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SpaceCamp

  • 19861986
  • PGPG
  • 1h 47m
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5.7/10
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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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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.
IMDb RATING
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    • Harry Winer
  • Writers
    • Clifford Green(screenplay by)
    • Casey T. Mitchell(screenplay by)
    • Patrick Bailey(story by)
  • Stars
    • Kate Capshaw
    • Lea Thompson
    • Kelly Preston
    • Harry Winer
  • Writers
    • Clifford Green(screenplay by)
    • Casey T. Mitchell(screenplay by)
    • Patrick Bailey(story by)
  • Stars
    • Kate Capshaw
    • Lea Thompson
    • Kelly Preston
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 69User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
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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, 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)
    Lea Thompson and Tate Donovan in SpaceCamp (1986)
    Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, and Tate Donovan in SpaceCamp (1986)

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    Kate Capshaw
    Kate Capshaw
    • Andie
    Lea Thompson
    Lea Thompson
    • Kathryn
    Kelly Preston
    Kelly Preston
    • Tish
    Larry B. Scott
    Larry B. Scott
    • Rudy
    Joaquin Phoenix
    Joaquin Phoenix
    • Max
    • (as Leaf Phoenix)
    Tate Donovan
    Tate Donovan
    • Kevin
    Tom Skerritt
    Tom Skerritt
    • Zack
    Barry Primus
    Barry Primus
    • Brennan
    Terry O'Quinn
    Terry O'Quinn
    • Launch Director
    Mitchell Anderson
    Mitchell Anderson
    • Banning
    Scott Coffey
    Scott Coffey
    • Gardener
    • (as T. Scott Coffey)
    Daryl Keith Roach
    Daryl Keith Roach
    • NASA #1
    • (as Daryl Roach)
    Peter Scranton
    • NASA #2
    Hollye Rebecca Suggs
    • Young Andie
    Terry White
    • NASA #3
    Susan Becton
    • Senior Counselor
    D. Ben Casey
    • Rudy's Father
    Kathy Hanson
    • Girl
      • Harry Winer
    • Writers
      • Clifford Green(screenplay by)
      • Casey T. Mitchell(screenplay by)
      • Patrick Bailey(story by)
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    • Trivia
      Joaquin Phoenix's feature film debut. He is credited as Leaf Phoenix.
    • 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

    User reviews69

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    6/10
    In the 80's, this is how we "Danced with the Stars".
    "This one time at space camp...." Ahahaha...ahem...oh well. Down to business. Participants in NASA's real life Space Camp can undergo a limited version of real astronaut training. Well for a few of them the training gets a little too real. Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, and some teen age punks are accidentally blasted into space, along with astronaut Kate Capshaw. You'd think being stuck in space with those three ladies would be a fantastic weekend, even with Joaquin Phoenix along as a whiny brat. Well it is, until the oxygen starts to run out. Whu-Oh! Luckily Tom Skerrit is on the ground to help out.

    This is a fun little movie meant simply as family entertainment. Of course it has technical inaccuracies, it's a movie about kids being launched into space. I just don't understand people who rag on it because some aspects aren't technically correct. This isn't a NASA training film, it's just an exciting little film that a family can watch together. It also stars Larry B. Scott, who also played Lamar in Revenge of the Nerds, and Terry O'Quinn, who played Locke in Lost.
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    • Mike_Noga
    • Jan 21, 2011

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 1986 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Huntsville, Alabama, USA
    • Production company
      • ABC Motion Pictures
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby

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