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      1968 1 hr. 41 min. Sci-Fi List
      71% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 27% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A scientist (James Caan) replaces a military officer (Robert Duvall) as an astronaut on a space-race moonshot. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 20 Buy Now

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      Russ One of two films [of which I know] pairing Robert Duval and James Caan prior to The Godfather, but it's strictly Movie of the Week quality. Also features Ted Knight [Mary Tyler Moore Show, Caddyshack] as a NASA PR flak. Caan isn't at all convincing as an astronaut. This runs 102 minutes but I jumped past the hokey melodrama in the first hour to see how it ended. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/05/23 Full Review j f Worst ending ever….. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/18/23 Full Review PEter R Great old movie before the moon landing. I'm sure a great number of people that review this have no patiences, that is why it's rated so low. The people that don't enjoy this get off on Twilight, Fast and Furious, Amy Schumner and Transformers movies. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/20/19 Full Review Audience Member Like going to the dentist, very poor acting as astronauts, never heard one transmission that showed panic, wearing the space suit the entire flight not realistic, no buzz in this film what so ever. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member While not a great film, this is a near miss - especially for those that appreciate what the arms race really meant to the patriotic public. This film's ending might have been better if it had ended a few minutes later into the story. Open ended storylines are always assumed to be a positive outcome for the hero - but was it really? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A slightly better than average Cold War Space Race movie. All of the actors give credible performances and the technology used was mostly things that NASA may have been able to do at the time. After some historical research, it seems that NASA did do some early research into a mission profile similar to the one that the movie uses in the story, although with 2 men, not one. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The film seems oddly unfocused, and the first hour is given over to barren stretches of flat, everyday dialog. Rated: 2/4 Jul 6, 2018 Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Realistic but not very involving astronaut melodrama from Robert Altman. Rated: C Nov 29, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Filmmaker Robert Altman, working from Loring Mandel's screenplay, delivers an exceedingly (and often excessively) deliberate drama... Rated: 2/4 Apr 2, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An involving sci-fi thriller concerned with the space race to the moon by rival superpowers, Russia and USA. Rated: B+ Sep 13, 2012 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Blocky men test themselves in perilous missions, but modernist tension cracks the mold of classicism Nov 17, 2009 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A scientist (James Caan) replaces a military officer (Robert Duvall) as an astronaut on a space-race moonshot.
      Director
      Robert Altman
      Production Co
      Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
      Genre
      Sci-Fi
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 22, 2009
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