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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 older ex-test pilots who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite.

Plot

In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts William Hawk Hawkins and Frank Corvin are testing a modified Bell X-2 when Hawk decides to break a height record. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a Boeing B-50 Superfortress flying with navigator Tank Sullivan. On the ground, Frank punches Hawk, but their fight is broken up by flight engineer Jerry O Neill. Their boss, Bob Gerson chastises Hawk before taking them to a press conference, where he announces that the newly created NASA, rather than the USAF, will be conducting space flight tests.

In the present day, NASA is tasked to prevent a Soviet communications satellite, IKON, from decaying out of orbit and crashing to Earth. The satellite s archaic electronics are based on those of Skylab that Frank had developed. Bob, now a project manager at NASA, requests Frank s help. Frank still despises Bob, but agrees provided he has the help of Team Daedalus including Hawk, Tank, and Jerry. Bob plans to have younger astronauts shadow the four, so as to replace them before launch. When the press learn of Frank s team, the Vice President convinces Bob that they must be part of the mission for publicity. The old and young teams soon work together, with the older astronauts showing off skills learned without the aid of a computer.

The Space Shuttle Daedalus finds the satellite. It is not a communication satellite but in fact houses six nuclear missiles, relics from the Cold War and a violation of the Outer Space Treaty. Frank discovers that the satellite control system was stolen from Bob s files by the KGB, and that the satellite s computers will launch the missiles at predetermined targets if it falls out of orbit. NASA and the crew plan to use the payload-assist rockets to push the satellite into deep space. However, one of the younger astronauts, Ethan Glance, acting under Bob s original orders, tries to put the satellite into stable orbit himself. He sets off a chain reaction: the satellite collides with the shuttle, damaging most of the shuttle s computer systems and engines, destroying the solar panels on the satellite, and sending it into a faster decaying orbit, while Ethan is knocked out and dragged along with the satellite.

While Tank and Jerry tend to the other young astronaut Roger Hines, who suffered a concussion on the impact, Frank and Hawk space walk to the satellite in time to activate a booster rocket and slow the orbit s decay. As they see to Ethan, they realize that the only option is to have someone ride on the satellite as they fire the missiles engines so that it escapes into deep space. Hawk, who was recently widowed and who has eight months to live from pancreatic cancer, sacrifices himself, hoping that he will be able to land on the Moon to fulfill his life s dream.

Frank, Tank, and Jerry now plan to bring the shuttle down over water since landing it would be difficult, but the shuttle comes in too fast. After safely bailing out Ethan and Roger, Tank and Jerry stay with Frank regardless of the risk. Frank recalls a maneuver Hawk had used before, purposely stalling the shuttle to drop its speed quickly and allowing him to land the shuttle safely.

The film ends with the Frank Sinatra song Fly Me to the Moon , zooming in on the surface of the Moon showing that Hawk had indeed landed there before he died.

Cast

  • Clint Eastwood as Colonel Francis D. Frank Corvin, Ph.D., USAF (Ret.) Toby Stephens as Young Frank Corvin
  • Toby Stephens as Young Frank Corvin
  • Tommy Lee Jones as Colonel William Hawk Hawkins, USAF (Ret.) Eli Craig as Young William Hawk Hawkins
  • Eli Craig as Young William Hawk Hawkins
  • Donald Sutherland as Captain Jerry O Neill, USAF (Ret.) John Mallory Asher as Young Jerry O Neill
  • John Mallory Asher as Young Jerry O Neill
  • James Garner as Captain / Reverend Tank Sullivan, USAF (Ret.) Matt McColm as Young Tank Sullivan
  • Matt McColm as Young Tank Sullivan
  • Marcia Gay Harden as Sara Holland
  • William Devane as Flight Director Eugene Gene Davis
  • Loren Dean as Ethan Glance
  • Courtney B. Vance as Roger Hines
  • James Cromwell as Bob Gerson Billie Worley as Young Bob Gerson
  • Billie Worley as Young Bob Gerson
  • Rade Šerbedžija as General Vostov
  • Barbara Babcock as Barbara Corvin
  • Blair Brown as Dr. Anne Caruthers
  • Jay Leno as Himself
  • Jon Hamm as Young pilot
  • Chris Wylde as Jason, The Birthday Boy
  • Anne Stedman as Girlfriend

Production

Principal photography started in July 1999 and lasted three months. Scenes were filmed on location at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Interior shots of the flight simulator, shuttle, and mission control were filmed on sets at Warner Bros.

