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The film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern and Max Thieriot. The plot is about a Texas rancher who attempts to construct a rocket in his barn and launch himself into outer space. The film was released on February 23, 2007. It grossed just $11 million against its $13 million budget, and received mixed reviews from critics.
Space Cowboys is a 2000 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones , Donald Sutherland , and James Garner as four aging former test pilots who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite.
Generally, the film supports the Space Shuttle program and the dedication of NASA personnel in general while criticizing NASA management. After beginning on the eve of the launch, the rest of the film is told through flashback, beginning on July 19, 1985, when Christa McAuliffe was officially selected to be the first teacher to travel into space.
The Washington Evening Star raved, "Whatever its serious scientific intentions, the X-15 is an almost unbelievable screen spectacular." [ 9 ] Considered a realistic look at the lives of the X-15 pilots and the efforts to fly into space, the review in The New York Times commented that it was "A surprisingly appealing and sensible low-budget ...
He is best known for his portrayal of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. His other film roles include David and Lisa (1962), Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), and Black Christmas (1974). [2] Dullea studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in ...
David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon.Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the only living commander of a spacecraft that landed on the Moon.
Failed attempts to shoot films in outer space Year Title Country Notes 2003 Thiefs and Prostitutes. Spaceflight is the Prize Russia: Actor Vladimir Steklov trained and was assigned for a 2000 flight on Soyuz TM-30 to film scenes for the movie on Mir. [7] The plans were scrapped due to lack of funding, [8] and space scenes were filmed in studio ...
Marooned is a 1969 American science fiction film directed by John Sturges and starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman about three astronauts who are trapped and slowly suffocating in space. [3]