What is RONNIE ROCKET?
1a. After directing THE ELEPHANT MAN, Lynch turned down the chance to direct RETURN OF THE JEDI. Instead, he moved into Zoetrope Studios and began work on RONNIE ROCKET. Lynch: “Its all about a little three-foot tall guy with 60-cycle alternating current electricity.” In the script, Ronnie is a teenager taken from a hospital by two doctors who “put him back together”. His talent as a musician is soon realized and soon everyone wants a piece of Ronnie. The other half of the story concerns a Detective who travels to the Inner City to confront a man who controls all the electricity. Lynch has spent over fifteen years trying to get this project off the ground and met with resistance each time. After Dune belly-flopped at the box office, film execs were questionable about Lynchs ability to draw a strong profit with his type of films. Blue Velvet was Lynchs next feature, garnering rave reviews around the world and an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Ronnie Rocket was back on the r
