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Published: Feb. 1, 2016, 6:47 a.m.

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The Rocketeer (1991)

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d. Joe Johnston

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Starring:
Billy Campbell
Jennifer Connelly
Timothy Dalton
Alan Arkin
Paul Sorvino

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This week on TMR, we flash back to the Art Deco past and get into a big fight about... well, exactly what Art Deco is. A movie about a remarkably mentally healthy Howard Hughes; angelic, heavenly creature Jennifer Connelly; an underrated James Bond turns in an underrated villain performance; and huge Nazi blimps fly over Los Angeles and NO ONE EVEN NOTICES. We watched 1991\'s would-be franchise beginning "The Rocketeer."

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Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell) is a cocky stunt pilot in love with a beautiful actress, Jenny Blake (Jennifer Connelly). When he discovers a jet pack hidden in a biplane, Cliff straps on the rocket, dons a flashy helmet and becomes the high-flying hero known as The Rocketeer. But when Nazis want to use the rocket as a weapon, Cliff must use his alter ego to both protect Jenny from an evil actor (Timothy Dalton) and save the day in this period adventure based on the comic books by Dave Stevens.

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Things discussed\\xa0in the show:

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Los Angeles

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The Revenant - Leonard DiCaprio, Tom Hardy

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Saving Private Ryan

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Citizen Kane, The African Queen, Taxi Driver

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The Leftovers\\xa0- Liv Tyler

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David Lindelof - Lost, Prometheus

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Deadwood - David Milch, Timothy Olyphant

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Yale

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Battle Royale, Jessica Jones

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Dick Tracy

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The Rocketeer (comic) - Betty Paige

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Howard Hughes

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Rick and Morty - Back to the Future

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Captain America

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Francis Ford Coppola\'s Bram Stoker\'s Dracula

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Kevin Costner, Matthew Modine, Dennis Quaid, Kurt Russell, Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Johnny Depp, Emilio Estevez

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Men at Work

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Project Greenlight

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Galadriel

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Darren Aronofsky - Pi,\\xa0Requiem for Dream

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Justified

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Edward Scissor Hands

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Margo Martindale, Clint Howard, Terry O\'Quinn, Melora Hardin (The Office), Paul Sorvino, John Polito

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The Crow

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Danny DeVito

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Art Deco

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Metropolis

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Steampunk, Diesel-punk, Cyberpunk - Abraham Lincoln with a gatling gun arm

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Mad Max

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DragonCon

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Fighter planes - the Allison engine, F-4 Corsair, P40 Tomahawk

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Snoopy, Calvin and Hobbes

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Home Alone

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L.A. Confidential

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Errol Flynn

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Spartacus

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The Phantom of the Opera

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Nazi rocketmen propaganda film

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The Hindenburg

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Superman (1950s) - Lex Luther

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Iron Man, The Punisher, Captain America, Hawkeye, Batman, The Joker, Bane

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Richard Donner

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Next week: The Goonies

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