on Instagram had a single recipient: Irwin Winklerthe manufacturer he currently owns the copyright on the most famous boxer in the history of cinema.
A scene from the film “Rocky” played by American actor Sylvester Stallone. Credit: ANSA – KRZ
Apparently, the actor no longer perceives any income linked to the exploitation of the rights of the saga. Stallone, in fact, was paid $ 75,000 in 1976 for writing the screenplay and for starring in Rocky. Then the story is known to all: the film has become a cornerstone of world cinema.
So much so that both Winker and producer Robert Chartoff, director John G. Avildsen and editors Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad won a Oscar. Only Stallone did not come home with a prize. She was “satisfied” with two candidacies: how best actor and how best screenwriter.
At the time, the percentage of receipts earned theactor well 2.5 million dollars. But then, nothing else. A figure that is far from irrelevant but now no longer enough for Sylvester Stallone.
Stallone’s outburst: “I’d like to receive at least what’s left of my rights”
Thus, the choice to publish an explicit request to Winkler (now 93 years old). She did it by posting on Instagram the photo of one of his paintings, in which he represented Irwin Winkler with the body of a snake and a sword-shaped tongue. The opening words leave no room for interpretation. “A very flattering portrait of the great producer of Rocky / CreedIrwin Winklerby one of the greatest artists in the country… ».
Stallone continued: “After checking Rocky for more than 47 years, and now CreedI would really like to receive at least “what is left of my rights”, before they are only passed on to your children. I think it would be a fair gesture on the part of this 93-year-old gentleman, right? ‘ At the end of the post, an admission: “It is a painful matter that devours my soulWhy I would like to leave something of Rocky to my childreneven if it’s always nice to hear words of love from loyal fans ».
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