A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
- Cliff
- (as Bill Campbell)
- Spanish Johnny
- (as Robert Guy Miranda)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDave Stevens, the writer/artist of the original graphic novel, gave the film's production designer Jim Bissell and his two art directors his entire reference library pertaining to the Rocketeer at that time period, including blueprints for hangars and bleachers, schematics for building the autogyro, photos and drawings of the Bulldog Cafe, the uniforms for the air circus staff, and contacts for locating the vintage aircraft that were to be used. Stevens remembers that they "literally just took the reference and built the sets".
- GoofsWhen the Nazi agent is yelling at Sinclair, he shouts, "Ich habe meine Bestellung, und du auch!" ("I have my order, and so do you!") The German word for a military order is "Befehl." "Bestellung" is the order you give to a waiter.
- Quotes
Neville Sinclair: [on the road leading to the Griffith Observatory] C'mon, Eddie. I'm paying you well. Does it really matter where the money comes from?
[siding with the G-men to fight the Nazis]
Eddie Valentine: It matters to me. I may not make an honest buck, but I'm 100% American. I don't work for no two-bit Nazi. Let the girl go!
[Neville laughs, then calls out - in German - a group of hidden armed Sturmabteilung German soldiers who promptly hold everyone at gunpoint]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air (1991)
- SoundtracksDer Hoelle Rache
from Queen of the Night's "Aria" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Courtesy of Laserlight Digital, by arrangement with Sounds of Film
"Rocketeer" is a delightful adventure that recalls those classics from the old times of Hollywood. There is a handsome hero, a gorgeous heroine, gangsters, Nazi spies, betrayals, in a pace of cartoons with a magnificent art decoration, cars and costumes recreating Hollywood in the late 30's. The story has great lines and uses real characters, like Clark Gable and Howard Hughes, in fictional situations. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Rocketeer"
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Rocketeer
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,704,056
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,600,754
- Jun 23, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $46,704,906
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1