Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
Casts Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, James Pickens Jr., Beau Bridges, Peter Onorati, Don Lake, Bill Jenkins, Ken Farmer
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Angry Red Planet
The Astronaut Farmer
Red Planet
Telescope
SpaceCamp
Eolomea
The Astronaut's Wife
Capricorn One
Space Chimps
Terms of Endearment
Solar Plexus
Sally Ride
John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One
The Noah's Ark Principle
Planet of the Apes
Mission to Mars
Solar Crisis
Solaris
Deep Impact
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Angry Red Planet
IMDB 5.6 | Nov , 1959
The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?The Astronaut Farmer
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 2007
Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel, and the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan – but Charles is undeterred.Red Planet
IMDB 5.7 | Nov , 2000
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.Telescope
IMDB 4.8 | Jul , 2013
A cosmic archaeologist journeys through space and time to capture evidence of a forgotten Earth.SpaceCamp
IMDB 5.9 | Jun , 1986
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home.Eolomea
IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 1972
Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. The space council is faced with a mystery and the scientist in charge, Maria Scholl, sees no other solution than ordering a total flight stop to this mysterious sector of space. Her colleague, Prof. Tal seems to be suspicious since he knows things before they are even released. A forbidden look into his personal file brings to light that Tal was part of the Eolomea project that never found approval of the commission in charge.The Astronaut's Wife
IMDB 5.6 | Aug , 1999
When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?Capricorn One
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1977
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.Space Chimps
IMDB 4.9 | Jun , 2008
Three chimps are sent into space to explore the possibility of alien life when an unmanned space shuttle crash lands on an uncharted planet.Terms of Endearment
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 1983
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.Solar Plexus
IMDB 0 | May , 2019
Noah battles to overcome his grief at the death of his mother, a journey that takes him from his flat to beyond the stars. An animation in stop-motion and oil paint.Sally Ride
IMDB 4 | Dec , 2021
A colony trying to regain the suddenly terminated lines of connection to the earth that now threatens their existence.John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
Far from Earth, tensions escalate between a feuding astronaut couple (Gnosis and ZanFagna). A video transmission from John Cameron Mitchell pushes them toward escaping the ship-- and each other. "Nation of One" is written by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask (creators of Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and will be found on part two of the benefit album "New American Dream" by John Cameron Mitchell and Friends.The Noah's Ark Principle
IMDB 5 | Feb , 1984
The year is 1997, and World Peace seems to have come, with most classic weapons of mass destruction having been abandoned. However, orbiting the Earth there is the European/American space station FLORIDA ARKLAB, capable of controlling the weather at any location on the planet underneath. A civil project by nature, it might be abused as an offensive weapon, since it could deliver devastation to any potential adversary simply by creating natural disasters such as storms and floods. No wonder the space station soon becomes the central point in rising political tensions between East and West, next stop World War 3 (as indicated by the tagline "The end of our future has already begun"). We follow the main protagonist Billy Hayes, an astronaut aboard the station, as he wades through a plot of secrecy and sabotage trying to tell friend from foe in the process.Planet of the Apes
IMDB 7.6 | Feb , 1968
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.Mission to Mars
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2000
When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.Solar Crisis
IMDB 4.4 | Aug , 1992
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.Solaris
IMDB 5.9 | Nov , 2002
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.Deep Impact
IMDB 6.2 | May , 1998
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.Robinson Crusoe on Mars
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 1964
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food and companionship on the lifeless planet.