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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Martin Caidin (novel)
Mayo Simon (writer)
Release Date:
11 December 1969 (USA) more
Tagline:
Three marooned astronauts. Only 55 minutes left to rescue them. While the whole world watches and waits... more
Plot:
Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out? full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Xbox and Netflix Taste Great Together
(From Cinematical. 20 November 2008, 9:30 AM, PST)
Actor Richard Crenna Dies at Age 76
(From WENN. 20 January 2003)
User Comments:
Suspense in theory but lacking on the screen. more (43 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gregory Peck | ... | Charles Keith | |
| Richard Crenna | ... | Jim Pruett | |
| David Janssen | ... | Ted Dougherty | |
| James Franciscus | ... | Clayton Stone | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Buzz Lloyd | |
| Lee Grant | ... | Celia Pruett | |
| Nancy Kovack | ... | Teresa Stone | |
| Mariette Hartley | ... | Betty Lloyd | |
| Scott Brady | ... | Public Affairs Officer | |
| Craig Huebing | ... | Flight Director | |
| Frank Marth | ... | Air Force System Director | |
| John Carter | ... | Flight Surgeon | |
| Vincent Van Lynn | ... | Aerospace journalist | |
| George Gaynes | ... | Mission Director | |
| Tom Stewart | ... | Houston Cap Com |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Space Travelers (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
134 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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Mono (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Iceland:12 | USA:TV-PG | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Norway:12 (original rating) | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G
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Frank Capra began work on the film. Inspired by his work on the Martin-Marietta Corp.-commissioned faux documentary, "Rendezvous in Space" for the 1964 World's Fair in New York, Capra (a chemical engineer by education) worked to make the picture for Columbia, but finally abandoned the project in preproduction in May 1966 when he couldn't bring the budget down to the $3-million required by Columbia worldwide production chief M.J. Frankovich. The eventual budget for the finished film (directed by John Sturges) was $8 million. Capra never made another film. more
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Factual errors: The Earth as represented in the on-orbit shots is too small if the spacecraft is supposed to be in Low Earth Orbit (approx 200 miles) as would be expected for an orbital laboratory (and Voskhod) mission. The apparent altitude is more like 1000 miles. more
Quotes:
Flight Surgeon:
[regarding the earliest possible time for rescue] You know of course that by 22:31:06, the crew will be dead. There's not enough oxygen left for three men to live that long.
Charles Keith:
Well what about... two men?
Flight Surgeon:
We don't figure that way, we plot total pressure against total use.
Charles Keith:
Is there sufficient oxygen for two men? For one?
Flight Surgeon:
[long pause] Two might just make it.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in L'amour de femme (1969) more
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Another space flick that came out during the height of the space program. Only a tad better then 1968's Countdown and the tad refers to the props. The story it would seem would be filled with plenty of suspense but this ones orbit just decays and falls. Three astronauts played by Richard Crenna, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman who have been in a space station climb aboard their Apollo craft to come home and the engine says no.
Marooned in orbit the ground control crew led by Gregory Peck scratch their heads and try to figure out what to do before the trios air supply runs out. David Jansen wants to rescue them in an untried spacecraft but Peck is reluctant. To make matters worse a hurricane is brewing. The astronaut wives are brought into the picture to help boost the suspense. Will they make it? Who can help them? If you've never seen it it's worth a look. After seeing Apollo 13 however you may laugh at this one. The space travelers on MST3K do.