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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Dave Stevens (graphic novel "The Rocketeer")
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Release Date:
21 June 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
Three years before the United States declares war, Cliff Secord leads America's first battle against the Nazis.
Plot:
A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high flying masked hero. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win & 4 nominations more
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wonderful, old-fashioned movie more (97 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bill Campbell ... Cliff

Jennifer Connelly ... Jenny

Alan Arkin ... Peevy

Timothy Dalton ... Neville Sinclair

Paul Sorvino ... Eddie Valentine

Terry O'Quinn ... Howard Hughes
Ed Lauter ... Fitch
James Handy ... Wooly
Robert Miranda ... Spanish Johnny (as Robert Guy Miranda)
John Lavachielli ... Rusty

Jon Polito ... Bigelow
Eddie Jones ... Malcolm

William Sanderson ... Skeets

Don Pugsley ... Goose
Nada Despotovich ... Irma
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rocketeer (UK)
The Adventures of the Rocketeer (Australia)
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Runtime:
108 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints) (as Dolby Stereo)

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Tiny Ron, who plays Lothar, can be seen out of makeup in his second role as one of two Good Old Boys. He gapes as his companion marvels at the "Big gopher!" more
Goofs:
Continuity: The color of the endcap on the Gee Bee's control stick changes from red just as Cliff takes off to yellow after he flies over the car chase. more
Quotes:
Peevy: [after the test flight, about keeping the rocket pack] We're gonna need one hell of a lawyer
Cliff Secord: [seeing the destroyed statues' head, worriedly] I think we're gonna need a helmet.
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wonderful, old-fashioned movie, 15 May 2005
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Author: hbs from United States

I've always surprised when people don't like this movie. It was one of my favorites at the time, and it has aged very well. It's a real "retro 30's" picture, like "The Shadow", instead of being a modern reinterpretation of such movies like the Indiana Jones films (which I also like very much).

The reviews cover the plot enough, and there are no real surprises here, but it's great family fun. My kids really love this movie, and I end up watching it every year or two, and I have never tired of it. When it came out there were apparently sequels planned, but it got killed at the box office by T2, which ran over everything that summer, so Disney never did anything with the show. They have recycled the atmosphere and the music in the "Soaring over California" ride at DCA, and I have to say it always makes me wistful that the movie never got a sequel.

By the way, the movie doesn't follow the comics that closely, which I don't mind, but if you are a purist and a fan of the "graphic novels", you might keep that in mind.

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