Clint Eastwood teams up with some old friends to make Space Cowboys, a rollicking motion
picture that wraps action, comedy, and science fiction into one neat package. Eastwood plays Frank
Corvin, a former air force pilot who was shunned from flying into space in 1958 after NASA was
created. Forty years later, when a Russian satellite appears to be headed for a collision with Earth,
Corvin finally gets his chance. He bribes his archrival Bob Gerson (James Cromwell) into letting
his team go into space to repair the satellite, on the condition that they pass the physical. However,
passing the physical isn't so easy for aging veterans Jerry O’Neil (Donald Sutherland), Tank
Sullivan (James Garner), and Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), who, while still mentally sharp,
aren't in the best of physical shape. Nonetheless, they manage to fill all the requirements. Ignoring
the two cocky upstarts who have been sent along to back them up, the old-timers blast off and head
straight for the satellite. But when they get there, the realization that the satellite is actually carrying
six nuclear warheads changes the course of the mission, endangering the lives of the astronauts as
well as the citizens of America. With exceptional special effects and a breezy tone, Space Cowboys is one of Eastwood's most entertaining films to date.
Directed by Clint Eastwood - Rated PG-13
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