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- ISBN
- 9781589880290
- Book Title
- Rocky Stories : Tales of Love, Hope, and Happiness at America's Most Famous Steps
- Item Length
- 11in
- Publisher
- Dry Books, Incorporated, Paul
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Genre
- Travel, Performing Arts
- Topic
- Film / General, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
- Item Width
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 21.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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"Two extraordinarily talented journalists, Michael Vitez and Tom Gralish, have captured this uniquely American phenomenon with whimsy, poignancy, and utter charm."--John Grogan, author of Marley & Me " Rocky Stories captures the sprawling complexity of life. It's a delight."--Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down "A book that is an absolute joy and an absolute blast and quintessentially American in its hopes and dreams and sweetness."--Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and A Prayer for the City Pulitzer Prize-winners Michael Vitez and Tom Gralish of the Philadelphia Inquirer spent a year visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Art to capture the stories of "Rocky runners," who come from all over the world to run up America's most famous steps--just as Sylvester Stallone did in Rocky . People make the pilgrimage to mark a new beginning, to seek inspiration, to celebrate an accomplishment, to find the perfect backdrop for romance, or simply because they love the movie. As one runner says, "It gives you the feeling that anything is possible." The authors have uncovered an enduring cultural phenomenon, one that centers on Philadelphia, and yet, as Michael Vitez writes in his introduction, is a true American, and even international, rite of passage. The book includes fifty-two profiles and one hundred color photographs, together with a foreword by Sylvester Stallone, and interviews with Rocky 's Academy Award-winning director John G. Avildsen, composer Bill Conti, and cameraman Garrett Brown. In his foreword, Sylvester Stallone sums up his thoughts on the phenomenon: "You can't borrow Superman's cape. You can't use the Jedi laser sword. But the steps are there. The steps are accessible. And standing up there, you kind of have a piece of the Rocky pie." "[C]harming photo essay of people who retraced Rocky's steps and felt their own exhilaration doing it."-- San Francisco Chronicle "The extent to which the Rocky myth--that of the perennial loser who proves he's 'not just another bum from the neighborhood'--has resonated is documented in this winning book."-- Sports Illustrated "I've only skimmed it, and already I'm in love with the book Rocky Stories . (It had me at the title.)...It may sound like a movie tie-in, but it's not. It's just a fascinating testament to how the words 'Rocky' and 'underdog' are still interchangeable 30 years after the film's release."-- Entertainment Weekly 's PopWatch column "The Rocky steps have become a special place for tourists and Philadelphians alike. Virtually everyone who lives here or comes here wants to say that they ran up the Rocky steps and saw the incredible view down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. When I was Mayor, the city planned 24 hours of millennium celebrations, one each hour. Of course we had to kick it off at the Rocky steps and we did so with 2,000 people all dressed like Rocky running up the steps at the same time. It was awesome."--Former Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell Michael Vitez has been a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer since 1985. For his series on end-of-life issues, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism. Tom Gralish has been at the Philadelphia Inquirer since 1983, working as both an editor and photographer. For his photo essay on the homeless, he won both the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.
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Publisher
Dry Books, Incorporated, Paul
ISBN-10
1589880293
ISBN-13
9781589880290
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63053041
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rocky Stories : Tales of Love, Hope, and Happiness at America's Most Famous Steps
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Film / General, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Travel, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bj1611.2.V59 2006
Photographed by
Gralish, Tom
Reviews
Praise for Rocky Stories "Two extraordinarily talented journalists, Michael Vitez and Tom Gralish, have captured this uniquely American phenomenon with whimsy, poignancy, and utter charm."--John Grogan, author of Marley & Me "Rocky Stories captures the sprawling complexity of life. It's a delight."--Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down "A book that is an absolute joy and an absolute blast and quintessentially American in its hopes and dreams and sweetness."--Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and A Prayer for the City "[C]harming photo essay of people who retraced Rocky's steps and felt their own exhilaration doing it."--San Francisco Chronicle "The extent to which the Rocky myth--that of the perennial loser who proves he's 'not just another bum from the neighborhood'--has resonated is documented in this winning book."--Sports Illustrated "I've only skimmed it, and already I'm in love with the book Rocky Stories. (It had me at the title.)...It may sound like a movie tie-in, but it's not. It's just a fascinating testament to how the words 'Rocky' and 'underdog' are still interchangeable 30 years after the film's release."--Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch column "The Rocky steps have become a special place for tourists and Philadelphians alike. Virtually everyone who lives here or comes here wants to say that they ran up the Rocky steps and saw the incredible view down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. When I was Mayor, the city planned 24 hours of millennium celebrations, one each hour. Of course we had to kick it off at the Rocky steps and we did so with 2,000 people all dressed like Rocky running up the steps at the same time. It was awesome."--Former Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, Praise for Rocky Stories "Two extraordinarily talented journalists, Michael Vitez and Tom Gralish, have captured this uniquely American phenomenon with whimsy, poignancy, and utter charm."-- John Grogan, author of Marley & Me " Rocky Stories captures the sprawling complexity of life. It's a delight."-- Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down "A book that is an absolute joy and an absolute blast and quintessentially American in its hopes and dreams and sweetness."-- Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and A Prayer for the City "[C]harming photo essay of people who retraced Rocky's steps and felt their own exhilaration doing it."-- San Francisco Chronicle "The extent to which the Rocky myth--that of the perennial loser who proves he's 'not just another bum from the neighborhood'--has resonated is documented in this winning book."-- Sports Illustrated "I've only skimmed it, and already I'm in love with the book Rocky Stories . (It had me at the title.)...It may sound like a movie tie-in, but it's not. It's just a fascinating testament to how the words 'Rocky' and 'underdog' are still interchangeable 30 years after the film's release."-- Entertainment Weekly 's PopWatch column "The Rocky steps have become a special place for tourists and Philadelphians alike. Virtually everyone who lives here or comes here wants to say that they ran up the Rocky steps and saw the incredible view down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. When I was Mayor, the city planned 24 hours of millennium celebrations, one each hour. Of course we had to kick it off at the Rocky steps and we did so with 2,000 people all dressed like Rocky running up the steps at the same time. It was awesome."-- Former Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, Praise for Rocky Stories "Two extraordinarily talented journalists, Michael Vitez and Tom Gralish, have captured this uniquely American phenomenon with whimsy, poignancy, and utter charm."--John Grogan, author of Marley & Me "Rocky Stories captures the sprawling complexity of life. It's a delight."--Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down "A book that is an absolute joy and an absolute blast and quintessentially American in its hopes and dreams and sweetness."--Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and A Prayer for the City "[C]harming photo essay of people who retraced Rocky's steps and felt their own exhilaration doing it."--San Francisco Chronicle "The extent to which the Rocky myth--that of the perennial loser who proves he's 'not just another bum from the neighborhood'--has resonated is documented in this winning book."--Sports Illustrated "I've only skimmed it, and already I'm in love with the book Rocky Stories. (It had me at the title.)...It may sound like a movie tie-in, but it's not. It's just a fascinating testament to how the words 'Rocky' and 'underdog' are still interchangeable 30 years after the film's release."--Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch column "The Rocky steps have become a special place for tourists and Philadelphians alike. Virtually everyone who lives here or comes here wants to say that they ran up the Rocky steps and saw the incredible view down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. When I was Mayor, the city planned 24 hours of millennium celebrations, one each hour. Of course we had to kick it off at the Rocky steps and we did so with 2,000 people all dressed like Rocky running up the steps at the same time. It was awesome."--Former Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell
Copyright Date
2006
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