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RocketMan

  • 1997
  • PG
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Harland Williams in RocketMan (1997)
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Fred Z. Randall is a geeky spacecraft designer who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars.Fred Z. Randall is a geeky spacecraft designer who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars.Fred Z. Randall is a geeky spacecraft designer who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars.

  • Director
    • Stuart Gillard
  • Writers
    • Oren Aviv
    • Craig Mazin
    • Greg Erb
  • Stars
    • Harland Williams
    • Jessica Lundy
    • William Sadler
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stuart Gillard
    • Writers
      • Oren Aviv
      • Craig Mazin
      • Greg Erb
    • Stars
      • Harland Williams
      • Jessica Lundy
      • William Sadler
    • 93User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Harland Williams
    Harland Williams
    • Fred Z. Randall
    Jessica Lundy
    Jessica Lundy
    • Julie Ford
    William Sadler
    William Sadler
    • 'Wild Bill' Overbeck
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    • Paul Wick
    James Pickens Jr.
    James Pickens Jr.
    • Ben Stevens
    Beau Bridges
    Beau Bridges
    • Bud Nesbitt
    Peter Onorati
    Peter Onorati
    • Gary Hackman
    Don Lake
    Don Lake
    • Flight Surgeon
    Bill Jenkins
    Bill Jenkins
    • Mission Controller
    • (as William Arthur Jenkins)
    Ken Farmer
    Ken Farmer
    • Mission Controller
    Blake Boyd
    Blake Boyd
    • Gordon A. Peacock
    Brandon Kaplan
    • Young Fred
    Paxton Whitehead
    Paxton Whitehead
    • British Reporter
    Don Armstrong
    • Anchorman
    Pamela West
    • Nun
    Marjorie Carroll
    • Nun
    Claire Birnbaum
    • School Kid #1
    Sean Tweedley
    • NASA Lab Tech
    • Director
      • Stuart Gillard
    • Writers
      • Oren Aviv
      • Craig Mazin
      • Greg Erb
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    Dave-79

    Icht schlicken dokken, lug dee lug......

    I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard during a movie. Harland Williams is a genius. "C'mon all you Chinese....." Who comes up with this stuff??? I got the feeling that the directors and writers just told Williams to work around the script and improvise whatever he wanted? Some of this stuff is so off the wall, you wonder just how much was scripted. And this is not your typical Jerry Lewis slapstick. Williams has a great deal of pure talent. Anyway watch it and just enjoy the wonderful absurdity that is Rocket Man.
    9Figgiedan

    A great Disney movie, ranks up there with "What About Bob"

    This movie is incredibly funny. I base a good comedy on how many times it makes you laugh - this movie made me laugh so hard I cried at least 3 times. It throws tons of jokes at you - Harland Williams is great as the computer specialist who gets his dream job of becoming an astronaut -- "what I'll do now is use what we like to call 'The right way" to show you how it's done." There was only one moment where one joke goes on a few seconds too long ("whole world in his hands" bit) - but other than that it a very inventive comedy that will make adults laugh just as much as the kids, maybe more. A surprise gem - one of the funniest flicks I've seen - give it a shot. 9 out of 10.
    9MNESS

    Funny! PERIOD.

    I pride myself in having good taste in movies. Among my favorites are Raging Bull, On The Waterfront, The English Patient, etc. Normally I hate movies like this. Austin Powers 2 was so bad I wanted to leave. But this movie just makes me laugh.....hard. Sure it has your stereotypical Disney stuff that gets laughs from the little ones, but there are so many clever lines for adults that it really surprised me the first time I saw it. Harland Williams was perfectly cast, I don't think anyone else would have been good as Fred Z. Randall. If you are in for a stupid movie that will make you laugh see RocketMan.
    9Aelfy

    Put it on loop, and drive yourself loony.

    I worked at a Video -rental shop when this movie came out on PAL-VHS, and as we were only allowed to show PG rated films (Sorry I dont know the US rating) Anyway, I slapped this film on to see what it was like. I had trouble serving customers, I was laughing that much! I put the film on loop for my whole 12 hour shift, and nearly drove myself loopy. I sang along to "He holds the whole world..." and later found my self talking to my socks.

    I don't work there any more...
    horsegoggles

    One of the funniest movies I've ever seen, if not the funniest.

    The first time I saw this movie I couldn't stop laughing. I happened to see it again a couple nights ago, and it was the same, only it seemed even funnier. I just ordered it from Amazon, I've got to have this movie available when I need a good laugh. I can understand why some people don't like it, you have to be 10 years old at heart to get it. What I don't understand is why I haven't seen more of Harlen Williams, he was a riot in this movie.

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    • Trivia
      For the surface of Mars, the filmmakers shot in Moab, Utah, where they found giant cliffs, red rocks, a lack of vegetation, and the overall scale of what could be a distant planet.
    • Goofs
      When Fred arrives at work in his car there's not enough space to leave via either door so he goes out of the sun roof. Yet he's somehow able to remove one of the wheels which he wouldn't have been able to get any access to.
    • Quotes

      William Overbeck: How'd you like to be the first guy to die on Mars.

      Fred Randall: Well sorry Mr. First to Show Inappropriate Anger on Mars.

    • Crazy credits
      After all the credits, we see the ultimate fate of the substitute flag.
    • Alternate versions
      To get the PG rating in the UK 42 seconds were cut to remove a scene in which a child climbs into a washing machine and goes for a spin within it.
    • Connections
      Edited into Le Petit Dinosaure: Les Longs-Cous et le Cercle de lumière (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      The Martians Are Cowboys
      Written and Produced by Andrew Dorfman

      Performed by Rob Laufer and Andrew Dorfman (as Andy Dorfman)

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Rocket Man
    • Filming locations
      • Sugar Land, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Pictures
      • Caravan Pictures
      • Gold/Miller Productions
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    • Budget
      • $16,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,448,043
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,472,937
      • Oct 12, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,448,043
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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