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  Rocky Mountaineer Official Site – Canadian Train Travel, Rail Tours
Join us onboard the Rocky Mountaineer as we journey through Canada’s winter wonderland and discover the ultimate luxury rail travel experience for the entire family.
In recognition of any travel concerns that our guests and partners may have, Rocky Mountaineer Vacations is pleased to introduce a “Peace of Mind” policy designed to provide flexibility and confidence for all concerned.
Effective immediately and until further notice, Rocky Mountaineer Vacations will allow guests to change their booking 72 hours in advance of the first day of the original travel date to a later travel date provided that a new date is given at that time.
www.rockymountaineer.com   (385 words)

  
  ESPN.com - Page2 - The making of 'Rocky'
I was going to make a creation called Rocky Balboa, a man from the streets, a walking cliché of sorts, the all-American tragedy, a man who didn't have much mentality but had incredible emotion and patriotism and spirituality and good nature even though nature had not been good to him.
I felt Rocky to be the vehicle for that kind of sensibility.
It had been written as "Rocky does several two-handed pushups." But something crazy happens every time that camera rolls and before I knew it, I was flying from one hand to another doing an exercise that no boxer in his right mind would ever do; and I continued to do it.
espn.go.com /page2/s/stallone/011207.html   (2251 words)

  
  Rocky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rocky (1976) is a motion picture written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as an underdog boxer.
Rocky Balboa is a dead-end, "bottom of the barrel" Italian guy from south Philadelphia who is going nowhere in life.
However, soon Rocky falls in love with his best friend's sister, Adrian (Talia Shire), and a new-found focus and determination is sparked within him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rocky   (1640 words)

  
 Rocky Marciano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1969, Rocky was a passenger in a small private plane, a Cessna 172 [1], headed to Des Moines, Iowa.
Rocky had a professional record of 49-0 with forty-three knockouts (Some claim his record was 50-0, counting a shorter match that was never recorded or sanctioned, yet not considered an exhibition).
Rocky was originally scheduled to fight Bob Baker or Nino Valdez in his last fight on January 2, 1956 (or later in Cuba, June 1956), but that fight, originally planned for Miami Beach, Florida, never took place.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rocky_Marciano   (2033 words)

  
 Rocky the Flying Squirrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rocket J. Squirrel, usually called by the nickname "Rocky", is the name of the flying squirrel protagonist of the 1959-1964 animated television series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show (both shows often referred to collectively as Rocky and Bullwinkle), produced by Jay Ward.
As the brains of the "moose and squirrel" duo, Rocky often was shown as coming up with creative solutions to the various situations the duo found themselves in on their adventures.
Rocky shared a house with his best friend, Bullwinkle, in the fictional small town of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, a parody of the real-life American town of International Falls, Minnesota.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rocket_J._Squirrel   (276 words)

  
 Rocky - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Rocky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rocky is a motion picture released in 1976 starring Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa and Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed.
Rocky Balboa is a dead-end, "bottom of the barrel" guy from Philadelphia who is going no where in life.
Rocky proves himself to all those who had doubted him before, including Mickey, and shows the spirit that one man can stand in the face of overwhelming odds.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Rocky.html   (781 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain National Park - Rocky Mountain National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
This living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the wet, grassy valleys to 14,259 feet at the weather-ravaged top of Longs Peak, provides visitors with opportunities for countless breathtaking experiences and adventures.
Rocky Mountain National Park, for all its grand beauty and sense of wildness, is embedded in a human environment that creates special challenges.
During the winter, snowshoers and cross-country skiers revel in the white-blanketed tranquility of meadows and forests.
www.nps.gov /romo   (372 words)

  
 Rocky Software for SoftRock40
Rocky will put these data in the comments section of your wav recordings so that other users will see at a glance when and where the recording was made, who made it, and what the LO frequency was.
Rocky allows you to select one of several pre-defined transition bandwidths, the choice is presented as a shape factor at the 500 Hz bandwidth.
Rocky 3 has a built-in iambic keyer, the paddle must be connected to a COM port as shown in this diagram.
www.dxatlas.com /Rocky   (3221 words)

