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Space Cowboys

Space Cowboys

Space will never be the same.

20006.42h 10m

Overview

Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by Howard Klausner, Ken Kaufman
Produced by Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar
Box OfficeBudget: $65.0MRevenue: $128.9M

Top Cast

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Frank Corvin

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Hawk Hawkins

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Jerry O'Neill

James Garner

James Garner

Tank Sullivan

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Bob Gerson

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Sara Holland

William Devane

William Devane

Eugene Davis

Loren Dean

Loren Dean

Ethan Glance

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Roger Hines

Barbara Babcock

Barbara Babcock

Barbara Corvin

Themes & Keywords

nasaspace travelspace westernastronautelderly

About Space Cowboys

Space Cowboys is a action, adventure, thriller film released in 2000 exploring themes of nasa, space travel, space western, astronaut, elderly. Directed by Clint Eastwood, it stars Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland. Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.

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