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Article: Stallone finds closure in 'Rocky' series finale.(Spotlight)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- December 16, 2006
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Byline: Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News
"Why, Sly?"
These days that's the first question you want to ask Sylvester Stallone, the muscular action hero who punched his way through multiplexes during the 1980s. Why, after 16 years, did Stallone think it was time for another Rocky movie?
Don't worry, there's an answer. Stallone has his Rocky rap down.
"Two reasons for another movie," said Stallone. "First, I felt very dissatisfied with the way Rocky V ended. To me, it was not closure on Rocky. It was an abstract, unfulfilling ending. It didn't resonate with anything.
"And, then, as we get older, we assume that life gets ...