The Rocketeer (Blu-ray, 20th Anniversary Edition) (1991) - Walt Disney Video

Three years before the United States declares war, Cliff Secord leads America's first battle against

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

Rated: PG
Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
Video: Color
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Released: December 13, 2011
Originally Released: 1991
Label: Walt Disney Video
Note: Disney enhanced high definition picture and sound
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:

DTS HD Master Audio - English
Subtitles - French

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Billy Campbell & Jennifer Connelly
Performer:		Alan Arkin, Paul Sorvino, Timothy Dalton, Ed Lauter, Jon Polito, Terry O'Quinn & Ele Keats
Directed by		Joe Johnston
Edited by		Arthur Schmidt
Composition by		James Horner

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 07/11/1991
"...THE ROCKETEER is a full-throttle blast of thrills and fun..."

Sight and Sound - 08/01/1991
"...A hugely enjoyable romp....A visual feast..."

USA Today - 06/21/1991
"...[A] rowdy screen ride....Campbell and Connelly look great..."

Total Film - 07/01/2000
"...Campbell is suitably heroic....It's Dalton's scheming Hollywood star and heroine Connelly who stand out..."

Product Description:

In 1936 Hollywood, a young pilot and his mentor friend stumble on a rocket pack. After figuring out how to use it, the pilot becomes a hero, sought after by newspapers, Howard Hughes, the FBI, the Mob and the Nazis. This romantic, old-fashioned film features a sweeping soundtrack by James Horner.

Plot Synopsis:

In the tense atmosphere preceding World War II, millionaire Howard Hughes develops the invention of the century: a high-powered mini jet-pack. Nazi agents steal a prototype of the device, but lose it on an isolated airstrip during a frantic chase by feds. Aspiring pilot Cliff Secord accidentally finds the pack, and soon he's zooming through the air, spinning, flipping and crashing into the occasional barn. But when Cliff uses it to rescue an unconscious pilot plummeting to his death, the press dubs him "the rocketeer" and Nazis are hot on his trail.
Errol Flynnesque actor and Nazi agent Neville Sinclair hires gangsters to go after him. Devious Sinclair will stop at nothing to secure the invention for the fascists -- including kidnapping Cliff's girlfriend, Jenny. With flair and courage, Cliff dons his rocketeer outfit and saves the free world from the encroaching Nazi menace.

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Production Notes:

Color by Technicolor; shot in Panavision widescreen.
Budget estimate $40 million.
Additional cast: Tiny Ron (Lothar), John Lavachielli (Rusty), and Eddie Jones (Bigelow).
Mark Dindal was the "Nazi animation director."