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Rocketman

A crew of dreamers work through trials and tribulations attempting to launch Michael 'Mad Mike' Hughes in a homemade rocket on a mission to prove that the Earth is flat.

Director

Toby Brusseau, Michael Linn

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documentary, adventure, comedy

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Alex James-Phelps

Kid

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Lauren-Kate Seymour

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Layton Williams

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I'm a self-taught rocketeer, everything
I learned, I learned from books - Rocketman

I'm a self-taught rocketeer, everything I learned, I le...

I'm currently retired and so
I have more time for this kind of stuff. - Rocketman

I'm currently retired and so I have more time for this ...

If you come to my house,
you'll see rocket engines everywhere. - Rocketman

If you come to my house, you'll see rocket engines ever...

I've been collecting them for 40 years.
All kinds of rockets - Rocketman

I've been collecting them for 40 years. All kinds of ro...

I help people because I like to see
people succeed and most of them - Rocketman

I help people because I like to see people succeed and most ...

This guy, this Mike here,
I don't consider him a friend. - Rocketman

This guy, this Mike here, I don't consider him a friend...

He's like a bad little brother,
that's what he's like, but we get along. - Rocketman

He's like a bad little brother, that's what he...

I read about him, something
or other, and I figured - Rocketman

I read about him, something or other, and I figured

I said, "How's the rocket coming along?"
I expected him to say, - Rocketman

I said, "How's the rocket coming along?" I ex...

He goes, "Yes. It's coming along really
good. "He goes, "Do you want to see it?" - Rocketman

He goes, "Yes. It's coming along really good. &quo...

The structure's okay but in my opinion,
if you're asking me, - Rocketman

The structure's okay but in my opinion, if you're ...

- Three, two, one.
- No. Got to go farther. - Rocketman

- Three, two, one. - No. Got to go farther.

A rocket at 400 degrees
will become superheated water. - Rocketman

A rocket at 400 degrees will become superheated water.

When it reaches the atmosphere, - Rocketman

When it reaches the atmosphere,

I keep this with me all the time.
This is ideas and concepts. - Rocketman

I keep this with me all the time. This is ideas and concepts...

Wait, I think it's here. It's right here.
See it started with napkin drawings. - Rocketman

Wait, I think it's here. It's right here. See it s...

This is the first rocket. I said,
"You're going to be tucked down inside. - Rocketman

This is the first rocket. I said, "You're going to...

You need to be tucked down so you can
make the fins anything you want, - Rocketman

You need to be tucked down so you can make the fins anything...

Mike goes, "I want to make
sure I beat Evil Knievel's record." - Rocketman

Mike goes, "I want to make sure I beat Evil Knievel...

Now when you're 45 to 50 degrees or so,
you're just in a ballistic arc. - Rocketman

Now when you're 45 to 50 degrees or so, you're jus...

You're at the same
velocity when you reached - Rocketman

You're at the same velocity when you reached

That's basic physics. I said
"You can't have that." But he didn't care. - Rocketman

That's basic physics. I said "You can't have ...

All these guys they got the...
this is it: - Rocketman

All these guys they got the... this is it:

I actually want 100%."
See, once you get to 100%, - Rocketman

I actually want 100%." See, once you get to 100%,

He goes, 'I don't trust them damn things." - Rocketman

He goes, 'I don't trust them damn things."

Just before he's ready to get
into the thing, he hears a noise, - Rocketman

Just before he's ready to get into the thing, he hears ...

The pin leak means that's going to
crack the weld and it's going to go BOOM. - Rocketman

The pin leak means that's going to crack the weld and i...

It's going to blow up and kill you.
You know - Rocketman

It's going to blow up and kill you. You know

See a 5-point harness,
it takes 10 minutes to put a guy into it." - Rocketman

See a 5-point harness, it takes 10 minutes to put a guy into...

He goes click, "Get away! Get away!" - Rocketman

He goes click, "Get away! Get away!"

Here's what happened with the rocket.
When the rocket come off the ramp, - Rocketman

Here's what happened with the rocket. When the rocket c...

Then it went into horizontal flight.
When it went into horizontal flight, - Rocketman

Then it went into horizontal flight. When it went into horiz...

So now, he's doing 350,
370, 400 miles an hour, - Rocketman

So now, he's doing 350, 370, 400 miles an hour,

Just so happens that when he came to,
he reached for it on the right - Rocketman

Just so happens that when he came to, he reached for it on t...

When it comes out like
this and you're doing 400 - Rocketman

When it comes out like this and you're doing 400

It was a perfect chute. I packed it and
it was perfect. It was riddled with holes - Rocketman

It was a perfect chute. I packed it and it was perfect. It w...

When he hit the ground, I never looked, but
he said his balls were black for a month. - Rocketman

When he hit the ground, I never looked, but he said his ball...

I had to get him a walker.
He could not walk. - Rocketman

I had to get him a walker. He could not walk.

He doesn't tell you all
that because he doesn't - Rocketman

He doesn't tell you all that because he doesn't

- Back up!
- Mike's dad neglected him. - Rocketman

- Back up! - Mike's dad neglected him.

He never got any attention as a kid.
He's been driving the limousine so long, - Rocketman

He never got any attention as a kid. He's been driving ...

I'd rather have an
eight-foot fence all way - Rocketman

I'd rather have an eight-foot fence all way

They call my mailbox
'the rock' around here. - Rocketman

They call my mailbox 'the rock' around here.

Alcatraz hasn't got nothing on my mailbox. - Rocketman

Alcatraz hasn't got nothing on my mailbox.