The 1958 portrayals of the characters are filmed with younger actors dubbed by their older counterparts.

The original music score was composed by longtime Eastwood collaborator Lennie Niehaus.

Release

The film grossed over $90 million in its United States release, and a further $38 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $128.8 million.

Reception

Space Cowboys was well received by critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports a critic score of 78% based on 119 reviews, with an average rating of 6.72/10. The website s consensus reads, While the plot is overly clichéd, the superb acting by the stars (especially the tense interactions between Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones) and the spectacular special effects make this a movie worth seeing. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews .

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 and wrote: it s too secure within its traditional story structure to make much seem at risk — but with the structure come the traditional pleasures as well.

Accolades

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 2001.

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 older ex-test pilots who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite.

Plot

In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts William Hawk Hawkins and Frank Corvin are testing a modified Bell X-2 when Hawk decides to break a height record. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a Boeing B-50 Superfortress flying with navigator Tank Sullivan. On the ground, Frank punches Hawk, but their fight is broken up by flight engineer Jerry O Neill. Their boss, Bob Gerson chastises Hawk before taking them to a press conference, where he announces that the newly created NASA, rather than the USAF, will be conducting space flight tests.

In the present day, NASA is tasked to prevent a Soviet communications satellite, IKON, from decaying out of orbit and crashing to Earth. The satellite s archaic electronics are based on those of Skylab that Frank had developed. Bob, now a project manager at NASA, requests Frank s help. Frank still despises Bob, but agrees provided he has the help of Team Daedalus including Hawk, Tank, and Jerry. Bob plans to have younger astronauts shadow the four, so as to replace them before launch. When the press learn of Frank s team, the Vice President convinces Bob that they must be part of the mission for publicity. The old and young teams soon work together, with the older astronauts showing off skills learned without the aid of a computer.

The Space Shuttle Daedalus finds the satellite. It is not a communication satellite but in fact houses six nuclear missiles, relics from the Cold War and a violation of the Outer Space Treaty. Frank discovers that the satellite control system was stolen from Bob s files by the KGB, and that the satellite s computers will launch the missiles at predetermined targets if it falls out of orbit. NASA and the crew plan to use the payload-assist rockets to push the satellite into deep space. However, one of the younger astronauts, Ethan Glance, acting under Bob s original orders, tries to put the satellite into stable orbit himself. He sets off a chain reaction: the satellite collides with the shuttle, damaging most of the shuttle s computer systems and engines, destroying the solar panels on the satellite, and sending it into a faster decaying orbit, while Ethan is knocked out and dragged along with the satellite.

While Tank and Jerry tend to the other young astronaut Roger Hines, who suffered a concussion on the impact, Frank and Hawk space walk to the satellite in time to activate a booster rocket and slow the orbit s decay. As they see to Ethan, they realize that the only option is to have someone ride on the satellite as they fire the missiles engines so that it escapes into deep space. Hawk, who was recently widowed and who has eight months to live from pancreatic cancer, sacrifices himself, hoping that he will be able to land on the Moon to fulfill his life s dream.

Frank, Tank, and Jerry now plan to bring the shuttle down over water since landing it would be difficult, but the shuttle comes in too fast. After safely bailing out Ethan and Roger, Tank and Jerry stay with Frank regardless of the risk. Frank recalls a maneuver Hawk had used before, purposely stalling the shuttle to drop its speed quickly and allowing him to land the shuttle safely.

The film ends with the Frank Sinatra song Fly Me to the Moon , zooming in on the surface of the Moon showing that Hawk had indeed landed there before he died.

Cast

  • Clint Eastwood as Colonel Francis D. Frank Corvin, Ph.D., USAF (Ret.) Toby Stephens as Young Frank Corvin
  • Toby Stephens as Young Frank Corvin
  • Tommy Lee Jones as Colonel William Hawk Hawkins, USAF (Ret.) Eli Craig as Young William Hawk Hawkins
  • Eli Craig as Young William Hawk Hawkins
  • Donald Sutherland as Captain Jerry O Neill, USAF (Ret.) John Mallory Asher as Young Jerry O Neill
  • John Mallory Asher as Young Jerry O Neill
  • James Garner as Captain / Reverend Tank Sullivan, USAF (Ret.) Matt McColm as Young Tank Sullivan
  • Matt McColm as Young Tank Sullivan
  • Marcia Gay Harden as Sara Holland
  • William Devane as Flight Director Eugene Gene Davis
  • Loren Dean as Ethan Glance
  • Courtney B. Vance as Roger Hines
  • James Cromwell as Bob Gerson Billie Worley as Young Bob Gerson
  • Billie Worley as Young Bob Gerson
  • Rade Šerbedžija as General Vostov
  • Barbara Babcock as Barbara Corvin
  • Blair Brown as Dr. Anne Caruthers
  • Jay Leno as Himself
  • Jon Hamm as Young pilot
  • Chris Wylde as Jason, The Birthday Boy
  • Anne Stedman as Girlfriend

