SpaceCamp

19861986
PGPG
1h 47m

Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Tate Donovan, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)

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

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Adventure Family Sci-Fi

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

Director
- Harry Winer
Writers
- Clifford Green(screenplay)
- Casey T. Mitchell(screenplay)
- Patrick Bailey(story)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Trailer

Joey Gowdy leaving wardrobe in his Aeromax NASA Flight Jumpsuit ready for an early morning film shoot.

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Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)

Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)

Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)

Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)

Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, and Tate Donovan in SpaceCamp (1986)

Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)

Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)

Tom Skerritt and Terry O'Quinn in SpaceCamp (1986)

Joaquin Phoenix in SpaceCamp (1986)

Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, Joaquin Phoenix, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)

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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 ... —Ivo Kroone <ab2693@triton.heao.hsa.nl>

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Taglines
- An impossible mistake put them into space. The adventure of their lives will be getting back home.
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

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

Goofs
The shuttle program had several abort options prior to achieving orbit. There was a return to launch site abort, meaning after dropping the solid rocket boosters they would turn about and go right back. There was also a transatlantic abort (land in a friendly foreign country in Europe) or abort once around (one orbit and back in). In all cases, the shuttle could've returned pretty quickly. Of course, then there would've been no movie. However, it should be noted that NASA never actually tested any of these space shuttle launch abort functions which was noted in the Challenger accident report. So there's no way to know if they would have actually worked.

Quotes
Tish: Whip me, beat me, take away my charge cards... NASA is talking!

Connections
Featured in The Goldbergs: Smother's Day (2016)

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

Top review

7/10

A callback to a more optimistic age

Impossible? Of course it is, but 'Space Camp' is a good 'ol piece of wide-eyed, optimistic 80s feel-goodery. God, I miss it. But revisiting it turned out to be more than a mere nostalgia trip. 'Space Camp' is a well made, well acted, adventure film that deftly mixes comedy, drama and thrills.

Featuring a cast of talented and likable actors that you will recognize from better known films, top notch special effects and a rousing score by the great John Williams, 'Space Camp' is the type of film that today's kids need to see. Its message? Work hard, dream big and reach for the stars. It's a lesson they're not getting from our popular culture today, and it's one they desperately need to hear.

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Release date
- June 6, 1986 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Space Camp
Filming locations
- Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Production company
- ABC Motion Pictures
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Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $9,697,739
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,918,072
- Jun 8, 1986
Gross worldwide
- $9,697,739

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Runtime
1 hour 47 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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