Something just doesn't quite feel right about <em>'Space Cowboys'</em>. It's good, but it always feels like it's stuck in second gear to me. I was anticipating more based on the cast, but even they are a little underwhelming. it's relative to what I was expecting, as Eastwood is still solid, Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland too, and the plot is satisfactory; even if I would've shaved off 15-25 minutes. An interesting piece of casting, btw, is the film debut of one Jon Hamm. Borderline forgettable, but nothing bad. It narrowly gets a 3* rating from yours truly.
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.
Quick Stats
6.4
TMDB Rating
1,582
Votes
2h 10m
Runtime
$65.0M
Budget
$128.9M
Box Office
198%
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Key Crew
DirectorClint Eastwood
WriterHoward Klausner
CinematographyJack N. Green
ComposerLennie Niehaus
EditorJoel Cox
Production DesignHenry Bumstead
Produced by
Village Roadshow PicturesMalpaso ProductionsMad ChanceClipsal FilmsWarner Bros. Pictures
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Clint Eastwood
Frank Corvin
Tommy Lee Jones
Hawk Hawkins
Donald Sutherland
Jerry O'Neill
James Garner
Tank Sullivan
James Cromwell
Bob Gerson
Marcia Gay Harden
Sara Holland
William Devane
Eugene Davis
Loren Dean
Ethan Glance
Courtney B. Vance
Roger Hines
Barbara Babcock
Barbara Corvin
Rade Šerbedžija
General Vostov
Blair Brown
Dr. Anne Caruthers
James MacDonald
Capcom
Jon Hamm
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