EW: The Things They Carried
The October 19, 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly has a piece by Tom Schierlitz and Josh Rottenberg entitled "The Things They Carried". It looks at some of the great props from motion pictures. The article leads with a two page spread of Sly's boxing gloves from "Rocky". Here's what they have to say:
Rocky Boxing Gloves The sleeper hit of 1976 and a surprise Best Picture winner, the underdog-palooka fable kick-started the career of writer-director-star Sylvester Stallone, launched a six-film franchise, and roused untold millions of couch potatoes with dreams of "Eye of the Tiger" glory. Stallone donated the gloves from "Rocky II" to the Smithsonian, but he wore these gloves in the first "Rocky", where he duked it out for 15 rounds with Apollo Creed. This pair clearly has a strong sentimental appeal for him - it has remained in his private collection for more than 30 years.
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- Craig
Rocky Boxing Gloves The sleeper hit of 1976 and a surprise Best Picture winner, the underdog-palooka fable kick-started the career of writer-director-star Sylvester Stallone, launched a six-film franchise, and roused untold millions of couch potatoes with dreams of "Eye of the Tiger" glory. Stallone donated the gloves from "Rocky II" to the Smithsonian, but he wore these gloves in the first "Rocky", where he duked it out for 15 rounds with Apollo Creed. This pair clearly has a strong sentimental appeal for him - it has remained in his private collection for more than 30 years.
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- Craig
posted by Craig Zablo at
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