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The Astronaut Farmer

Year:

2007

Duration:

104 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Michael Polish

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2007-02-23

Filming Locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Earnings

Budget: $13,000,000

Opening Weekend: $4,454,319 (USA) (25 February 2007)

Gross: $10,996,440 (USA) (22 April 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

J.K. Simmons

Max Thieriot

The Astronaut Farmer

Billy Bob Thornton

Charles Farmer

Virginia Madsen

Audrey 'Audie' Farmer

Jasper Polish

Stanley Farmer

Logan Polish

Sunshine Farmer

Bruce Dern

Hal

Mark Polish

FBI Agent Mathis

Jon Gries

FBI Agent Killbourne

Tim Blake Nelson

Kevin Munchak

Sal Lopez

Pepe Garcia

Kiersten Warren

Phyllis

Rick Overton

Arnold 'Arnie' Millard

Richard Edson

Chopper Miller

Elise Eberle

Madison Roberts

Julie White

Beth Goode

Graham Beckel

Frank

Marshall Bell

Judge Miller

Kathleen Arc

Mrs. Harder

Lois Geary

Mrs. Graham

Dianne Anderson Mathis

Reporter #1

Bill Allen

Reporter #2 (as William Lawrence Allen)

Gregory Chase

NASA Committee Member

Forrest Fyre

State Senator

Janelle Sperow

State Congresswoman

Robert E. Fleischer

Will Beacon

Kathy Lamkin

Jodie

Charlie B. Brown

Phil (as Charlie Brown)

Gary Houston

Dr. Livingston

Richard Holcomb

Reporter #4

Adam Taylor

FBI Agent #1

David House

FBI Agent #2

John Lawrence Page

FBI Agent #3

Matthew Kimbrough

Henry Malone

Richard McClarkin

Karl

Brian McCallister

Student

Jay Leno

Himself

Doris Hargrave

Gretchen Boyd

George McKelvey

Doug

Steve Cormier

Appraiser

Scarlett McAlister

Local News Reporter

Deborah Martinez

Reporter #3

Benjamin Petry

Child #1 (as Ben Petry)

Cheyenne Serano

Child #2

Robyn Reede

Secretary

Olive Gallagher

Morning Show Host

Kevin Wiggins

Rocket Expert

Joan Findley

Reporter

Mary Sue Evans

NASA Expert

Ida Darvish

Italian Anchorwoman

Eugene Nomura

Japanese Anchorman

Vikrum Shah

Hindu Anchorman (as Vik Shah)

Yvans Jourdain

French Anchorman

Jennifer Chu

Chinese Anchorwoman

Dallas Raines

National Anchorman

John Burke

Reporter

Roy Costley

Astro 'Nut' Local

Esodie Geiger

CNN News Reporter

J.D. Garfield

Sky Copter Reporter (as JD Garfield)

J. Michael Oliva

Balloon Game Carnie (as J. Michael 'Yak' Oliva)

Richard Gunn

Square Dance Caller

Marc Miles

Rocket Ride Operator

Jenny Gabrielle

Vanessa

Hannah Wiggins

Child #3

David Marcilla

Child #4

Joe Solís

Square Dance Caller #2 (as Joey Solis)

Mark DeLisle

Mission Control #1

Robert Michael Lee

MP #1

David Sullivan

Young Man

Kolya Venturi

Classmate

Evan Adrian

Basketball Player (uncredited)

James Blackburn

Farmer (uncredited)

Scott Flick

Supermart Shopper (uncredited)

Brent Lambert

Media Soundman (uncredited)

Rhett Lynch

Towns Person (uncredited)

Lucas Ruggles

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Kim Thrasher

Reporter #5 (uncredited)

Bruce Willis

Col. Doug Masterson

Did you know?

Trivia

Virginia Madsen and Bruce Dern are alumni from the same high school, New Trier High School, which is noted for several celebrity alumni.

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FBI Agent Mathis is played by Mark Polish, who wrote the screenplay.

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In the scene where Charles Farmer asks the employee of Dunkin Dounts for advertising on his rocket, the shot shows Farmer in front of a large glass window in front of a graveyard with a short chain link fence around it. The shot of the employee is the actual inside of the real Dunkin Donuts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. However the graveyard in the shot is a real graveyard with graves dating back to roughly 1910. The graveyard is actually behind the Dunkin Donuts. And Gina loves Richard

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Goofs

When the rocket launches, incredibly, the wooden barn remains unburned. In a scene during the second launch, exhaust smoke can be seen coming out the bottom of the barn walls, so it's safe to assume Farmer has designed his barn to overcome the explosive nature of the launch.

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The orbital views of Africa and Baja California are not accurate for a craft in a low orbit, and would require a much higher altitude.

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The craft's landing was much slower and softer than an actual Mercury landing. A Mercury landing on dry land would most likely have damaged the capsule and severely injured the astronaut.

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Quotes

Audrey 'Audie' Farmer: Without the rocket, we're just a disfunctional family.

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Arnold 'Arnie' Milan: You got bad credit, but, uh, you got great character.

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Charles Farmer: Ladies and gentleman, may I have your attention, please? I'm going to the moon, and I'm bringing a balloon.

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