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The Rocket Post is a British film of genre Drama directed by Stephen Whittaker released in USA on 13 may 2004 with Ulrich Thomsen
The Rocket Post (2004)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 may 2004
Length 1h52
Directed by Stephen Whittaker
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating65%
The Rocket Post is a 2004 British drama film directed by Stephen Whittaker and starring Ulrich Thomsen, Shauna Macdonald, Kevin McKidd and Patrick Malahide. It is set on a remote Scottish island during the late 1930s. The arrival of German rocket scientist Gerhard Zucker is not initially welcomed by the inhabitants of the island.
The film was shot in 2001, but its release was delayed by several years. Additional footage was shot in 2005, and the film was given a limited release in Scotland the following year.
The story is very loosely based on experiments in 1934 by the German inventor Gerhard Zucker to provide a postal service to the island of Scarp by rocket mail. Another fictionalised account of the experiment formed the basis of a 2001 film, also called The Rocket Post, which was filmed on Taransay. The film's original score was composed by Nigel Clarke & Michael Csanyi-Wills and recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.
Actors
Ulrich Thomsen
(Gerhard Zucher)
Shauna Macdonald
(Catriona Mackay)
Kevin McKidd
(Thomas McKinnon)
Patrick Malahide
(Charles Ilford)
Gary Lewis
(Jimmy Roach)
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