Disney's RocketMan Launches on the Web; Movie Site Takes Visitors on a Hilarious Mission to Mars.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1997--Cosmic comedy turns to chaos at the RocketMan Web site -- possibly the only Mission Control in cyberspace that lets you skip Astronaut Academy and head straight for Mars -- at the helm of your own shuttle!

Visit www.rocketman.disney.com for your very own fun, irreverent and even educational trip to Mars.

Through crew bios, actual pictures of Mars secured from NASA, a Mars Quiz and a series of challenging space games, the RocketMan Web site takes you on an exciting interstellar journey to the Red Planet.

Just pick up your crew, sail through the Mars Trivia Training Exam and you'll be (gulp!) ``fit'' to fly into a series of online adventures.

First, you'll Kick Some Asteroids, playing intergalactic offense against a field of aliens, space rubble and dastardly unidentified flying objects. Next, you'll get totally wired by Emergency Circuit, a forest of faulty connections you've got to fix before you reach the Red Planet ... or else! And finally, in Fred's Second Wind, you'll guide flatulent Fred as he dodges asteroids and sideswipes comets in order to plant the flag on Mars and return him to his ship.

RocketMan blasts off in theaters nationwide on Oct. 10. When a member of the first manned mission to Mars is injured during training, NASA turns to the only possible replacement, Fred Randall (Harland Williams), who, for a rocket scientist ... is no rocket scientist.

Comic chaos ensues en route to the Red Planet as Fred butts heads with cocky Crew Capt. William Overbeck (William Sadler), falls hopelessly in love with beautiful Officer Julie Ford (Jessica Lundy) and teams with Ulysses, a trained chimpanzee.

RocketMan is a family comedy about one man's dream of space travel and NASA's ultimate nightmare.

CONTACT: Disney Online, North Hollywood

Rebecca Buxton, 818/623-3460 (Web site information)

Brett Dicker, 818/560-2194 (movie information)