When Sylvester Stallone spotted Mr. T in this second airing, it is strongly believed that the interview with sports journalist Bryant Gumbel originated his famous line " I don't hate him but ... I pity the fool ", which was worked into the movie Rocky.

In a similar vein is First Blood ( 1982 ) which features John Rambo ( Sylvester Stallone in an iconic role ), as a Vietnam vet who comes into conflict with a small town police department.

The Cure performed " Burn " in the movie The Crow and " Dredd Song ", the theme song of the 1995 movie Judge Dredd starring Sylvester Stallone ( The former song despite never being released as a single nor ever played live, is regarded a fan favourite of Cure fans and fans of ' The Crow ').

He also owns several small businesses in Hailey, Idaho, including The Mint Bar and The Liberty Theater and is a co-founder of Planet Hollywood, with actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.

Mason " The Line " Dixon is a leading character in Rocky Balboa, the sixth and final film in the Rocky franchise, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone.

Rocky IV is a 1985 American film written by, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone.

It is written and directed by and stars Sylvester Stallone as the title character, with Carl Weathers as former boxing rival Apollo Creed, Burgess Meredith as Rocky's trainer Mickey, and Talia Shire as Rocky's wife, Adrian.

Rocky returns home from the Soviet Union and is greeted by his son, Robert ( Sage Stallone ).

It is rumored that actor Sylvester Stallone watched the fight at home on television and was inspired to write the script for Rocky, based on Wepner's gutsy challenge, but Stallone subsequently denied that this was true.

It is more likely that Stallone was influenced by Rocky Graziano's autobiography Somebody Up There Likes Me, and the movie of the same name.

Cobra is a 1986 crime film directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Sylvester Stallone, Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen, and Andrew Robinson.

Marion Cobretti, codenamed " Cobra ", ( Stallone ) is a police officer from a division of the Los Angeles Police Department known as the " Zombie Squad ".

He is reunited with Donnagon Giggles and his wife Francesca, who explain that Carmen was captured by the Toymaker ( Sylvester Stallone ), a villain.

This is commonly known as a " Stallone ," for the actor who has given such outstanding examples of this nomenclature.

Another example of a film to utilize a " Stallone " is the sixth St Trinian's film, titled St Trinian's.

Stallone portrays a prison designer who is framed and must escape incarceration from one of the prisons he helped to design.

The film is also an adaption of the novel Fair Game and was originally intended by Stallone to be the basis of Beverly Hills Cop while he was involved with the project.

Sarasvati Kumar ( Lakshmi Manchu ), is an accountant for the Casino and one time interest of Frank ( Sylvester Stallone ), and later Mike.

* In the 1976 film " Rocky ", Horn and Hardart is mentioned in a scene between Rocky ( Sylvester Stallone ) and Paulie ( Burt Young ) discussing Rocky's plans for Thanksgiving dinner.

Rambo is an action film series based on the David Morrell novel First Blood and starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a troubled Vietnam War veteran and former Green Beret who is skilled in many aspects of survival, weaponry, hand to hand combat and guerrilla warfare.

A game character " Silvester Stallion " was named for Sylvester Stallone, and a powerup in the game, " Oil slicks from your arse " is one that Sly's character can be seen using in the movie.

Also included is documentation of $ 500, 000 in payments to Sylvester Stallone for promoting B & W products in five of Stallone's films.

Although Snipes is better known for his roles in action films like Passenger 57, Demolition Man ( with Sylvester Stallone ), Money Train, The Fan, U. S. Marshals and Rising Sun, he has also had success in comedies like White Men Can't Jump, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

Sylvester Stallone created one of the most successful sports drama franchises with Rocky ( 1976 ) and also directed the sequel Rocky II ( 1979 ).

Asia were also credited with contributing the Giorgio Moroder produced track " Gypsy Soul " to the Sylvester Stallone film soundtrack to Over the Top, although Wetton was the only band member involved.

Villeneuve also appeared briefly in the 2001 Sylvester Stallone action movie Driven as a race car driver.

In 1996 he did a major role in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's film, From Dusk Till Dawn, and in 1997 he starred in the crime drama Cop Land, which also starred Sylvester Stallone, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro.

Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, David Caruso, Lorraine Toussaint, Frank Stallone, Sandra Bernhard, and Richard E. Grant are also featured.

Stallone has also been quoted as saying the enormous financial success and fan following of Rocky IV once had him envisioning another Rocky movie devoted to Drago and his post-boxing life ( although Stallone acknowledged he was in better shape, he was excommunicated from his country ), with Balboa's storyline parallel.

In April, 2012, filming began on the movie " The Tomb " in New Orleans which also stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and 50 Cent.

Dorn also appeared again with Sylvester Stallone in Shade as a high stakes poker player.

Though Rambo: First Blood Part II won Worst Picture, Rocky IV ( also starring Sylvester Stallone ) received the greatest number of nominations ( 9 ) and " wins " ( 5 ).

Rob Schneider played Erwin, one of the operators in the San Angeles Police control room ; he would also play opposite Stallone in the 1995 movie Judge Dredd.

In the 1995 Judge Dredd film Hershey played by Diane Lane, she is portrayed as a newly graduated Judge who has been a Street Judge for only a year and is shown to be more sympathetic to perps than Dredd ( Sylvester Stallone ), and also in contrast to Dredd she has a personal life and friends.

According to Eddie Murphy on Inside the Actor's Studio, Stallone also envisioned a " harder edged " screenplay.

In 2001 Sylvester Stallone asked Harlin to become a producer and director of his upcoming race-car movie Driven in which he also cameos as a race-car driver saying goodbye and kissing his real life son, Lucas.

In 1993, he also performed in the movie Demolition Man with Sylvester Stallone, as well as with Goldie Hawn in Protocol, released in 1984.

In addition, the studio was criticized for overspending on films through reliance on star power and far-fetched deals ( Schwarzenegger received then-unheard-of $ 10-14 million for his work on Recall and T2 ; Stallone also had similar treatment ).

Cutbacks at Carolco also forced the studio to make a deal with TriStar over the funding of the Stallone action film Cliffhanger: Carolco would have to sell full distribution rights in North America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and France to TriStar in exchange for half of the film's budget.

It was also nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, Worst Actor ( Sylvester Stallone ) and Worst Original Song (" Whenever There Is Love ").

She is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone, with whom she starred in the 1986 film Cobra.

Flavin has appeared as herself in numerous documentary-style programs including Hollywood Women, Good Day Live, American Gladiator, and The Contender – a boxing reality television series that also features Stallone.

Shinedown also contributed " Diamond Eyes ( Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom )" to the Sylvester Stallone movie The Expendables.