| Space Cowboys | | Cast : | Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones | | Director : | Clint Eastwood | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | August 04, 2000 | | DVD Released Date : | February 03, 2004 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 19, 2005 | | Summary | Great Actors in an Average Movie! | Content
 | Space Cowboys is a case of an average movie that has extra-ordinary actors. In part I feel that while these actors preformed well that their talent was wasted on the storyline... retired Astronauts reunited one last time for one last mission. I'm glad I saw it on video and did not pay full-price to see it.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 03, 2005 | | Summary | GREATEST MOVIE EVER | Content
| THIS IS THE BEST FILM I"VE SEEN IN MY LIFE. I HOPE THERE"S A PREQUAL. I HAVE IT ON 9 DVDS. ITS BRILLIANT! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 01, 2005 | | Summary | Now that I am older | Content
| As time has started to catch up on me, I find this film to be more relevant. So be prepared for an intelligent plot & acting and enjoy the ride! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 13, 2005 | | Summary | RESPECT your ELDERS! I laughed so hard... | Content
| This is a great movie. Will make you laugh, cry, and be on the edge of your seat. They seem to mix comedy with serious situations that, coupled with 4 of the greatest actors of the past THIRTY YEARS, makes this a must for any DVD collection!
In this adventure drama, four men passed over by the space program get one last chance to be heroes and live out their dreams. Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland), and Tank Sullivan (James Garner) were top pilots within an elite Air Force squadron and on the fast track to becoming the first Americans in space in the early 1950s.
However, when NASA was established, the pilots were cut out of the loop; Corvin went on to become an aerospace engineer, Hawkins continued on as a freelance pilot, O'Neill became an astrophysicist with a sideline in designing roller coasters, and Sullivan took up preaching as a Baptist minister. Years later, a Russian satellite's guidance system has started to malfunction, and it is expected to crash into the Earth within a matter of weeks. The system is identical to the one Corvin designed for Skylab, so NASA head Bob Gerson (James Cromwell) asks Corvin to help him with the emergency mission to repair the satellite.
Corvin agrees under one condition - that he be sent up to do the repairs himself, with Hawkins, O'Neill, and Sullivan as his crew. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 25, 2005 | | Summary | C'mon, Clint, 'make my day' in space! | Content
| It is obvious that Eastwood and company had a ball in making this film, getting to play "spaceman" like any other red-bloodied American child that watched in awe at the early pioneers of the space program like Glenn, Carpenter, and Sheppard. "Space Cowboys" is a well-made, superbly acted tribute, of sorts, to the adventuresome spirit that once inspired a nation.
Though there are a few plot discrepencies, the overall appeal of the film, with its blend of masculine bravado, humor, and suspense, makes it a captivating viewing experience.
And who can't lose with a cast of Oscar winners (Eastwood, Jones), Oscar nominees (Marcia Gay Harden, James Cromwell), Donald Sutherland ("Ordinary People," "Don't Look Now," and countless other films), television legend James Garner ("Maverick" and "The Rockford Files"), Emmy winner Barbara Babcock, the underused Blair Brown, and the equally underused Courtney B. Vance ("The Preacher's Wife," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent")
For those that find the premise of "oldsters in space" too farfetched to believe, I think its no more unbelievable than George W. Bush in The White House for a second term.
In fact, I'd rather see astronauts of their age in the space shuttle than having Bush in The Oval Office. |
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