![]() When Hughes demands the return of the rocket, Cliff explains that he needs it to rescue Jenny when the FBI protests, Cliff escapes, but inadvertently leaves behind a clue to the location of the exchange. The FBI agents mention that they are tracking a Nazi spy in Hollywood, whom Cliff realizes to be Sinclair. Hughes reveals that the rocket was a prototype similar to one Nazi scientists were unsuccessfully developing to invade the United States (as shown in a propaganda film the FBI show Cliff that was smuggled out of Nazi Germany). Cliff hides the rocket just before he is arrested by the FBI, who take him to Hughes. Sinclair recaptures her with Lothar's aid and leaves a message for Cliff: bring the rocket pack to the Griffith Observatory that very night in exchange for Jenny's life. Sinclair tries to seduce Jenny at his villa, but she knocks him out and, trying to escape, discovers that he is a spy. Cliff proceeds to and infiltrates the South Seas Club but is nearly trapped by Valentine's gang, and in the ensuing melée, Jenny is kidnapped by Sinclair. The diner patrons overpower the mobsters, but a stray ricochet punctures the rocket pack's fuel tank, which Peevy provisionally patches with Cliff's chewing gum. Overhearing them consult with Eddie over the diner's phone, Cliff learns of Jenny's date with Sinclair and the latter's involvement with the crime. Cliff and Peevy arrive at the local diner but are trapped by a team of mobsters who are searching for Cliff, but don't recognize him. Cliff and Peevy escape with the rocket, and Lothar also escapes as the house is destroyed by gunfire. Sinclair then sends his monstrous assistant, Lothar, to search the airfield for Cliff.Ĭliff consults with Peevy in their shared home, where Lothar attacks and seizes detailed rocket pack schematics drawn up by Peevy, but they are interrupted by the arrival of the FBI. After Cliff leaves, Sinclair makes up to Jenny and invites her to dinner at the famed South Seas Club. Jenny is fired over Cliff's accident however, Sinclair, who is portraying the lead role of the production, overhears Cliff's attempt to tell Jenny about the rocket pack. However, Cliff and his aspiring actress girlfriend, Jenny Blake, begin to have relationship issues after Cliff visits her on-set of a film and inadvertently causes an accident. Having been seen by the audience, a media sensation ensues, and Cliff, as the anonymous hero, is dubbed "the Rocketeer". Shortly afterwards, at an airshow, Cliff uses the rocket (with Peevy's newly designed, face-hiding helmet) to heroically rescue his elderly friend Malcolm piloting a malfunctioned aircraft. Sinclair negotiates a new deal and dispatches the mobsters to search for the missing device. Meanwhile, Valentine argues with movie star Neville Sinclair, a Nazi secret agent, who had hired Valentine's gang to obtain the rocket from Hughes. Cliff experiments with it, but Peevy persuades him to leave the rocket alone until he can understand its design and fine-tune it. "Peevy" Peabody, whose Gee Bee racer was fatally damaged by the mobsters, find the mysterious rocket inside a biplane of their employer's hangar, where the getaway driver hid it. Los Angeles, California: In 1938, a rocket pack designed by Howard Hughes is stolen from his factory by members of mobster Eddie Valentine's gang, who are pursued by FBI agents to an airfield, where they are caught. Plans for Rocketeer sequels were abandoned after the poor box office performance. The film was released on Jand bombed at the box-office, but received generally favorable reviews from critics. The visual effect sequences were created and designed by Industrial Light & Magic. ![]() 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 President Michael Eisner wanted a straight NASA-type helmet - but Johnston convinced the studio otherwise. ![]() Screenwriters Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo had creative differences with Disney, which caused the film to languish in development hell. Steve Miner and William Dear considered directing The Rocketeer before Johnston, a fan of the comic book, signed on. Development for The Rocketeer started as far back as 1983, when Stevens sold the film rights. ![]()
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