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Rocket Gibraltar

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Rocket Gibraltar
Directed byDaniel Petrie
Written byAmos Poe
Produced byGeoffrey Mayo
Robert Fisher
StarringBurt Lancaster
CinematographyJost Vacano
Edited byMelody London
Music byAndrew Powell
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 2, 1988 (1988-09-02)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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, Patricia Clarkson, Frances Conroy, Sinead Cusack, John Glover, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey and Macaulay Culkin in his film debut.

Plot

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, 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, the grandchildren honor Levi's last wishes.

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