Production

Principal photography started in July 1999 and lasted three months. Scenes were filmed on location at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Interior shots of the flight simulator, shuttle, and mission control were filmed on sets at Warner Bros.

The 1958 portrayals of the characters are filmed with younger actors dubbed by their older counterparts.

The original music score was composed by longtime Eastwood collaborator Lennie Niehaus.

Release

The film grossed over $90 million in its United States release, and a further $38 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $128.8 million.

Reception

Space Cowboys was well received by critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports a critic score of 78% based on 119 reviews, with an average rating of 6.72/10. The website s consensus reads, While the plot is overly clichéd, the superb acting by the stars (especially the tense interactions between Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones) and the spectacular special effects make this a movie worth seeing. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews .

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 and wrote: it s too secure within its traditional story structure to make much seem at risk — but with the structure come the traditional pleasures as well.

Accolades

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 2001.

Year 2000
ReleaseDate 2000-08-04
RuntimeMins 130
RuntimeStr 2h 10min
Plot When retired engineer Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar, 4 wins & 9 nominations total
Directors Clint Eastwood
Writers Ken Kaufman, Howard Klausner
Stars Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland
Produced by Clint Eastwood,Andrew Lazar,Tom Rooker
Music by Lennie Niehaus
Cinematography by Jack N. Green
Film Editing by Joel Cox
Casting By Phyllis Huffman
Production Design by Henry Bumstead
Art Direction by Jack G. Taylor Jr.
Set Decoration by Richard C. Goddard
Costume Design by Deborah Hopper,Costume Supplier
Makeup Department Janice Alexander,Allan A. Apone,Tania McComas,Carol A. O Connell,Francisco X. Pérez,Charlene Roberson,Louis Lazzara
Production Management Daniel R. Chavez,Patricia Churchill
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Craig Hosking,Melissa Cummins Lorenz,Robert Lorenz,Tom Rooker,Dodi Lee Rubenstein,Michael Owens
Art Department Scott M. Anderson,William A. Barry III,Carl Cassara,Tony Chavez,Bobby Joe Garren,Kay Granthian,Sam Greenmun,Chuck Herrmann,Steven Kissick,Troy Locker-Palmer,Dave McComb,Gary Metzen,Joseph Musso,Joseph G. Pacelli Jr.,Clarence Lynn Price,Sandra Renfroe,Mike Rutgard,Steve Salazar,Steven M. Saylor,John Schacht,David Schmidt,Michael Sexton,Wayne Smith,Timothy Vierra,Bruce West,John Fleming,Bill Gold,Michael Owens,D.A. Zingelewicz
