The Rocketeer - Region 1 DVD
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14 years, 10 months ago at Jun 18 0:17
Good comic book movies are still the exception and this movie is one of those exceptions. I never read the comics so I don't know how literally faithful it is, but in spirit it's as faithful an adaption as you could have hoped. It's as much an homage to the time as it is the the pulp movies/fictions of the time. The art-deco mini movie poster is a classic, too.All the actors do ... read more
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Based on a retro-styled comic book hit of the '80s, this Disney film was meant to launch a whole line of Rocketeer films--but the series began and ended with this one. That's too bad, because this underrated Joe Johnston film has a certain loopy charm. The story centers on a pre-World War II stunt pilot (Bill Campbell) who accidentally comes into possession of a rocket-propelled backpack much coveted by the Nazis. With the aid of his mechanic pal (Alan Arkin), he gets it up and running, then uses it to foil a plot by a gang of vicious Nazi spies (is there any other kind?) led by Timothy Dalton. Jennifer Connelly is on hand as
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Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Release date: 17 August 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9786305428510 UPC: 717951003195
Release date: 17 August 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9786305428510 UPC: 717951003195
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