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Nov. 10, 2023
Sly (2023)
This recent trending documentary on Netflix delves deep into notable actor Sylvester Stallone’s career, who has become a household name in the previous decades. By: Dylan Low
Genres: Documentary, Biography
Distributor: Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/
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Length: 95 mins
Producer: Sean M. Stuart
Production Companies: Netflix, Balboa Productions
Description
This recent trending documentary on Netflix delves deep into notable actor Sylvester Stallone’s career, who has become a household name in the previous decades. By: Dylan Low
The documentary film showcases upclose insights into Stallone’s life, as he explicitly shares his perspectives about his personal life and his acting career, talking about both to provide an all-round complete message.
This includes his thought processes in many of his highlight revelations, namely his casting developments in his iconic film franchises Rocky and Rambo, to the remarkable moment when Dolph Lundgren’s punch hospitalized him in Rocky IV.
Currently charting on Netflix, this exquisite documentary also offers audiences the understanding of mainstream Hollywood industry, which leads to him openly discussing his choices of why he did certain things, showcasing his personal output into his films that makes them relatable for audiences to watch.
Things take an emotional route as Stallone reveals his childhood living with an abusive father which ‘traumatised’ and shaped him to become the character he is today, to them sharing an intimate chat during his father’s final moments in his deathbed.
This one-and-a-half-hour-long episode truly encapsulates a roller-coaster series of events, which will allow viewers to get an inside look as the film highlights the vulnerability of Stallone amidst the tough moments in his life.
Only released this year, Sly has already achieved worldwide attention, being chosen as the Closing Night Gala at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and nominated as Best Biographical Documentary at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards.
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