Sound Department James Ashwill,Bub Asman,Bob Beher,Phil Benson,Phillip Blackford,Christopher Boyes,Paul Buscemi,Lucy Coldsnow-Smith,Beaudine Credle,John T. Cucci,Gloria D Alessandro,Flash Deros,Michael Dressel,Teresa Eckton,Shawn Egan,Coya Elliott,Juno J. Ellis,Sean England,David Farmer,Ken Fischer,Scott Guitteau,Denise Horta,Glenn Hoskinson,Mildred Iatrou,Stephen Janisz,Jason King,Gary Krivacek,Kimberly Ellen Lowe,Steve Mann,Walt Martin,Matthew C. May,Anthony Milch,Alan Robert Murray,Howard Neiman,Dan O Connell,Thomas J. O Connell,Steve Romanko,Jurgen Scharpf,Roy Seeger,Michael Semanick,Steve Solaris,Steve Sollars,Shawn Sykora,Butch Wolf,Christopher Barnett,Brian Chumney,Linda Lew,Brian Magerkurth,Colin O Neill,Ronald G. Roumas,Brad Sayles,Carl D. Ware
Special Effects by David Amborn,Taylor Ball,Steve Bunyea,Michael Burke,Wayne Burnes,Jeff Denes,Gilbert Draper,Ken Ebert,John Frazier,Tommy Frazier,Bruce D. Hayes,Jameson Levin,Russell Nave,Mark Noel,John Palmer,Joe Pancake,Francis Pennington,Steve Riley,Bill Roth,Dominic V. Ruiz,Mark Sheaffer,Dwight Thomas-Smith,Bryan Wohlers,John Wonser,Dana Wozniak,Noel Brevick,Alexandra Menapace,Michael Rifkin
Visual Effects by Barbara Affonso,Jon Alexander,Nicolas Anastassiou,Will Anielewicz,Leah Anton,Barry Armour,John Bartle,Randall K. Bean,Joe Biggins,Rod G. Bogart,Stella Bogh,Scott Bonnenfant,Billy Brooks,Ronn Brown,Ken Bryan,Anthony Butler,Nelson Cabrera,Tami Carter,Mei-Ming Casino,Lawrence Chandler,Robbie Clot,Tom Cloutier,Caitlin Content,Catherine Craig,Suni Dailey,Bryan Dewe,Natalee Djokovic,Jeff Doran,John Duncan,Scott Farrar,Jon Foreman,Dana Friedman,Joe Fulmer,Steve Gawley,Tim Geideman,Brian Gernand,Ray Gilberti,Derek Gillingham,Susan Greenhow,Indira Guerrieri,James Hagedorn,Pablo Helman,Kirk Henderson,Robert Hill,Ivo Horvat,Jen Howard,Paul Huston,Patrick Jarvis,Nancy Jencks,Erik Jensen,Lars Jensvold,Mike Jobe,Russell Koonce,Nathan Lafionatis,Tad Leckman,Sandra Joy Lee,Tom Martinek,Bill Mather,Rich McKay,Joseph Metten,Richard Miller,Chris Mitchell,Jim Morris,Rich Murillo,Marla Newall,David Norris,Michael Olague,Michael Owens,Mary Payne,Lorne Peterson,Aaron Pfau,Vance Piper,Alexander Pouchkarev,Brick Price,Liz Radley,Erich Rigling,Massimiliano Rocchetti,Martin Rosenberg,Noel Rubin,Peter Mitchell Rubin,Adam Savage,M. Zachary Sherman,Emmanuel Shiu,Mark Siegel,Jason H. Snell,Brian Sorbo,Eben Stromquist,Nigel Sumner,Jeff Sutherland,Doug Swam,Joe Takai,David Tanaka,Catherine Tate,Angela Taylor,Chad Taylor,Paul Theren,Lisa Todd,Christopher Townsend,David Valentin,Robert Vargas,Bruce Vecchitto,Danny Wagner,Melanie Walas,Steven Wallen,Judith Weaver,R. Christopher White,Chuck Wiley,Heidi Zabit,Wei Zheng,Rita E. Zimmerman,Erik A. Candiani,Sandy DellaMarie,Mark Fiorenza,Nelson Hall,Lloyd Hess,Ira Keeler,Evan Pontoriero,Tony Preciado,George Sakellariou,Kim Smith,Katrina Stovold,Tristan Tom,Talmage Watson,R.D. Wegener
Stunts Troy A. Cephers,Albert Champagne,Tom Crabson,Jan M. Davis,Jeffrey Eith,Cliff Fleming,Hartley Folstad,Karl Gulledge,Clifford Happy,Steve Hinton,David Major,George Orrison,Gary Pike,Tom Sanders,Jeff Senour,Paul Sklar,Joe Stone,Buddy Van Horn,Moe Viletto,Jim Wilkey,B.J. Worth,Cliff Fleming,Clifford Happy,George Orrison
