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Space Cowboys
Space will never be the same.
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the US Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.
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Synopsis
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the US Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.
More about Space Cowboys
Cast
Clint EastwoodFrank Corvin
Tommy Lee JonesHawk Hawkins
Donald SutherlandJerry O'Neill
James GarnerTank Sullivan
James CromwellBob Gerson
Marcia Gay HardenSara Holland
William DevaneEugene Davis
Loren DeanEthan GlanceCredits
- Directed by
- Clint Eastwood
- Written by
- Ken Kaufman, Howard Klausner
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $65M
- Box office
- $128.9M
Production
Village Roadshow PicturesUnited States
Malpaso ProductionsUnited States
Mad ChanceUnited States- Clipsal Films
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
