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The Rocketeer (released internationally as The Adventures of the Rocketeer) is a 1991 American period superhero science fiction film from Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. It was produced by Charles Gordon , Lawrence Gordon , and Lloyd Levin , directed by Joe Johnston , and stars Billy Campbell , Jennifer Connelly , Alan Arkin ...
- June 21, 1991
Jun 21, 1991 · A young pilot uses a jetpack to fight Nazis and save his girl in 1930s Hollywood. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks, and more for this film.
- (61K)
- Joe Johnston
- PG
- Action, Adventure, Family
Jun 21, 1991 · A movie review of The Rocketeer, a 1991 action-adventure film based on the 1930s serial heroes. The reviewer praises the film's wide-eyed credulity, sense of wonder, and special effects, but criticizes its lack of wit and self-mocking irony. The reviewer also compares the film to Indiana Jones and the Saturday afternoon serials.
The Rocketeer is a comic book superhero, created by writer/artist Dave Stevens. The character first appeared in 1982 and is an homage to the Saturday matinee serial heroes from the 1930s through the 1950s. The Rocketeer's secret identity is Cliff Secord, a stunt pilot who discovers a mysterious jetpack that allows him to fly.
- Cliff Secord
- Dave Stevens
- (various)
- Starslayer #2 (April 1982)
A young pilot stumbles on a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero in 1938 Los Angeles. He fights gangsters, Nazis and Nazis with his girlfriend and a mechanic who helps him use the device. The movie is based on a pulp comic from the past era and recreates 1930's Hollywood with a love story and a plot of action and adventure.
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Premise. In the town of Hughesville, seven-year-old Kit Secord learns she is secretly next in line to become The Rocketeer, a jet pack-wearing superhero who can fly. Armed with her cool new gear and secret identity, Kit takes to the skies to protect Hughesville and its residents from danger.
A 1991 fantasy film about a stunt pilot who becomes a superhero with a jet pack in World War II. See the critics' and audience's ratings, the trailer, the cast and crew, and the news and interviews for The Rocketeer.
- (66)
- Fantasy
- PG
