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Overview
Release Date:
10 October 1997 (USA) moreTagline:
He's just taking up space! morePlot:
Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Icht schlicken dokken, lug dee lug...... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Harland Williams | ... | Fred Z. Randall | |
| Jessica Lundy | ... | Julie Ford | |
| William Sadler | ... | 'Wild Bill' Overbeck | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Paul Wick | |
| James Pickens Jr. | ... | Ben Stevens | |
| Don Lake | ... | Flight Surgeon | |
| Peter Onorati | ... | Gary Hackman | |
| Beau Bridges | ... | Bud Nesbitt | |
| William Arthur Jenkins | ... | Mission Controller | |
| Ken Farmer | ... | Mission Controller | |
| Blake Boyd | ... | Gordon A. Peacock | |
| Brandon Kaplan | ... | Young Fred | |
| Paxton Whitehead | ... | British Reporter | |
| Don Armstrong | ... | Anchorman | |
| Pamela West | ... | Nun |
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Rated PG for language, crude humor and thematic elements.Parents Guide:
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95 minCountry:
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Color (Technicolor)Filming Locations:
Houston, Texas, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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For the surface of Mars, the filmmakers shot in Moab, Utah, where they found giant cliffs, red rocks, a lack of vegetation, and the overall scale of what could be a distant planet. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: It takes radio signals almost 20 minutes to reach Mars, yet instantaneous communication happens throughout the film. moreQuotes:
Fred Randall: Who am I?William Overbeck: Mommy.
Fred Randall: Say it like you love me.
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Spoofs Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) moreSoundtrack:
Tossin' & Turnin' moreFAQ
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I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard during a movie. Harland Williams is a genius. "C'mon all you Chinese....." Who comes up with this stuff??? I got the feeling that the directors and writers just told Williams to work around the script and improvise whatever he wanted? Some of this stuff is so off the wall, you wonder just how much was scripted. And this is not your typical Jerry Lewis slapstick. Williams has a great deal of pure talent. Anyway watch it and just enjoy the wonderful absurdity that is Rocket Man.