THE ROCKETEER SOARS AGAIN

Monday night a near sell-out crowd filled the El Capitan Theater on Hollywood Boulevard to see The Rocketeer on its 25th anniversary with along with three of its principal creators: director Joe Johnston, production designer Jim Bissell, and executive producer Larry Franco. I was lucky enough to be asked to host a panel with this trio onstage, and each participant had warm feelings toward the movie—if not the conditions in which they had to work (cold, sometimes rainy night shoots). The panelists all have truly impressive credentials. Jim Bissell is a founder of the Art Directors Guild who could dine out on one credit alone: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. But he doesn’t have to lean on that indelible achievement; he’s also responsible for 300, Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation, and a handful…READ MORE >

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