Camera and Electrical Department Eric Amundsen,Rocky Babcock,Hans Bjerno,Stephen S. Campanelli,Bill Coe,Matt Cohen,Bernie Demolski,Dan Dobson,Ross Dunkerley,Scott Fieldsteel,Jason C. Fitzgerald,James Frederick,Ron Goodman,Jan Gould,Heather Green,Peter N. Green,Steven A. Guerrero,Mark Gutterud,Paul A. Hardiman,Josh Harrison,Bud Heller,Frank R. Jimenez Jr.,John Lacy,Bobby McMahan,Leo J. Napolitano,Brad Peterman,Ken Regan,Pete Romano,Charles Saldana,T. Daniel Scaringi,Mike Shaheen,Tom Stern,Tony Van Meeteren,Doug Wall,Charles W. Wayt,Barry Wexler,Peter J. Yauri,Abbe Wool,Giovanni Zelko
Animation Department Andrew Spanky Grant,Andrew Grant,Hal T. Hickel,Chris Mitchell,Andy Wong,Sylvia Wong
Casting Department Janet Farris,Olivia Harris,Liz Keigley,Sari E. Keigley
Costume and Wardrobe Department Darryl M. Athons,Eastman Leather Clothing,Ann Culotta,Steve Ellsworth,Lynda Foote,Randy Pike
Editorial Department Van Bedient,Michael Cipriano,Mo Henry,Doug Jones,Bob Kaiser,Gary Roach,Don Roth,Tim Safarik,Karen Shaw
Location Management Kokayi Ampah,Craig Busch,Pamella D Pella,Don Kincade,Rana Morrison,Patrick Smith,Donovan Terranova
Music Department Elin Carlson,Brian Cassier,Kevin Dorsey,Robert Fernandez,Karen Harper,Donald Harris,Edie Lehmann Boddicker,Norman Ludwin,Matt Pierson,Craig Braginsky
Script and Continuity Department Mable Lawson-McCrary
Transportation Department Bud Belyeu,Ricky Damazio,Robert Dulys,David Neil Enfinger,Scott Loveless,Malcolm Mazer,Robert Neilson,Ron Parsell,Jimmy Ray Pickens,Ron Poniewaz,Doug Wilson
Additional Crew Scott M. Anderson,Carla Aucoin,Brian Austin,Marco Barla,Steven F. Beaupre,Jesse Ray Boehm,Anna Bradley,Robert D. Cabana,Louise DeCordoba,Connie Douglas,Dan Ellis,Fred Fein,Bobbie Faye Ferguson,Gordon Fullerton,Christopher Gilman,Jason Gondek,Sam Greenmun,Gym Hinderer,Steve Hinton,Mary Holliday,Craig Hosking,Rick Hull,Edward Hunt,Jim Jenkins,Richard A. Jones,Richard Andrew Jones,Lisa Malone,Denise Marek-Plumb,Robert Mehnert,Danny Morris,Stacie O Beirne,Frank Pelluchon,Jeffrey Phelps,Ian Ray,Laura Rochon,Melissa Rooker,Jim Swidarski,Mark Thomason,Kathleen Tull,David Watkinson,Brian Welch,Philip R. West,Andrew White,Michael A. Xynidis,Susie Yamamoto,Kurt Hall,Sean Wicks
Thanks Joe Hyams
Genres Action, Adventure, Thriller
Companies Clipsal Films, Mad Chance, Malpaso Productions
Countries USA
Languages English
ContentRating PG-13
ImDbRating 6.5
ImDbRatingVotes 81662
MetacriticRating 73
Keywords space shuttle,astronaut,one last job,old age,satellite
Year 2000
ReleaseDate 2000-08-04
RuntimeMins 130
RuntimeStr 2h 10min
Plot When retired engineer Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar, 4 wins & 9 nominations total
Directors Clint Eastwood
Writers Ken Kaufman, Howard Klausner
Stars Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland
Produced by Clint Eastwood,Andrew Lazar,Tom Rooker
Music by Lennie Niehaus
Cinematography by Jack N. Green
Film Editing by Joel Cox
Casting By Phyllis Huffman
Production Design by Henry Bumstead
Art Direction by Jack G. Taylor Jr.
Set Decoration by Richard C. Goddard
Costume Design by Deborah Hopper,Costume Supplier
Makeup Department Janice Alexander,Allan A. Apone,Tania McComas,Carol A. O Connell,Francisco X. Pérez,Charlene Roberson,Louis Lazzara
Production Management Daniel R. Chavez,Patricia Churchill
