By Back in 1970, when Sylvester Gardenzio Stallion was a spritely 24-year old all full of hopes and dreams and other stuff, he was paid a princely $200 for his first starring role in The Italian Stallion.
Only it’s not what you think. It’s worse than you could ever imagine. In fact if you’ve already had that Thanksgiving dinner, you might want to give this one a miss.The Italian Stallion, originally titled The Party At Kitty And Stud’s before its star found fame as Rocky Balboa, is a porno. I’ll let you digest that for a moment. Or possibly the opposite.
Wikipedia describes the ‘plot’ as follows: “The film deals with the sex life of New York girl Kitty (Henrietta Holm) and her boyfriend Stud (Sylvester Stallone). Stud is brutal and oafish but Kitty is enamoured with his sexual performances. They sometimes engage into light sadomasochism, with Stud belt-whipping Kitty. Stud later posts a sign on a bulletin board inviting people to a party. Several people show up at Kitty and Stud’s apartment and they all engage into group sex, with Stud servicing all the women.”
According to Variety, the original negatives were recently sold at an…
Back in 1970, when Sylvester Gardenzio Stallion was a spritely 24-year old all full of hopes and dreams and other stuff, he was paid a princely $200 for his first starring role in The Italian Stallion.
Only it's not what you think. It's worse than you could ever imagine. In fact if you've already had that Thanksgiving dinner, you might want to give this one a miss.The Italian Stallion, originally titled The Party At Kitty And Stud's before its star found fame as Rocky Balboa, is a porno. I'll let you digest that for a moment. Or possibly the opposite.
Wikipedia describes the 'plot' as follows: "The film deals with the sex life of New York girl Kitty (Henrietta Holm) and her boyfriend Stud (Sylvester Stallone). Stud is brutal and oafish but Kitty is enamoured with his sexual performances. They sometimes engage into light sadomasochism, with Stud belt-whipping Kitty. Stud later posts a sign on a bulletin board inviting people to a party. Several people show up at Kitty and Stud's apartment and they all engage into group sex, with Stud servicing all the women."
According to Variety, the original negatives were recently sold at an eBay auction for the staggering price of $412,100. Expect the news to emerge any day now that the buyer was a Mr. S. Stallone, whose other recent investments include a very large furnace. At least whoever the buyer is can reassure themselves that their spending almost half a million dollars on a film as bad as The Italian Stallion will almost certainly prove to be a more enjoyable investment than anyone who pays $3.95 for a copy of Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot from Amazon.
[Via Variety]