Father v. Son Misconception

I have heard a few times now that Sly felt that Sage's short film "Vic" was mocking his career. Now is as good a time to set the record straight. It's a rather long story but the bottom line is that the movie was created from whole cloth when Sage came to me to write and produce a film for him based on an image he had in his mind's eye. I came up with the script based on said image and unwisely signed away the story rights to get the picture made. A mistake on my part but then again the name Stallone back in the day had me a bit starstruck. But, no harm, no foul. I begrudge no one as it was of my own doing.

Sage and I both were, and are, dear friends of Clu Gulager and it was always going to be a film made for, and with, him and his entire family. Any connection to Sly was never as much as a fleeting thought except that the young hotshot director in "Vic" is named Tony LaSalle, an anagram I came up with for Sly Stallone. If Sly feels that Sage was making a film that was in any way taking shots at his career trajectory he could not be more mistaken. Sage made a passionate statement about what inevitably could happen to anyone, but especially those who depend on others for validation.

Sage stood up for my screenplay and for that I always stand up for him and "Vic".