The Rocketeer

**The Rocketeer** is is a live-action superhero film by Disney from 1991.

## Summary

The film is set in 1938 Los Angeles and follows circus aviator Cliff Secord when he happens upon a jet-pack that he uses to become the heroic, "Rocketeer" to fight nazis.

## Connections

### Atwater Ink and Paint Art Supply

Bigelow's Air Circus is advertised on a bulletin board on Buena Vista Street in Disney's California Adventure.

### Disney Springs

#### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

Multiple allusions to the film can be found within this bar in Disney Springs, Florida. Jock is shown to be in possession of coasters from the South Seas Club featured in the film. Additionally are plaques and leather jackets commemorating Jock's time in Bigelow's Air Circus. In the lost & found is a key belonging to Howard Hughes, here identified as, "Howard H.".

A banner for Bigelow’s Air Circus performing in 1938 in Chaplin Airfield, Los Angelos is hung on one a wall with later Society of Explorers and Adventurers member Jock Lindsey having been a part of the Air Pirates Circus which participated in it. A poster for the circus can also be found for an October of 1939 performance which not only featured Jock Lindsey, but also Cliff Secord himself and historic aviatrix Pancho Barnes.

#### Twenty-Eight and Main

Jock's helmet is on a shelf in this shop.

### Soarin'

Howard Hughes is commemorated in the Wings of Fame exhibit of Soarin' in Disney's California Adventure. He is shown alongside his airplane the Spruce Goose. Music from the Rocketeer will also play in the queue for the attraction.

### Trader Sam's

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

There is a coat-check ticket from the South Seas Club in the possession of Trader Sam in this bar. During the holiday season in this bar, a stocking labelled, "Otis" is hung on the wall. This might be in allusion to Otis Bigelow from the film or alternatively Otis T. Wren from the Adventurers Club.

#### Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

A menu for the South Seas Club is hung on the wall as part of Trader Sam's collection.

### Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

The Fiddler, Fifer, & Practical Café features a poster advertising the South Seas Club. The poster advertises a one-night-only performance from, "The Silver Lake Sisters" Dottie, Dolly and Ethel Bounds. The Silver Lake Sisters are characters from the Tower of Terror franchise, namely the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror with them having been 1920s-1930s musical performers who performed at the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

### Other

* **Disney's Hollywood Studios**:
	+ The Chinese Theatre has the Rocketeer's signature and prints with the date of the film's release written on it.
	+ Peevy's Polar Pipeline is a restaurant in Echo Lake themed to the Rocketeer which is run by the Rocketeer's friend Peevy. References to Bigelow’s Air Circus and parts of the Rocketeer's costume and equipment can be seen within the establishment.
* **Tomorrowland**:
	+ A, "Roastie toastie" popcorn roaster is made to resemble Cliff Secord in Tomorrowland.

## Trivia

* The Rocketeer's director Joe Johnston also worked as an art director on Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and directed the film Captain America: The First Avenger (1981). Both of these films are likewise connected to SEA, most notably via Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar.

## References

1. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/california-adventure/atwater-ink-and-paint-art-supply-bulletin-board/
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgq9AQAleiI/
3. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/galleries/2015/11/twenty-eight-main-boutique-now-open-in-marketplace-co-op-at-disney-springs-marketplace/
4. ↑ https://www.getawaytoday.com/travel-blog/10-cool-facts-about-soarin-around-the-world
5. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/07/inside-trader-sams-at-the-disneyland-hotel/
6. ↑ https://thehobbitholeplusme.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/jet-packing-around-disney-world-looking-for-the-rocketeer/
7. ↑ ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-fusion/7455954718/in/faves-38453317@N02/