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Rocky ( Sylvester Stallone ) has reservations, but agrees to train Apollo, who enters the ring in an over-the-top patriotic entrance with James Brown performing Living in America.
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After Stallone directed the second through fourth films in the series, Rocky V saw the return of director John G. Avildsen, whose direction of the first film won him an Academy Award for Best Director.
Rocky returns home from the Soviet Union and is greeted by his son, Robert ( Sage Stallone ).
According to Stallone, pro wrestling legend Terry Funk helped choreograph much of the street fight between Rocky and Tommy Gunn.
Eventually, Stallone rewrote the ending, saying that he decided to change it because Rocky was supposed to be about perseverance and redemption, and having him die in a street brawl would be against the roots of the series.
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She then discovers Rocky, cowering in his birth tank, hiding from Riff Raff, who has been tormenting him.
Rocky and the guests are served dinner, which they soon realize has been prepared from Eddie's mutilated body.
Production stills were taken by 1970s rock photographer Mick Rock, who has published many calendars and photo books from his Rocky Horror work.
Along with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Curry has starred in several live-action and animated films.
Pyrope has tradenames some of which are misnomers ; Cape ruby, Arizona ruby, California ruby, Rocky Mountain ruby, and Bohemian garnet from the Czech Republic.
In the 2000s, Kane Waselenchuk, Jack Huczek, Jason Mannino, Ben Croft, and Rocky Carson have all excelled, but Waselenchuk has been dominant the last two seasons losing only once since September 2008.
In men's play, Kane Waselenchuk ( Canada ) has won the most US Open titles with seven ahead of Sudsy Monchik ( USA ) with four, while Jason Mannino ( USA ) and Cliff Swain ( USA ) have both won the title twice, and Rocky Carson ( USA ) once.
Unlike the Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir, Coast Douglas-fir foliage has a noticeable sweet fruity-resinous scent, particularly if crushed.
The extinction of the Rocky Mountain locust has been a source of puzzlement.
In the meantime, Helena, who has been on the verge of leaving Rocky for Everard, accepts that Everard does not care for her and leaves the neighbourhood, along with Rocky.
However, effective antibiotic therapy has dramatically reduced the number of deaths caused by Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Other notable characters include: Lionel's father, Rocky ( Frank Middlemass ), who owns a large country house in Hampshire, which he later gives to Lionel ; the housekeeper, Mrs. Bale ( Janet Henfrey ), who has an unusual interest in the Shipping Forecast, and the gardener, Lol Ferris ( Tim Wylton ).
Rocky IV has been interpreted as a commentary on the power struggle between technology and humans, illustrated by both Paulie's Robot and the technology utilized by Drago.
Rocky IV has been noted as a prime example of propaganda through film, with both the stark culture contrast of Apollo's patriotic showing in Las Vegas and Drago's cold, subdued performance in the USSR and the ubiquitous yet ineffective KGB officers stationed around Balboa's cabin outside Krasnogourbinsk.
Rocky IV is one of the few sport movies that applies genuine sound effects from actual hits, bonafide training methods created by consultants and a bevy of special effects that in turn creates a film that has grown in popularity.
In the film Mask, Rocky Dennis ( played by Eric Stoltz ) has a girlfriend from San Marino.
Besides beachgoing, Rocky Neck also offers camping in the summertime and a large, flat meadow area also has a number of picnic tables and outdoor barbecue grills.
Oakley has become recognized world-wide for its Middle Mountain quarries of Rocky Mountain quartzite building stone known as Oakley Stone.
It has a small nature trail that follows next to the two rivers, which also connects it to Memory Isle Park, named for the island in the Rocky River that sits in the middle of the park.
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