Space Cowboys
Space will never be the same.
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Country
Production
Budget
$65 000 000
Box office
$128 884 132
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Jack N. Green
Composer
Artist
Audition
Phyllis Huffman, Liz Keigley, Sari E. Keigley
Editing
Joel Cox
Whole Team (95)
Whole Team (95)
Short description
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the 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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Initially, Clint Eastwood refused to direct the film, considering the script too implausible. He changed his mind in 1998 when 77-year-old astronaut John Glenn flew into space.
- Initially, Sean Connery was supposed to play Jerry O'Neil, and Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Tank Sullivan. Ultimately, these roles were played by Donald Sutherland and James Garner, respectively.
- The filming was difficult for the actors: 72-year-old James Garner, for example, broke his arm.
- The film uses real footage shot in space.
- According to editor Joel Cox, Clint Eastwood, accustomed to working very quickly, shot 35-40 takes a day.
- Clint Eastwood composed a musical theme that plays at the beginning of the film. It was ultimately included in the overall soundtrack created by composer Lennie Niehaus.
- Clint Eastwood composed a musical theme that plays at the beginning of the film. It was eventually included in the overall soundtrack created by composer Lennie Niehaus.
- Filming caused health problems for some actors: James Garner suffered a shoulder injury, and Donald Sutherland injured his knee.
- NASA blueprints of the actual Mission Control Center were used in constructing the sets for Mission Control.
- Clint Eastwood was initially supposed to produce and star in the film, with someone else directing. However, when several directors who were offered the job decided that filming spaceflights would be difficult and declined, Eastwood decided to direct the film himself.
- As the orbital spacecraft approaches the John F. Kennedy Space Center, a double sonic boom can be heard (when breaking the sound barrier). It is double because the spacecraft creates two shock waves – from the nose and the tail.
- According to the special effects supervisor, Adam Savage, they chose 'Rolo' candy wrappers through trial and error to simulate gold foil.
- In actual shuttles, the seats are arranged in two rows (four in the front and two in the back), but Clint Eastwood wanted to show a different seat configuration and, accordingly, the characters in them.
- The filmmakers, led by Clint Eastwood, initially thought they would need forty special effects shots. In reality, around three hundred special effects shots were included in the film.
- In the scenes of the shuttle landing, Clint Eastwood used archival footage of 'space shuttle' landings.
- NASA offered its special fixed-wing aircraft for filming (it provides short-term exposure to near-weightlessness, is used to train astronauts, conduct research, and film movies) – in 1995, it was used during the filming of Ron Howard's science fiction drama "Apollo 13." Clint Eastwood declined the offer, fearing that the older actors would become too ill during the flight and would no longer be able to perform.
- The original script mentioned the deployment of weapons systems in orbit (the so-called "IKON" project). NASA demanded that the script be rewritten, not wanting to be associated with the militarization of space.
- At first, Clint Eastwood refused to direct the film, considering the script too improbable. He changed his mind in 1998 when 77-year-old astronaut John Glenn flew into space.
- Clint Eastwood composed the musical theme that plays at the beginning of the movie. It was eventually included in the overall soundtrack created by composer Lenny Niehaus.
- Filming caused health problems for some of the actors: James Garner suffered a shoulder injury, and Donald Sutherland injured his knee.
- It was originally intended that Clint Eastwood would produce and star in the film while someone else directed it; however, after several potential directors turned it down, believing that filming space flights would be too grueling, Eastwood decided to direct the film himself.
- According to special effects supervisor Adam Savage, Rolo candy wrappers were chosen through trial and error to simulate gold foil.
- NASA offered their special fixed-wing aircraft for filming (which provides short periods of near-weightlessness and is used for astronaut training, research, and movie shoots)—such an aircraft was used in 1995 for Ron Howard's sci-fi drama 'Apollo 13'. Clint Eastwood declined the offer, fearing that the older actors would feel too ill during the flight and would no longer be able to perform.
- In actual shuttles, the seats are arranged in two rows (four in front and two behind), but Clint Eastwood wanted to show a different seat configuration and, accordingly, a different arrangement of the characters within them.
- The filmmakers, under the direction of Clint Eastwood, initially thought they would need forty special effects. In reality, however, around three hundred special effects made it into the film.
- For the shuttle landing scenes, Clint Eastwood used archival footage of space shuttle landings.
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