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Craig Hosking,Melissa Cummins Lorenz,Robert Lorenz,Tom Rooker,Dodi Lee Rubenstein,Michael Owens
Art Department Scott M. Anderson,William A. Barry III,Carl Cassara,Tony Chavez,Bobby Joe Garren,Kay Granthian,Sam Greenmun,Chuck Herrmann,Steven Kissick,Troy Locker-Palmer,Dave McComb,Gary Metzen,Joseph Musso,Joseph G. Pacelli Jr.,Clarence Lynn Price,Sandra Renfroe,Mike Rutgard,Steve Salazar,Steven M. Saylor,John Schacht,David Schmidt,Michael Sexton,Wayne Smith,Timothy Vierra,Bruce West,John Fleming,Bill Gold,Michael Owens,D.A. Zingelewicz
Sound Department James Ashwill,Bub Asman,Bob Beher,Phil Benson,Phillip Blackford,Christopher Boyes,Paul Buscemi,Lucy Coldsnow-Smith,Beaudine Credle,John T. Cucci,Gloria D Alessandro,Flash Deros,Michael Dressel,Teresa Eckton,Shawn Egan,Coya Elliott,Juno J. Ellis,Sean England,David Farmer,Ken Fischer,Scott Guitteau,Denise Horta,Glenn Hoskinson,Mildred Iatrou,Stephen Janisz,Jason King,Gary Krivacek,Kimberly Ellen Lowe,Steve Mann,Walt Martin,Matthew C. May,Anthony Milch,Alan Robert Murray,Howard Neiman,Dan O Connell,Thomas J. O Connell,Steve Romanko,Jurgen Scharpf,Roy Seeger,Michael Semanick,Steve Solaris,Steve Sollars,Shawn Sykora,Butch Wolf,Christopher Barnett,Brian Chumney,Linda Lew,Brian Magerkurth,Colin O Neill,Ronald G. Roumas,Brad Sayles,Carl D. Ware
Special Effects by David Amborn,Taylor Ball,Steve Bunyea,Michael Burke,Wayne Burnes,Jeff Denes,Gilbert Draper,Ken Ebert,John Frazier,Tommy Frazier,Bruce D. Hayes,Jameson Levin,Russell Nave,Mark Noel,John Palmer,Joe Pancake,Francis Pennington,Steve Riley,Bill Roth,Dominic V. Ruiz,Mark Sheaffer,Dwight Thomas-Smith,Bryan Wohlers,John Wonser,Dana Wozniak,Noel Brevick,Alexandra Menapace,Michael Rifkin
Visual Effects by Barbara Affonso,Jon Alexander,Nicolas Anastassiou,Will Anielewicz,Leah Anton,Barry Armour,John Bartle,Randall K. Bean,Joe Biggins,Rod G. Bogart,Stella Bogh,Scott Bonnenfant,Billy Brooks,Ronn Brown,Ken Bryan,Anthony Butler,Nelson Cabrera,Tami Carter,Mei-Ming Casino,Lawrence Chandler,Robbie Clot,Tom Cloutier,Caitlin Content,Catherine Craig,Suni Dailey,Bryan Dewe,Natalee Djokovic,Jeff Doran,John Duncan,Scott Farrar,Jon Foreman,Dana Friedman,Joe Fulmer,Steve Gawley,Tim Geideman,Brian Gernand,Ray Gilberti,Derek Gillingham,Susan Greenhow,Indira Guerrieri,James Hagedorn,Pablo Helman,Kirk Henderson,Robert Hill,Ivo Horvat,Jen Howard,Paul Huston,Patrick Jarvis,Nancy Jencks,Erik Jensen,Lars Jensvold,Mike Jobe,Russell Koonce,Nathan Lafionatis,Tad Leckman,Sandra Joy Lee,Tom Martinek,Bill Mather,Rich McKay,Joseph Metten,Richard Miller,Chris Mitchell,Jim Morris,Rich Murillo,Marla Newall,David Norris,Michael Olague,Michael Owens,Mary Payne,Lorne Peterson,Aaron Pfau,Vance Piper,Alexander Pouchkarev,Brick Price,Liz Radley,Erich Rigling,Massimiliano Rocchetti,Martin Rosenberg,Noel Rubin,Peter Mitchell Rubin,Adam Savage,M. Zachary Sherman,Emmanuel Shiu,Mark Siegel,Jason H. Snell,Brian Sorbo,Eben Stromquist,Nigel Sumner,Jeff Sutherland,Doug Swam,Joe Takai,David Tanaka,Catherine Tate,Angela Taylor,Chad Taylor,Paul Theren,Lisa Todd,Christopher Townsend,David Valentin,Robert Vargas,Bruce Vecchitto,Danny Wagner,Melanie Walas,Steven Wallen,Judith Weaver,R. Christopher White,Chuck Wiley,Heidi Zabit,Wei Zheng,Rita E. Zimmerman,Erik A. Candiani,Sandy DellaMarie,Mark Fiorenza,Nelson Hall,Lloyd Hess,Ira Keeler,Evan Pontoriero,Tony Preciado,George Sakellariou,Kim Smith,Katrina Stovold,Tristan Tom,Talmage Watson,R.D. Wegener