  
 Rocky
Rocky is flustered and sits on a bench to ponder the situation.
Rocky is slumped in a chair and it is apparent he has lost interest in watching the movies.
Rocky Balboa, a fifty-to-one underdog, is living a Cinderella story which has captured peoples' imaginations all over the world -- to quote a popular sports magazine, 'The fighting style should be 'The Caveman Against the Cavalier.' From the increase in sound it appears the challenger is now approaching the ring...
www.awesomefilm.com /script/rocky.html   (16778 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Rocky Box Set (Widescreen/Full Screen): DVD: Shire,Sylvester Stallone,Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rocky 4 was my least favorite not only for a far fetched storyline and that damned robot, but because it lost it's humanism to go for the revenge plot.Plus it was Stallone's blatant "let's end the Cold War" peace offering.
Rocky 5 regained the humanism and returned Rocky and Adrian back to their roots and it was good because it was different.
Rocky had one fight, and it was one hell a fight- on the street.
www.amazon.ca /Rocky-Box-Widescreen-Full-Screen/dp/B000059H9A   (2071 words)

  
 Rocky Balboa (2006)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement to step into the ring for the last time and face the heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.
Some of Rocky's dialog with Marie was improvised according to Stallone on the DVD Commentary.
This is Rocky back to his sweet and charming self, stunned with what life has thrown at him, and just going through the motions of, well, growing old, but still having that ambition to kick life in the balls and say "it ain't over til it's over".
www.imdb.com /title/tt0479143   (805 words)

  
 Rocky Balboa Movie Review - Rocky Balboa Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe
"Rocky Balboa" is about a 50-year-old boxer's last shot at glory, but it clearly represents the 60-year-old Sylvester Stallone's attempt to climb back in the ring after a career that has dwindled into inconsequence in the past decade.
Rocky has no knees, no speed, he can't spar; his only recourse, to quote one character, is "good old-fashioned blunt force trauma." Which is a pretty good description of the last third of the movie.
The parallels between Rocky and Sly are everywhere, whenever Rock's son scoffs, "People will think you're crazy -- what are you trying to prove?" or when the old boy himself grumbles "There's still some stuff in the basement." This may be the first meta-movie for mooks.
www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=8710   (811 words)

  
 ROCKY (5-DISC GIFT SET) + ROCKY ANTHOLOGY - DVDs
The thin line separating the myths of Rocky and Stallone is all but erased in an opening montage that summarizes the pop-cultural baptism of the former in part through clips of the latter doing his own media song-and-dance, and the meta aspects of this second sequel only deepen from there.
Rocky is the escapist ideal: it has one foot in our world and the other in the dreamland of opportunity.
Rocky V represents what is sometimes called "the fallacy of the sequel," in that it invalidates the previous film's happy ending.
www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/rocky.htm   (1939 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain Horse Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
These horses have a lot of natural endurance, they are sure-footed on rough ground and, because of their gait, they require a minimum of effort by both horse and rider so that together they can cover a greater distance with less tiring.
The purpose of this association is to maintain the breed, to increase the number of horses in the breed and expand the area, which has knowledge of this fine horse.
The Rocky Mountain Horse Association is incorporated in the state of Kentucky as a non-profit corporation.
www.imh.org /imh/bw/rocky.html   (810 words)

  
 'Rocky Balboa'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rocky trades a Roman numeral for a last name and exits the fight game and film franchise (I sure hope) with his dignity and legacy intact.
Rocky's wife died of cancer in 2002, and he devotedly visits her grave and stops at their old haunts with brother-in-law Paulie (Burt Young), who eventually protests, "You're living backwards, Rocko.
"Rocky Balboa," written and directed by Stallone, recycles and repeats the touchstones of the previous films and resorts to some film tricks in the ring: a close-up of a face in which everything is fl and white except the vivid blood.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06354/747358-120.stm   (507 words)

  
 Blu-ray Review: Rocky | High-Def Digest
With Stallone now dragging him out of retirement for 'Rocky Balboa' certainly hasn't helped matters (although all those late-night talk show hosts cracking Rocky geriatric jokes may have to eat crow, as the latest sequel is actually a pretty good movie).
Watching 'Rocky' again is a testament to what a powerful screen presence he can create, at least with the right role.
'Rocky' has become such an indelible apart of our culture that it is easy to forget how good a film it really is. So just erase the memories of those ludicrous sequels from your mind, and reacquaint yourself with the greatest of all cinematic prizefighters.
bluray.highdefdigest.com /rocky.html   (1208 words)

