Space Cowboys (2000)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers (WGA):

Ken Kaufman (written by) &
Howard Klausner (written by)

Release Date:

4 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Boys will be boys.

Plot:

When a retired engineer is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.

Plot Keywords:

Satellite | Space | NASA | Roller Coaster | Space Shuttle

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 13	2:00 PM	HBO
Mon. Nov. 16	7:45 AM	HBO

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Frank Corvin
Tommy Lee Jones	...	Hawk Hawkins
Donald Sutherland	...	Jerry O'Neill
James Garner	...	Tank Sullivan
James Cromwell	...	Bob Gerson
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Sara Holland
William Devane	...	Eugene Davis
Loren Dean	...	Ethan Glance
Courtney B. Vance	...	Roger Hines
Barbara Babcock	...	Barbara Corvin
Rade Serbedzija	...	General Vostov
Blair Brown	...	Dr. Anne Caruthers
Jay Leno	...	Himself
Nils Allen Stewart	...	Tiny
Deborah Jolly	...	Cocktail Waitress

Also Known As:

Jinetes del espacio (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Space Cowboys (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Ürcowboyok (Hungary) [hu]
Cowboys do Espaço (Brazil) [pt]
Les pionniers de l'espace (Canada: French title) [fr]
Space Cowboys (Finland) [fi]
Space Cowboys (France) [fr]
Space Cowboys (Spain) [es]
Space Cowboys (Portugal) [pt]
Space Cowboys (Denmark) [da]
Uzay kovboylari (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Vesmírní kovbojové (Czech Republic) [cs]
Vesmírni kovboji (Slovakia) [sk]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language.

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37575) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

Clipsal Films

Trivia:

The modeling department put a Space Mr. Coffee in the cargo bay of the shuttle. This was the idea of chief modelmaker 'Adam Savage (II)', now co-host of _"MythBusters" (2003)_ on the Discovery Channel.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Hawk talks about meeting the love of his life when he was 17 when he tackled the fiberglass porta-potty she was in. He was a test pilot in 1958, but the fiberglass porta-potty came out in the 1970s.

Quotes:

Frank Corvin: This is Jerry O'Neill.
Sara Holland: No nickname for you?
Jerry O'Neill: You can call me
[kisses her hand]
Jerry O'Neill: anytime.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.57)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

LAST NIGHT

You are never too old to have fun

What movie with Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones. James Garner, James Cromwell, Donald Sutherland, and Marcia Gay Harden wouldn't be worth a look. This one has it all, but mostly laughs. This Clint Eastwood produced and directed movie is great simply because the cast doesn't appear to take it seriously. They are just having fun. And special effects? They are better here than other movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact.

If you like movies where people are considered outdated or replaceable and prove the experts wrong, then this is the one. I watch it and keep getting reminded about all those COBOL experts who were back making the big bucks just prior to the millennium change.