This is a movie in which Tom Waits and Sylvester Stallone have a conversation.
Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.
Paradise Alley is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles - next screening Saturday 28 November at 20:00 at Vista Theatre.
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This is a movie in which Tom Waits and Sylvester Stallone have a conversation.
Fight! - Stallone v. Schwarzenegger: A Rivalry of Muscular ProportionsStallone debuts as a director, but unfortunately, his first work behind the camera is nowhere near as great as his writing endeavors. In fact, in many ways, it feels like a mostly boring, uninspiring and poorly recycled version of Rocky without the charm, memorable scenes or characters. And a lot less boxing and more wrestling.I guess you can say Stallone is putting up some effort, or at least trying to recoup the magic from his first iconic character. There are a few traces and some little charm, but not enough to save the picture that, as many have pointed out, would have probably served better someone else who could have brought more energy. There were a few attempts at humor that I found pretty amusing, but I never laughed out loud. Specifically, the whole thing with the salami boi. Some of the fighting scenes are pretty neat, namely the last one with the water and all.All in all, I honestly don’t have much to say about this one. You can see there were some studios or producers messing around, but it's not the worst thing ever. If you can get past the Rocky of it all, I guess, as shown in the site’s profile page, you can probably find something to like here. I would just not rush to check this out.Fight! - Stallone v. Schwarzenegger: A Rivalry of Muscular ProportionsTODAY SCHEDULEF.I.S.T.Paradise AlleyThe Jayne Mansfield StorySmiling Friends
Sylvester Stallone has talked about how he was forced to edit a lot out of this movie by the studio. My question is why the hell did they not only let him keep the Sly-sung theme song in but also let it play over both the opening and closing credits?
Three Italian-American brothers in 1940s New York City attempt to change their fortunes by entering the gritty world of professional wrestling.
Paradise Alley was directed by Sylvester Stallone in 1978, marking his feature film directorial debut following his breakout success with Rocky.
Paradise Alley was released in the United States on September 22, 1978.
