Sage Stallone

Biography

Sage Stallone was an american actor, director, distributor, producer. He was the eldest son of popular action hero Sylvester Stallone. Sage was known for his roles in Rocky V, Daylight, Vic, The Mansion Family among other movies and series

Childhood- Family

Sage Moonblood Stallone was born on 5th May 1976 in Los Angeles, California, United States to Sylvester Stallone(Father)- an actor/ writer/ producer & his first wife Sasha Czack(Mother). He has a younger brother in Seargeoh Stallone & three half siblings through his father's second marriage to Jennifer Flavin in:

• Scarlet Stallone (born in 2002)
• Sophia Stallone (born in 1996)
• Sistine Stallone (born in 1998)

His parents married in 1976 and divorced almost a decade later in 1985. His paternal grandfather Frank Stallone was a hairdresser, paternal grandmother Jackie Stallone an astrologer. He is of French, Italian, Ukranian ancestry from his father's side.

Education

• Montclair Preparatory School: He attended the school commonly known as Montclair Prep located at Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California near Panorama City.
• High School: Sage graduated from Montclair College Preparatory School in the year 1993.
• Graduation: He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (a public  arts school in Winston Salem, North Carolina) in filmmaking. 

Marriage

Sage Stallone & Starlin Wright

Sage had been married to Starlin Wright for a brief period, the couple had got married on 1st May 2007 and the marriage was annulled in 2008.

Death

Sage Stallone died of heart attack at his apartment in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States on 13th July 2012.  He was planning to get married to his then girlfriend, death came unexpectedly, he wasn't depressed.

He was discovered dead after 3-4 days of his death in his apartment. There were lot of prescription drugs  around the body, however the autopsy suggested he had died of heart attack (Atherosclerosis), he was a chain smoker & it was suggested to be the factor leading to heart attack. There were no other toxins found in his body. Stallone family was deeply hurt by the unexpected death, especially father Sylvester Stallone was very disturbed by the event. The family was seen fighting and disturbed in the open after the untimely event.

The funeral was held at the Los Angeles Saint Martin Catholic Church. His remains are kept at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Career

Grindhouse Releasing

Sage & film editor Bob Murawski co-founded the indie film distribution company 'Grindhouse Releasing' back in 1996. The company is involved with digital remastering, restoration of old movies among other things. Some of their restoration works are in -Cannibal Holocaust (1980), Cannibal Ferox (1981), The Beyond (1981).

Director Quentin Tarantino and Sage were good friends. Quentin has used the Grindhouse releasing logo in the opening credits of his movies Kill Bill(2003) and Grindhouse(2007). The two had previously worked on re-release of Italian director Lucio Fulci's horror movie The Beyond (1981).

Actor and director Vincent Gallo sold Sage the camera package of the drama movie The Brown Bunny in 2003. It is said that the movie was hard to break it up, Gallo is to have been relieved that the package went to Sage, who did a great job with it.

In 2006, he was supposed to be appear as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Junior in the movie Rocky Balboa (2006), but because of his commitments with the film distribution company 'Grindhouse Releasing', he couldn't take up the role.

Filmography

Trivia & Facts

• Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling: Sage appeared on GLOW- a women's professional wrestling show promoted by grandmother Jackie Stallone.
• Italian connection: Sage's paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Italy, he was born in Castellammare Del Golfo, Sicily. Sage used to visit Italy often and he called it his second home. [2]
• Best New Filmmaker award: Sage won the best director award at the Boston Film Festival for his short drama movie Vic(2006) with Clu Gulager, Tom Gulager, Miriam Byrd-Nethery
• He has appeared on the shows of- Johnny Carson, Barbara Walters, Phil Donahue, Arsenio Hall, Kelly Ripa, Maury Povich, Oprah Winfrey.
• You never spent time with me! You never spent time with my mother: During the scene in Rocky V, Sage shouted 'You never spent time with me! You never spent time with my mother' at his father Sylvester Stallone, it touched his dad and after the movie the two stayed very close together. Sage had confessed that he had become bit arrogatnt after the first few movies and that his father reeled him in.
• Despite the pressure of being the son of Sylvester Stallone sometimes getting irritating, Sage was very close to his father and was proud to be his son.
• Ancestry: Sage was of Italian, French, Russian, Ukranian ancestors of Jewish descent.
• Sylvester Stallone on his son after his death- "When a parent loses a child, there is no greater pain. Sage was our first child and the center of our universe and I am humbly asking everyone to leave the memory of my son in peace."
• Young Artist Awards: He was nominated for the best supporting actor award for his role in Rocky V in 1991

Quotes

• I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight. (About being the son of Sylvester Stallone who played Rocky & Rambo)
• I was turning into a little spoiled brat after Rocky V, I was 15 years old, and I thought I was a big shot
• My father realizes that he did okay with me. He did the best he could.
• I grew up around making movies and it drew me into it
• My father was never home when I was young, so I could get away with watching movies like Fulci's Zombie

Sources

1. IMDB Bio on Sage
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