Stallone: A Rocky Life

by Frank Sanello

With his sculpted physique and brooding good looks, Sylvester Stallone remains the quintessential movie star. In this biography—based on exclusive interviews with Stallone, his outspoken mother, his second wife, and a host of fellow celebrities and friends—this most private of public figures is revealed. Frank Sanello looks not only at Stallone's personal life, which fans will find as compelling as any of his action pictures, but also at his film career, from cartoon icon to failed comic actor to re-energized action hero. Frank Sanello has written biographies of Sharon Stone, Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, and Steven Spielberg. A former film critic for the Los Angeles Daily News , his work has also appeared in The Washington Post , the Los Angeles Times , and People .

Genres: Biography

191 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[Kamil · Rating 4 out of 5]

The life of Sly Stallone was all but easy. Having suffered an eye and a mouth injury upon birth and being beaten by his vicious father so much he ended up unconscious, Sylvester was bullied all throughout elementary and high school, being an ADD victim. But, there came a change in his life, based largely on perseverence and love of writing and acting, with the film Rocky.

Both his beginnings in the crafts and his progress throughout the years, his passion and stubbornness for rewriting scripts and directing, along with his personal and love life, are all in A Rocky life.
The book's style is readable, albeit sometimes you feel that Sanello needlessly pokes fun at Sly. That's what bothered me a little about the book. I appreciated the photos from various times of the star's carer. Otherwise, I can't but give a fair **** rating for the readability, shortness and captivating description of Sly's life.