18 Rocketeer, The (1991)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
18 Rocketeer, The (1991)
- The model that Cliff glides with to escape from 'Howard Hughes' (qv)'
warehouse resembled ``The Spruce Goose'', a monstrosity built by Hughes
which most people doubted would ever fly. This explains his ``It does fly!''
comment. At the time the film was made, Disney owned the Spruce Goose,
and it's rumored that they placed this part in the film as a promotion
for that attraction, which (apart from the Queen Mary) was the only
money losing Disney attraction in the US.
- Disney had a special mechanism built especially for this film. Called
the ``Shaky-cam'', it was designed to be the exact opposite of the
``Steady-cam'', that is, to introduce vibrations into the picture. This
was used in the scenes filmed inside the Zeppelin to give the impression
of the power of the engines. When the movie went to video, the effect
didn't transfer too well, and was therefore steadied.
- ``Beemans'' (the gum chewed by Howard Hughes) is the lucky gum of pilots.
See also "The Right Stuff (1983)" (qv).
- A scene where Neville Sinclair sends a message to Berlin (coded first on
an authentic Enigma machine found for the production) was filmed, but cut
due to running time constraints.
- CAMEO (Dave Stevens): [creator of the comic book]: the commanding officer in
the Nazi black and white test flight movie.
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