Rocket Gibraltar | |
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Directed by | Daniel Petrie |
Written by | Amos Poe |
Produced by |
Geoffrey Mayo Robert Fisher |
Starring | Burt Lancaster |
Cinematography | Jost Vacano |
Edited by | Melody London |
Music by | Andrew Powell |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3 million [1] |
Box office | $187,349 |
Rocket Gibraltar is a 1988 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis Cameron, Patricia Clarkson, Frances Conroy, Sinead Cusack, John Glover, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey and Macaulay Culkin in his film debut.
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plot summary. (February 2018) |
Levi Rockwell is a retired, widowed Hollywood screenwriter and patriarch who reunites his entire family at his Long Island estate for his 77th birthday, but personal and social problems abound. His four children, son Rolo, and daughters Ruby, Rose and Aggie arrive, along with their spouses and children, to help him celebrate his 77th birthday. During the course of the family reunion He bonds with his youngest grandson 4 yr old Lou, one afternoon Lou brings his grandfather some lemonade While levi is napping lou see's A scale model ship and Levi explains that it's a viking ship. Later on that evening lou and his older cousins Are discussing What to get grandpa for his 77th birthday. While riding bikes one day the seven grandchildren are riding along and lou sees a boat in the tall grass later on they all decide to restore it for their grandfather's 77th birthday present.
Levi's health begins to fail and he voices a sentimental request that he be given a " Viking Funeral" after his death. With his adult children consumed by their own personal worries, His 7 grandchildren honor Levi's last wishes.
Rocket Gibraltar | |
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Directed by | Daniel Petrie |
Written by | Amos Poe |
Produced by |
Geoffrey Mayo Robert Fisher |
Starring | Burt Lancaster |
Cinematography | Jost Vacano |
Edited by | Melody London |
Music by | Andrew Powell |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3 million [1] |
Box office | $187,349 |
Rocket Gibraltar is a 1988 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis Cameron, Patricia Clarkson, Frances Conroy, Sinead Cusack, John Glover, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey and Macaulay Culkin in his film debut.
This article needs an improved
plot summary. (February 2018) |
Levi Rockwell is a retired, widowed Hollywood screenwriter and patriarch who reunites his entire family at his Long Island estate for his 77th birthday, but personal and social problems abound. His four children, son Rolo, and daughters Ruby, Rose and Aggie arrive, along with their spouses and children, to help him celebrate his 77th birthday. During the course of the family reunion He bonds with his youngest grandson 4 yr old Lou, one afternoon Lou brings his grandfather some lemonade While levi is napping lou see's A scale model ship and Levi explains that it's a viking ship. Later on that evening lou and his older cousins Are discussing What to get grandpa for his 77th birthday. While riding bikes one day the seven grandchildren are riding along and lou sees a boat in the tall grass later on they all decide to restore it for their grandfather's 77th birthday present.
Levi's health begins to fail and he voices a sentimental request that he be given a " Viking Funeral" after his death. With his adult children consumed by their own personal worries, His 7 grandchildren honor Levi's last wishes.