The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

A pair of shuttle astronauts leave their spacecraft to repair a satellite. There's an explosion. NASA loses contact for two minutes, but the both are rescued and safely returned to Earth. ... See full summary »

Director:

Rand Ravich

Writer:

Rand Ravich

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Joe Morton

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Depp	...	Commander Spencer Armacost
Charlize Theron	...	Jillian Armacost
Joe Morton	...	Sherman Reese, NASA Representative
Clea DuVall	...	Nan
Donna Murphy	...	Natalie Streck
Nick Cassavetes	...	Capt. Alex Streck
Samantha Eggar	...	Dr. Patraba
Gary Grubbs	...	NASA Director
Blair Brown	...	Shelly McLaren
Tom Noonan	...	Jackson McLaren
Tom O'Brien	...	Allen Dodge
Lucy Lin	...	Shelly Carter
Michael Crider	...	Pat Elliott
Jacob Stein	...	Calvin, 2nd Grade Student
Timothy Wicker	...	Wide Eyed Kid #1

Storyline

A pair of shuttle astronauts leave their spacecraft to repair a satellite. There's an explosion. NASA loses contact for two minutes, but the both are rescued and safely returned to Earth. Eventually it becomes evident that neither of the astronauts is quite the same.

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Plot Keywords:

astronaut | mission | paranoia | depression | sex in public | 

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Taglines:

How well do you know the one you love?

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and a strong scene of sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 August 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Mulher do Astronauta

Filming Locations:

One 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,027,003 (USA) (27 August 1999)

Gross:

SGD 451,241 (Singapore) (10 December 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Mad Chance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nick Cassavetes plays Capt. Streck; Nick's father, John Cassavetes starred in Rosemary's Baby which bares many similarities to this film.

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Goofs

When Jillian goes to Washington Square Park by subway, it's clearly night and dark. When she emerges from the subway, it is daylight.

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Quotes

Nan: I don't get it, we grew up in the same house. You land Johnny Rocket Boy, I keep getting different versions of Throws-Up-on-Himself Elmo.

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Connections

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Moonlight and Roses"
Written by Ben Black, Edwin H. Lemare, Neil Moret, Charles N. Daniels

User Reviews

Could have been a Classic Thriller

I watched this movie yesterday, and I was hooked to its haunting story till the end. First I have to say the performances were excellent, Johnny Depp still surprises me with his variety of roles, I can't imagine he could have done the hilarious role of Captain Jack Sparrow after this scary role.

His eyes were acting more than any part of his body and you could feel the slight change in his character through the stillness of his eyes. Charlize Theron gave a better performance than her Devil's advocate role although they had the same criteria, the disturbed wife. But her genuine agonizing performance distinguished her in this movie.

I noticed the music was a major pillar in this movie, it was like another main character in this movie, the editing was great also especially the scene in the subway. The story was an original also, it had good turn ups and twists.

The movie had all the right elements in general and it certainly doesn't deserve a 4.7 on the imdb. I think the voters were greatly disappointed after seeing all those good elements destroyed by the cheesy and typical ending that only producers could have had a part with, in order to make another sequel.

The ending by all means was bad, it destroyed the originality of the story and the tension build up. I give it an 7.5 for all the good elements, it would reached a 9.0 if the ending was different.