Thursday, January 24, 1980

New York NY -- New York Times Service NEW YORK - Wearing the golden apple, not of Paris but of New York, in the lapel of his grey suit, Sylvester Stallone, handsome as that hero of antiquity, sat at a corner table at Maxwell's Plum and talked about the film he will start shooting in New York soon.

It is now called Attack, a title that will almost certainly be changed, producer Martin Poll said, to Hawks, and it will be filmed during the coming eight weeks at more than 100 locations in the city.

New York City, incidentally, is undergoing something of a renaissance in film production at the moment. More than a dozen movies are slated to begin shooting here in the new few months, municipal officials say.

Discussing his current emotional state following his roller coast ride to fame and fortune, Stallone volunteered that he is feeling a strong flow of nonaggressive energy. ''I used to be very negative in my outlook,'' he said. ''I don't know why. Perhaps it was because I didn't feel I really deserved my success.

I think I've come to grips with this feeling. I think I've taken charge of my life. I don't feel any animosity. I have the Switzerland of personalities - strictly neutral.'' He is even feeling better about being back in New York, where he was born and which he denounced after moving to Hollywood and scoring with Rocky and its sequel Rocky II.

The pictures have so far grossed $200-million around the globe, a substantial share of which has wound up in Stallone's pockets. ''You've got to understand that I lived in New York under a cloud of rejection. Now that I'm back, I find it very stimulating. California is neon lights, lawn furniture and three-colored awnings. Everything was built at the same time.

Here you see six or seven generations in the architecture and strange characters on every street corner.

In his new movie, Stallone and Billy Dee Williams play partners in a police undercover unit who are assigned to hunt down an international assassin, played by Rutger Hauer.

Hauer, a hit in the recent Soldier of Orange, is a Brooklynite, having been born in Breukelen in the Netherlands, from which the borough derives its name. Lindsay Wagner plays Stallone's estranged wife.

For his emoting, Sly will receive $2-million up front and a sliding share of the gross from the first dollar. He said he took on the project because he liked the script, done by the author of The Black Hole.