The Rocketeer (1991)
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Wikidata Q1740704, film, IMDb tt0102803, TMDB 10249: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Joe Johnston as director (Captain America: The First Avenger).
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 3 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Captain America: The First Avenger: 3 lines lineage ×2 career ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Captain America: The First Avenger → The Rocketeer.
Johnston was hired on the strength of The Rocketeer, which shares the period, beautiful-period-vibe sensibility.
“Joe Johnson's the guy who directed the Rockets here.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:13:53 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free), first at 2:15:30, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger, first at 0:13:59, 4 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career):
Captain America: The First Avenger → The Rocketeer.
The movie was a comeback for Johnston after The Wolfman and is essentially what he wanted The Rocketeer to be, with the culture now caught up.
“This is basically what you wanted to do with the rocketeer.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:50:42 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (2)
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lineage (lineage):
Captain America: The First Avenger → The Rocketeer.
Johnston was hired on the strength of The Rocketeer, which shares the period, beautiful-period-vibe sensibility.
“Joe Johnson's the guy who directed the Rockets here.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:13:53 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Captain America: The First Avenger → The Rocketeer.
A real period home interior and a Nazi-chase beat read as very Rocketeer.
“It's very rocketeer.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:50:23 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Joe Johnston: director (Blank Check — Patreon, Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Billy Campbell: lead (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))