Classic of the Month: The Rocketeer

Dir: Joe Johnston, US, 1991, Adventure/Science Fiction.
Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton.
Presented in memory of our friend and long-time volunteer Veronica Hicks.
It's the 35th anniversary year for this classic! "A most entertaining escapist adventure about a gee-whiz 1938 American pilot who finds a rocket backpack designed by Howard Hughes and uses it to foil undercover Nazis. Directed by Joe Johnston (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), this picture rips along with cascading energy and ends up being more entertaining than the last Indiana Jones film... Timothy Dalton steals the show as a Hollywood actor who wants the rocket pack for his own reasons... Set designs are top-notch, and the smart dialogue had my preview audience hissing and cheering at appropriate moments." - Gene Siskel, The Chicago Tribune

Genre: Action

Runtime: 108 min

Rating: PG