The Rocketeer Minute Podcast

Guest: Screenwriter Danny Bilson Danny Bilson is an American writer, director, and producer of movies, television, video games, and comic books. Together with his frequent collaborator, Paul DeMeo, he is best known as the writer for the film The Rocketeer (1991) and creator, writer, producer and director for the television series Viper (1994, 1996), The […]

Guest: Screenwriter Danny Bilson Danny Bilson is an American writer, director, and producer of movies, television, video games, and comic books. Together with his frequent collaborator, Paul DeMeo, he is best known as the writer for the film The Rocketeer (1991) and creator, writer, producer and director for the television series Viper (1994, 1996), The […]

Summary Credits continue: “ANY OLD TIME” Written by ARTIE SHAW Performed by ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA Vocal BILLIE HOLIDAY COURTESY OF BLUEBIRD / RCA / BMG RECORD LABELS “IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD” Written by DUKE ELLINGTON “WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE” Written by E.A. SWAN Performed by MELORA HARDIN “NIGHT AND DAY” Written by […]

Summary Credits continue: Neville Sinclair TIMOTHY DALTON Eddie Valentine PAUL SORVINO Howard Hughes TERRY O’QUINN Fitch ED LAUTER Wooly JAMES HANDY Lothar TINY RON Spanish Johnny ROBERT GUY MIRANDA Rusty JOHN LAVACHIELLI Bigelow JON POLITO Malcolm EDDIE JONES Skeets WILLIAM SANDERSON Goose DON PUGSLEY Irma NADA DESPOTOVICH Millie MARGO MARTINDALE Patsy AMERICA MARTIN Wilmer MAX […]

Summary Credits continue: Negative Cutter BUENA VISTA NEGATIVE CUTTING Color Timer BOB KAISER Titles & Opticals PACIFIC TITLE Main Title Graphics by SAXON / ROSS FILM DESIGN, INC. DGA Trainee DAVID SPITZER Production Assistants HENRY H. HAMMOND, KRISTINA H. JONES, DIANA VILKAITIS, DAVID DALE SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS by INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC, a division of […]

Summary Credits continue: Special Effects Supervisor JON G. BELYEU Special Effects Foremen CHRIS BURTON, JIM D. SCHWALM, LARRY L. FUENTES Special Effects Technicians ALAN RIFKIN, RICHARD ZARRO, RON ZARRO, MIKE WEVER, BRUCE Y. KUROYAMA Wire Rigs AERIAL WIRE STUNTS, INC. — BOB HARMAN Aerial Coordinator CRAIG HOSKING Men’s Costume Supervisor DAN LESTER Women’s Costume Supervisor […]

Summary Peevy walks off to talk to Goose while Cliff and Jenny kiss. Bystanders admire the Gee Bee on a sunny Sunday morning in front of the Bull Dog Cafe. Patsy, with a saucepan on her head, chases a boy in a fedora around the front of the Gee Bee. “Rocketeer to the rescue!” she […]

Summary Hughes’s limo backs on to the Encino Road as Cliff watches him leave. Behind Secord, a crowd admires his new GeeBee Model R. Cliff waves to the limo as it drives away, then turns back to his friends gathered around the GeeBee. “Isn’t it pretty?” says Millie. Cliff stands next to Peevy and gestures […]

Summary Howard Hughes is standing next to a GeeBee Model R he’s just taxied to a stop in front of the Bulldog Cafe. A small crowd from the diner has gathered around the aircraft. Hughes is talking to Jenny and Cliff. “Would you excuse us for just a moment?” says Howard to Jenny. “Of course,” […]

Summary In their usual booth inside the diner, Peevy reads the morning paper to Jenny and Cliff. “Neville Sinclair was killed in the tragedy when flaming debris fell on his touring car, ” says Peevy. “That’s terrible. That was a nice car.” “You look awful blue,” says Jenny to Cliff, “for a guy who […]

Summary Lothar’s tether, now stretched to its limit, pulls him back to a standstill. Cliff and Jenny run past him. Lothar turns to face the oncoming hydrogen inferno. He holds his hands up in front of him and yells, just as he’s engulfed by the flames. Meanwhile, in the autogyro, Howard Hughes shouts at Peevy, […]

Summary The explosion of the X-3 has destroyed the last four letters of the famous “HOLLYWOODLAND” sign. D-LZ130’s bridge cabin is ablaze, as the ship sinks toward the Hollywood Hills. Cliff lifts Jenny to the top outer surface of the ship through Hatch #7. He shuts the hatch and looks at her. “Jenny,” says Cliff, […]

Summary On the bridge of the burning dirigible, Cliff struggles to put out the flames. The ship is sinking toward the Hollywood Hills. Neville Sinclair straps the Cirrus X-3 to his back and moves toward the opening on the side of the cabin. “For God’s sake, Sinclair,” says Cliff, “help us get these flames out!” […]

Summary Neville Sinclair and Cliff are fighting in the zeppelin cabin. Sinclair just knocked Cliff to the deck with one punch. “I do my own stunts,” says Sinclair. He lunges at the prone Cliff. Sinclair grabs Cliff by the scalp, and administers a body blow to Secord, followed by a right hook that knocks Cliff […]

Summary Neville Sinclair has a pistol pressed up against Jenny as he squares off with Cliff in the zeppelin cabin. “I’ve had a bellyful of you and your cheap heroics!” says Sinclair to Secord. “Hand over ze rocket, or I’ll blow her brains… all over ze cabin!” Cliff, his head dripping blood, looks at Sinclair. […]