The Rocketeer (1991)

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Directed by

Joe Johnston

Starring (View all)

Billy 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

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Dave Stevens

Danny Bilson
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Beautifully retro superhero feature

10 years, 9 months ago at Apr 23 8:57

PvtCaboose91

3 votes

"Peevy, you'd pay to see a man fly, wouldn't you?" Before comic book adaptations became a dime a dozen in the 21st Century, such ventures were risky gambles for studios. Although 1978's Superman and Tim Burton's Batman were massive money-makers, other endeavours were less successful at the box office. One such financial flop was 1991's The Rocketeer, a Disney-produced adaptation of the series of g... read more

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15 years, 7 months ago at Jun 18 0:16

coyoteblue

3 votes

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

A boring movie

14 years ago at Jan 9 15:45

johanlefourbe

3 votes

I don't get it... No disrespect but when you have Superman, Spider-man, Batman or the X-men why would you bother with the Rocketeer to make a comic-book adaptation ?!? Even though, nowadays, super-heroes are immensely popular and big business in the box-office, they actually made some of those also in the 90's but they always flopped. Somehow, instead of focusing on the popular characters I mentio... read more

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Description: In 1938, in Los Angeles, the pilot Cliff Secord crashes his plane after being hit in the air in a shoot-out between gangsters and FBI agents in a car chase; completely broken, his best friend and mechanics A. 'Peevy' Peabody tries to fix an old plane to raise some money in an exhibition show. However, Cliff finds a package hidden by one of the gangsters with a rocket with belts and they find that the device allows man to fly. Meanwhile, his beloved girlfriend and aspirant actress Jenny Blake succeeds in an audition to make a small part in a movie of the great actor Neville Sinclair that is ranked the third in box-offices. During ... (more)

Release date: 21 June 1991
UPC: 717951003195

Tags: Action (18), Adventure (14), 1991 (10), 1990s (9), Superhero (9), Fantasy (8), Family (6), WWII (6), Superheroes (5), Nazi (5), Based On Comic Book (5), Gangster (4), 1930s (4), Steam Punk (3), Nazis (3), Based On Comic (3), Action Hero (3), Beautiful Woman (2), Biplane (2), Box Office Flop (2)

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" Cliff Secord is a cocky stunt pilot in love with a beautiful actress, Jenny Blake. When he discovers a jet pack hidden in a biplane, Cliff straps on the rocket, dons a flashy helmet and becomes the high-flying hero known as The Rocketeer. But when Nazis want to use the rocket as a weapon, Cliff must use his alter ego to both protect Jenny from an evil actor and save the day in this period adventure based on the comic books by Dave Stevens. Joe Johnston's work on this film is what led to his"

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"Re-watch - Aug. 23rd Since I still had my daughter with me and we'd exhausted all the good options from Starz, we switched over to Disney+ to find something to watch and landed on The Rocketeer. And it's still a fun movie despite the obviousness of where it's headed. And watching it I'm reminded that Joe Johnston also directed Captain America: The First Avenger which seems perfect. The kiddo enjoyed it, though possibly not as much as I do. "

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