Rocket Gibraltar

1988 film by Daniel Petrie

Rocket Gibraltar
Theatrical release poster
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	September 2, 1988 (1988年09月02日)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	3ドル million^[1]
Box office	187,349ドル

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.

Plot

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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 year old Blue. One afternoon Blue brings his grandfather some lemonade. Blue sees a scale model ship and Levi explains that it's a Viking ship. Later that evening Blue and his older cousins are discussing what to get grandpa for his 77th birthday. While bike riding Blue and his cousins see a boat in the tall grass. They decide to restore it as a birthday present for their grandfather.

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 wish.