Bill Pullman, Burt Lancaster, Danny Corkill

Levi Rockwell's (Burt Lancaster) family has gathered at his home to celebrate his upcoming 77th birthday, and his children and their spouses are an anxious and egocentric bunch set on winning the old ...( read more  read more... )man over. Despite the continuous squabbles between siblings and spouses, the group is touched by a poignant and untraditional present Levi's grandchildren have presented to him. Stars Kevin Spacey, Bill Pullman, Patricia Clarkson and Macaulay Culkin.

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PG, 100 min.

Directed by: Daniel Petrie

Release Date: September 2, 1988

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DVD Release Date: September 16, 2003

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  • February 4, 2009
    I picked this up to watch because Suzy Amis was in it, and she played the part of a little sex starved couldn't get enough girl, she was even looking at her 13 year old nephew smiling, humm Suzy. Little did I know that it had Bert Lancaster, Kevin Spacey and McCauley Caulkin (ba...( read more)rely out of diapers). Bert played the ageing Grandfather who at 77 was dying. The dysfunctional family gather in Westhampton Beach ( My Home Town), to celebrate the Grandfathers 77 birthday, but as with all families they have little time for Grandfather and are all tied up with there own life?s, but all the grandchildren get together to hear a story from grandfather about how a Viking when he dies his body is set to sea, so the grandchildren find a boat and rebuild it to look similar to a Viking boat complete with sale and they want to give it to granddad for his birthday but he goes tits up before they present it to them, so they steal a van and but old gramps in the boat and set him to sea complete with fire, of course all this is done before the family arrives to save the day. I ensure you my write up is better then the movie, Not sure this movie did anything except maybe on Long Island, The east Coast and beach Families. And had to give it 2 stars cause it was filmed where I grew up. Thanks Columbia Pictures. Only reason its going in my collection is because Suzy Amis was in it and I am collecting all her films. Oh By the way Rocket Gibraltar was the name of the Boat the Grandkids rebuilt.
  • September 9, 2009
    A little slow but touching story of the bond between a grandfather and his family. The cast is first rate but its Burt Lancaster who walks off with the film. In his last lead performance he offers a beautifully detailed and gentle performance of a man facing the end with only one...( read more) wish.
  • December 16, 2008
    Wanna get this on dvd and add it to my KS collection...!
  • August 5, 2008
    I Really want to see Mac in his first movie!
  • August 7, 2007
    Never get tired of watching this movie. Great acting by Kevin Spacey, Bill Pullman, Burt Lancaster and of course, a very young and innocent Macaulay Culkin
  • April 27, 2007
    Great movie about family relationships and death.
  • April 25, 2007
    I Absolutely love this movie!!! I think it is a must see.....Really displays the bond between a child and their "heros"!!!
  • February 24, 2007
    This is a great movie; starring a lot of people before attention was paid to them -Kevin Spacey, Bill Pullman, and a very young McCauley Culkin. This is not a particularly deep film but it's highly enjoyable for the simplicity and relatability of the story. The grown children of ...( read more)Lancaster's character and their own families return to their father's home for a reunion/birthday celebration. - really, it's about how we complicate life and lose the ability to see with a child's mind in adulthood until we are close to the end of it; what we miss and how the family dynamic comes into play . I wish I could get a copy on DVD, can't seem to find it in the stores.

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