Stunts Troy A. Cephers,Albert Champagne,Tom Crabson,Jan M. Davis,Jeffrey Eith,Cliff Fleming,Hartley Folstad,Karl Gulledge,Clifford Happy,Steve Hinton,David Major,George Orrison,Gary Pike,Tom Sanders,Jeff Senour,Paul Sklar,Joe Stone,Buddy Van Horn,Moe Viletto,Jim Wilkey,B.J. Worth,Cliff Fleming,Clifford Happy,George Orrison
Camera and Electrical Department Eric Amundsen,Rocky Babcock,Hans Bjerno,Stephen S. Campanelli,Bill Coe,Matt Cohen,Bernie Demolski,Dan Dobson,Ross Dunkerley,Scott Fieldsteel,Jason C. Fitzgerald,James Frederick,Ron Goodman,Jan Gould,Heather Green,Peter N. Green,Steven A. Guerrero,Mark Gutterud,Paul A. Hardiman,Josh Harrison,Bud Heller,Frank R. Jimenez Jr.,John Lacy,Bobby McMahan,Leo J. Napolitano,Brad Peterman,Ken Regan,Pete Romano,Charles Saldana,T. Daniel Scaringi,Mike Shaheen,Tom Stern,Tony Van Meeteren,Doug Wall,Charles W. Wayt,Barry Wexler,Peter J. Yauri,Abbe Wool,Giovanni Zelko
Animation Department Andrew Spanky Grant,Andrew Grant,Hal T. Hickel,Chris Mitchell,Andy Wong,Sylvia Wong
Casting Department Janet Farris,Olivia Harris,Liz Keigley,Sari E. Keigley
Costume and Wardrobe Department Darryl M. Athons,Eastman Leather Clothing,Ann Culotta,Steve Ellsworth,Lynda Foote,Randy Pike
Editorial Department Van Bedient,Michael Cipriano,Mo Henry,Doug Jones,Bob Kaiser,Gary Roach,Don Roth,Tim Safarik,Karen Shaw
Location Management Kokayi Ampah,Craig Busch,Pamella D Pella,Don Kincade,Rana Morrison,Patrick Smith,Donovan Terranova
Music Department Elin Carlson,Brian Cassier,Kevin Dorsey,Robert Fernandez,Karen Harper,Donald Harris,Edie Lehmann Boddicker,Norman Ludwin,Matt Pierson,Craig Braginsky
Script and Continuity Department Mable Lawson-McCrary
Transportation Department Bud Belyeu,Ricky Damazio,Robert Dulys,David Neil Enfinger,Scott Loveless,Malcolm Mazer,Robert Neilson,Ron Parsell,Jimmy Ray Pickens,Ron Poniewaz,Doug Wilson
Additional Crew Scott M. Anderson,Carla Aucoin,Brian Austin,Marco Barla,Steven F. Beaupre,Jesse Ray Boehm,Anna Bradley,Robert D. Cabana,Louise DeCordoba,Connie Douglas,Dan Ellis,Fred Fein,Bobbie Faye Ferguson,Gordon Fullerton,Christopher Gilman,Jason Gondek,Sam Greenmun,Gym Hinderer,Steve Hinton,Mary Holliday,Craig Hosking,Rick Hull,Edward Hunt,Jim Jenkins,Richard A. Jones,Richard Andrew Jones,Lisa Malone,Denise Marek-Plumb,Robert Mehnert,Danny Morris,Stacie O Beirne,Frank Pelluchon,Jeffrey Phelps,Ian Ray,Laura Rochon,Melissa Rooker,Jim Swidarski,Mark Thomason,Kathleen Tull,David Watkinson,Brian Welch,Philip R. West,Andrew White,Michael A. Xynidis,Susie Yamamoto,Kurt Hall,Sean Wicks
Thanks Joe Hyams
Genres Action, Adventure, Thriller
Companies Clipsal Films, Mad Chance, Malpaso Productions
Countries USA
Languages English
ContentRating PG-13
ImDbRating 6.5
ImDbRatingVotes 81662
MetacriticRating 73
Keywords space shuttle,astronaut,one last job,old age,satellite