Sinclair overhears Cliff attempting to tell Jenny about the rocket pack, so he invites her to dinner.
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Movie star Neville Sinclair (Timothy Dalton) had hired Valentine's gang to steal the rocket pack, and he sends his monstrous henchman Lothar (Tiny Ron Taylor) to question the injured getaway driver, who tells him the rocket pack is at the airfield.Ĭliff's girlfriend is aspiring actress Jenny Blake (Jennifer Connelly), who has a bit part in Sinclair's latest swashbuckling film, but recent events begin to drive a wedge in their relationship.
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During their escape from the authorities that ends up on an airfield, one gangster is shot to death, the getaway driver hides the rocket pack, and Stunt pilot Cliff Secord's (Billy Campbell) Gee Bee racer is totaled in the resulting auto-airplane accident, crippling his career he and airplane mechanic Peevy (Alan Arkin) later find the rocket pack hidden in a biplane cockpit. In 1938 Los Angeles, two gangsters in Eddie Valentine's (Paul Sorvino) gang steal a rocket pack from Howard Hughes (Terry O'Quinn). Plans for Rocketeer sequels were abandoned after the film was a disappointment at the box office, grossing only $46 million on a $35 million budget. The film was released on June 21, 1991, and received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. The visual effects sequences were created and designed by Industrial Light & Magic, and were supervised by animation director Wes Takahashi.
Filming for The Rocketeer lasted from Septemto January 22, 1991. Johnston also had to convince Disney to let him cast unknown actor Billy Campbell in the lead role. The studio also intended to change the trademark helmet design Disney CEO Michael Eisner wanted a straight NASA-type helmet, but Johnston convinced the studio otherwise. Screenwriters Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo had creative differences with Disney, which caused the film to languish in development hell. His heroic deeds soon attract the attention of Howard Hughes and the FBI, who are hunting for the missing jet pack, as well as the Nazi operatives that stole it from Hughes.ĭevelopment for The Rocketeer started as far back as 1983, when Stevens sold the film rights. Steve Miner and William Dear considered directing The Rocketeerbefore Johnston signed on. Set in 1938 Los Angeles, California, The Rocketeer tells the story of stunt pilot Cliff Secord who stumbles upon a hidden rocket powered jet pack that he there after uses to fly without the need of an aircraft. The film is based upon the character of the same name created by comic book artist and writer Dave Stevens.
Gallery The Rocketeer is a 1991 American period superhero film from Walt Disney Pictures, produced by Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, and Lloyd Levin, directed by Joe Johnston, that stars Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino, and Tiny Ron Taylor.
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