Stallone, er, rides again

You can buy anything on eBay

You can buy anything on eBay. Horses, cars, suspension bridges, crocodile traps – there's almost nothing the online retailer won't flog. Who knew, however, that something so nebulous as distribution rights could be purchased in this manner? Varietymagazine, the showbiz paper of record, reports that Italian Stallion, a notorious softcore porn film starring Sylvester Stallone, went under the virtual hammer recently. Apparently the rights to the horrible (we're betting) 1970 picture fetched a pretty substantial $412,100.

Stallone has always claimed the film is pretty tame stuff. “About 10 people show up and they do a lot of kissing and necking, and that’s about it,” he told

Playboy

, before going on to suggest that it might get away with a PG rating today.

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke, a contributor to The Irish Times, is Chief Film Correspondent and a regular columnist