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- The grandkids meanwhile go to beach and shove the Rocket Gibraltar onto shore. They load Levi's body on board. They douse a woodpile with gasoline and light it on fire. They shove the boat into the ocean and shoot flaming arrows at it until it catches on fire.
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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 he bonds with his youngest grandson, 4 year old Lou. One afternoon Lou brings his grandfather some lemonade.
Levi's grandkids go bicycling and find an old boat along the beach called Rock Gibraltar, which they later rechristen the Rocket Gibraltar. While hanging out with Levi on the shore one evening, his grandkids ask him what he wants for birthday.
Rocket Gibraltar: Directed by Daniel Petrie. With Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, Frances Conroy. An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.
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- Drama
- Daniel Petrie
Levi (Burt Lancaster) is a widowed poet and philosopher who lives in a giant house in the Hamptons. His three daughters and son arrive with their families to celebrate his 77th birthday. One day on the beach, he tells his eight grandchildren that when he dies, he wants to be buried at sea.
Ruby Hanson. Sinead Cusack. Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Aging writer Levi Rockwell (Burt Lancaster) is dying, but his large family doesn't know it as he invites them to...
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- Daniel Petrie
- PG
- Burt Lancaster
Rocket Gibraltar was definitely a film in a class of it's own. It is the story of an aging patriarch brilliantly played by Burt Lancaster, a formerly blacklisted poet, and widower , his children, and grandchildren who gather to pay homage to him for a birthday.
Overview. A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with his grandchildren. And he tells them what he wants for his birthday and they do what they can to give it to him.
