SpaceCamp (1986)

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

Director:

Harry Winer

Writers:

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

Stars:

Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

American kids go to a space camp during the summer holidays. They learn how to operate the Space Shuttle. A team consisting of a guy who just entered to meet girls, a wanna be astronaut and an instructor who wanted to go on a mission instead of teaching can sit in the Shuttle while testing the engines. Then they're launched by mistake ...

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Plot Keywords:

space | space camp | space shuttle | astronaut | outer space | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 June 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cap sur les étoiles

Filming Locations:

Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$9,697,739 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The interior of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was filmed in the Atlantis simulator at the real Space Camp.

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Goofs

After the shuttle clears the launch tower at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, all radio transmissions are immediately sent and received from the Mission Control room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Kennedy has no more contact with the shuttle after the initial liftoff, so none of the members of Launch Control including Andy's Husband Zack would be able to talk to them. Also, the radio installed for the FRF test would be the same radio used on regular shuttle missions. It sort of comes standard with the electronics and is not interchangeable.

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Quotes

Max: Somebody get me down from here, or I'm going to be SICK!

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Connections

Referenced in Blood Massacre (1991)

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Soundtracks

"Walk of Life"
by Mark Knopfler
Chariscourt Ltd. adm. by Almo Music Corp. in USA and Canada
Performed by Dire Straits
Courtesy of Phonogram Ltd./Warner Bros.
Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

Low IQ required

Ok, I first saw this little gem when I was around 9 years old. Back then I thought this film was cool. The other day, they played this movie on the SciFi Channel. I sat there thinking to myself, "This is a lot more stupid than I remember." And It is. I read a review on here that claimed that Kate Capshaw's character is annoying. Is that it? They're all annoying, especially Joaquin Phoenix's character, Max. They're all just a bunch of whiny individuals in the need of a serious beating. So maybe It's cause I'm older now, and more things annoy me, or this film is strictly for kids. On a lighter note, it was good to see Larry B. Scott (Lamar from Revenge of the Nerds).