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The Incomparable Mothership

343: Billy Campbell's Soup

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8694 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Put on your helmet, strap on your rocket pack, and stash that chewing gum somewhere, because it’s time to discuss 1991’s throwback adventure film “The Rocketeer.” Timothy Dalton chews the scenery! Billy Campbell is a bad boyfriend! Every character actor ever makes an appearance! Gangsters join forces with the Feds to fight Nazis! Jennifer Connelly… is also present! And there’s a Zeppelin!

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0:15.9

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0:22.0

The incomparable number three hundred forty three, March 2017.

0:30.7

Welcome back to everybody to The Incomparable.

0:32.6

I am your host, Jason Snell.

0:33.9

We are here to talk about a movie.

0:35.1

It's a classic movie of a sort, a cult movie of a sort.

0:37.8

Not from that long ago.

0:39.1

Oh, God, it's so long ago now.

0:40.9

1991.

0:42.3

I was in college then.

0:44.3

And Walt Disney Pictures released The Rocketeer based on the comic books by Dave Stevens, starring, well, I think of it as starring Billy Campbell and Jennifer Connolly, although Wikipedia would say starring Billy Campbell and Alan Arkin and also Jennifer Connolly is in it, which honestly, having seen it now, yeah, that's pretty much it. She's in it some. Anyway, joining me to talk about this movie. Some people who really love it. I have only seen it two or three times. I think it's fun, but I know there are some people who love, love, love this movie. And guess what?

1:14.0

I asked them to be on this podcast to talk about it. Dan Morin is one of those people. Hi, Dan.

1:18.6

Oh, Jason. Better the version with Billy Campbell and Jennifer Connolly than the version with

1:22.3

Billy Connolly. Actually, no, that would be amazing. Interesting. He can have the Alan Arkin part.

1:31.2

Also a huge Rocketeer fan, and I wouldn't do this episode without him.

1:34.0

Returning to the show for a second time, it's Casey Liss.

1:34.6

Hi, Casey.

1:35.1

Hello.

1:37.0

I am excited to be here.

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