If I still had my limo today, that's what
I'd be driving it right now. - Rocketman

If I still had my limo today, that's what I'd be d...

I loved the car. It's just different,
people look at it. It's a fun car. - Rocketman

I loved the car. It's just different, people look at it...

It looks like a cross between
a Batmobile and a gangster car. - Rocketman

It looks like a cross between a Batmobile and a gangster car...

And I miss it, I think about it every day.
I started making my own license plates, - Rocketman

And I miss it, I think about it every day. I started making ...

The California highway patrolman walks up,
"What's with that license plate?" - Rocketman

The California highway patrolman walks up, "What's...

I'm just wanting to check on the
status of my '89 Lincoln - Rocketman

I'm just wanting to check on the status of my '89 ...

- Hi, can I help you?
- Hey, how are you? It's Michael Hughes. - Rocketman

- Hi, can I help you? - Hey, how are you? It's Michael ...

Just checking on the
status of my '89 Lincoln - Rocketman

Just checking on the status of my '89 Lincoln

- Your Lincoln limousine was taken to
a junkyard and destroyed over a year ago - Rocketman

- Your Lincoln limousine was taken to a junkyard and destroy...

- Okay - It hasn't been here
in a very, very long time. - Rocketman

- Okay - It hasn't been here in a very, very long time.

- You are aware that I am the equity
owner of that and you actually- - Rocketman

- You are aware that I am the equity owner of that and you a...

- What we're going
to do we're going to - Rocketman

- What we're going to do we're going to

I want people to fucking, - Rocketman

I want people to fucking,

I've had two rabbits since I lived here, - Rocketman

I've had two rabbits since I lived here,

The thing with animals,
there's no ulterior motives with them. - Rocketman

The thing with animals, there's no ulterior motives wit...

Where a person or another
man or a woman or a girlfriend, - Rocketman

Where a person or another man or a woman or a girlfriend,

I wish my parents would have live longer.
I wish my dad could've seen this, - Rocketman

I wish my parents would have live longer. I wish my dad coul...

He'd probably be very proud.
I would like to think he would be. - Rocketman

He'd probably be very proud. I would like to think he w...

Maybe this is the best time of my life,
this year, right now. - Rocketman

Maybe this is the best time of my life, this year, right now...

A lot of the times we live the
best time of our lives, we don't know it. - Rocketman

A lot of the times we live the best time of our lives, we do...

Have the most fun, the most friends - Rocketman

Have the most fun, the most friends

Within a few years, you're in some kind of
corporate job or some kind of profession, - Rocketman

Within a few years, you're in some kind of corporate jo...

[music] - Rocketman

- You've built these rockets, you've talked
to the media, people have called you insane - Rocketman

- You've built these rockets, you've talked to the...

This is just a publicity
stunt to get publicity - Rocketman

This is just a publicity stunt to get publicity

We have a valid plan to get me 62 miles up, - Rocketman

We have a valid plan to get me 62 miles up,

They said it was, it's not even close.
It's another 40 miles away. - Rocketman

They said it was, it's not even close. It's anothe...

I'm planning on going up there.
We built a model of the rocket - Rocketman

I'm planning on going up there. We built a model of the...

- What's wrong with it?
- It's round. It should be flat. - Rocketman

- What's wrong with it? - It's round. It should be...

- The plan to get me up
to the space 62 miles up is, - Rocketman

- The plan to get me up to the space 62 miles up is,

I'm looking forward to it.
I wish we could do it in the next 30 days, - Rocketman

I'm looking forward to it. I wish we could do it in the...

The people we've got here
today is some people - Rocketman

The people we've got here today is some people

My buddy, Pat's here from
Carson City who worked incredibly - Rocketman

My buddy, Pat's here from Carson City who worked incred...

And I'll never forget it.
I will never forget it, Pat, okay? - Rocketman

And I'll never forget it. I will never forget it, Pat, ...

So he's with me from now on.
Of course, Danny, I met through Waldo - Rocketman

So he's with me from now on. Of course, Danny, I met th...

And I met this other gentleman
this morning, and Steve. - Rocketman

And I met this other gentleman this morning, and Steve.

Who knows what this world is shaped like, - Rocketman

Who knows what this world is shaped like,

- These are oxygen bottles,
breathing bottles - Rocketman

- These are oxygen bottles, breathing bottles

Two to five hours,
he's going to go up to 24, 26 miles. - Rocketman

Two to five hours, he's going to go up to 24, 26 miles.

Then, when the balloon
starts moving sideways, - Rocketman

Then, when the balloon starts moving sideways,

As you can see here, and I'll use
my hands here, the thrust lines - Rocketman

As you can see here, and I'll use my hands here, the th...

So he goes from 24 miles to
62 miles, but just before - Rocketman

So he goes from 24 miles to 62 miles, but just before

Disconnects Mike like this.
It boogies away from him. - Rocketman

Disconnects Mike like this. It boogies away from him.

It'll reenter the atmosphere automatically
and have its own parachute. - Rocketman

It'll reenter the atmosphere automatically and have its...

It'll lower itself to the ground.
That's gone. This is helium. - Rocketman

It'll lower itself to the ground. That's gone. Thi...

This is a cylinder of helium. The idea is
he'll be flying upwards like Superman, - Rocketman

This is a cylinder of helium. The idea is he'll be flyi...

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A crew of dreamers work through trials and tribulations attempting to launch Michael 'Mad Mike' Hughes in a homemade rocket on a mission to prove that the Earth is flat.

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Director: Toby Brusseau, Michael Linn

Writer: Toby Brusseau, Michael Linn

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, adventure, comedy

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Aug 2019

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