  
 One last bout for a beloved franchise - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Preview screenings of Rocky Balboa are delivering a sucker-punch of charm: Jaded Hollywood journalists, many of whom sneered at all the sequels, are grudgingly conceding their affection for it.
The Rocky long-shot feeling is relatable to millions of Americans, particularly those struggling to get by, says David Sirota, a Democratic campaign strategist and author of the book Hostile Takeover, an exploration of how politics is increasingly dominated by the interests of those with a lot of money, at the expense of those with little.
Rocky may mean the most to those who have the least, or those trying to bounce back from terrible mistakes.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2006-12-17-rocky-balboa_x.htm   (1630 words)

  
 Rocky (1976)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gabe Sumner, who was UA's head of publicity at the time, has since admitted that the story was a complete fabrication but that it served them extremely well and that it "promoted the whole underdog concept".
Continuity: The last four punches of the 14th round that Rocky laid on Apollo are the same punches just shot at two different angles.
Rocky is a treasure of a character and Stallone plays him to perfection, really should have picked up an Oscar for that as well.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0075148   (545 words)

  
 Rocky
The story of Rocky Balboa, the "Italian Stallion" (Sylvester Stallone), a young fighter from the slums of Philadelphia, is successful as a film because it never abandons its interesting characters and their very human interactions to pursue a safe script.
Rocky eventually convinces her to go out with him, and when they kiss passionately, the romance is on.
Rocky's wish to "go the distance" with Apollo Creed is realized, but he ultimately loses in a split decision, avoiding the cliché ending you would normally expect to see.
www.chucksconnection.com /rocky.html   (956 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Stallone accepts 'Rocky' dilemma
In other interviews, Stallone has spoken nostalgically of the 1976 "Rocky" as "setting the bar too high." His first major role, his first finished script, and the film was the year's top box office draw, won the best-picture Oscar, and garnered acting and writing nominations for Stallone.
Rocky is part of the collective American consciousness of perseverance and decency, whether real or imagined.
Then, once Rocky begins to see some success, he acts in a way that people admire but which they don't see often in their real-life leaders in sports, politics or business.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,650216899,00.html   (908 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for breaking news, sports and entertainment
Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for breaking news, sports and entertainment
Above, Rockies closer Manny Corpas gets drenched in champagne in the locker room by catcher Yorvit Torrealba.
Take a look at the front page of today's Rocky Mountain News, and check out our collection of past front pages as well.
www.rockymountainnews.com   (549 words)

  
 Tim's Web Page - Rocky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rocky at nine weeks is babied by way-cool parents Tim and Andrea.
Rocky at six months looks into the camera, and thinks to himself, 'damn I am good looking'.
Rocky at 18 months sticks his tongue out at Tim while he takes his and Andrea's picture.
www.west.net /~tmmosson/rocky.html   (208 words)

  
 Movie Info for Rocky on MSN Movies
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood.
A once promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running strongarm errands for local loan sharks to survive.
Rocky Balboa was not the only "Cinderella" involved here: writer-director Sylvester Stallone, himself a virtual unknown, managed to sell his Rocky script (one of many that he'd written over the years) on the proviso that he be given the starring role.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=126813   (268 words)

  
 Wiser 'Rocky' manages to hold its own - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rocky is a bit lost these days and not nearly as cocky, which makes him more likable.
Rocky trains a bit, then manages to hold his own against the reigning heavyweight champ (the real light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver), several decades his junior.
Rocky still has some life left in him, and so does the franchise.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/reviews/2006-12-19-rocky-review_x.htm   (537 words)

  
 Rocky (1976)
Rocky (1976) is the phenomenally successful, uplifting, "sleeper" film that was filmed in a record twenty-eight days with a paltry budget of about $1 million, and ultimately grossed well over $100 million.
The original Rocky film, from director John G. Avildsen, was the most accessible, popular and identifiable of the lot of Rocky films, and it packed movie houses.
When Rocky is dropped off, he reasons that the debtor couldn't work to pay off the loan with broken thumbs.
www.filmsite.org /rock.html   (1711 words)

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