Bari, 6 September 2023 – Shouting out “Rocky, Rocky!”, Joy of the Hill he celebrated his honorary citizen, descended directly from the Olympus of Hollywood: Sylvester Stallone. The actor and his brother Frankwell-known musician, actor and songwriter, have been invested with this important honor directly by the mayor, John Mastrangelo. But what is the connection of the Stallones with the town in the Bari area? The paternal family she was originally from Bari before moving to the United States of America: this is how the two brothers followed in the footsteps of the past by visiting those places with a familiar flavour.
the president of the region, Michele Emiliano for the occasion he brought the famous actor the greetings of all Apulians: “The presence of Sylvester Stallone in Gioia del Colle, his country of origin, excites all the Gioiesi and all the Apulians. The search for lost time is always one of the most moving and interesting things in the life of each of us. Gioia del Colle is my mother’s hometown, so I, like Sylvester Stallone, owe my birthplace to this wonderful city. We are honored by the presence of such an important person, capable of making cinema a moment of revolution, of passion for all of us. His films are not seen just once, they are seen continuously and are seen again even when you know them by heart and it is the sign of success and humilityof a determination an ability to work that is typically Apulian”.
