SpaceCamp (1986)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Harry Winer

Writers:

Clifford Green (screenplay) and
Casey T. Mitchell (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

6 June 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

An impossible mistake put them into space. The adventure of their lives will be getting back home.

Plot:

The young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is accidently launched into orbit.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Camp | Space Shuttle | Astronaut | Alabama

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kate Capshaw	...	Andie Bergstrom
Lea Thompson	...	Kathryn Fairly
Kelly Preston	...	Tish Ambrosei
Larry B. Scott	...	Rudy Tyler
Joaquin Phoenix	...	Max (as Leaf Phoenix)
Tate Donovan	...	Kevin Donaldson
Tom Skerritt	...	Cmdr. Zach Bergstrom (Andie's husband)
Barry Primus	...	Brennan
Terry O'Quinn	...	Launch Director
Mitchell Anderson	...	Banning
Scott Coffey	...	Gardener (as T. Scott Coffey)
Daryl Keith Roach	...	NASA #1 (as Daryl Roach)
Peter Scranton	...	NASA #2
Hollye Rebecca Suggs	...	Young Andie
Terry White	...	NASA #3

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Norway:7 | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Company:

ABC Motion Pictures

Trivia:

In earlier drafts of the storyline, a Russian shuttle is sent up to rescue the American kids. At the end of the film, it was to be revealed that Russian kids had rescued the American kids.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Almost immediately after reaching orbit, the Space Shuttle has to open its cargo bay doors in order to vent heat from the craft through radiators built on the inside of the doors. These doors aren't closed again until just before re-entry in order to prevent over-heating. For much of their time in orbit in this movie, the bay doors remain closed. In addition, the doors on Atlantis don't even have the radiators.

Quotes:

Andie: Name?
Rudy Tyler: [while chewing gum] Rudy Tyler, Ma'am.
Andie: Spit it out, Rudy.
Rudy Tyler: RUDY TYLER, MA'AM!
Andie: I meant the gum, Rudy.

Movie Connections:

References "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Soundtrack:

So Far Away

Doesn't Quite Hit As High As It Would Have Liked.

Four teenagers (Lea Thompson, Larry B. Scott, Kelly Preston and Tate Donovan) and one pre-teen (Joaquin Phoenix) get launched into outer space by a small robot in this above-average adventure movie. Kate Capshaw is along for the ride as the instructor and Tom Skerritt is solid as the one in charge of mission control when the crisis occurs. With the exception of Scott, the other four young stars have all had recognizable careers. Joaquin Phoenix, in particular, steals every scene as the youngest of the five. 3.5 out of 5 stars.