Synopsis
Set in the mid-80s, when a reporter is sent to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch only to become mixed up in the lives of some local students.
Movie Information
- Director
- Jonathan Glatzer
- Writers
- Jonathan Glatzer, Robert C. Lawson
- Release Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 104 minutes
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (35 votes)
Top Cast
Steve Coogan
Campbell Babbitt
Hilary Duff
Lucy Diamond
Olivia Thirlby
Tess Sullivan
Josh Peck
Jim Lement
Molly Shannon
Penelope Little
Brett Kelly
Blastoff! Chorus
Molly Price
Donna Arbetter
Max Hoffman
Fenster Itski
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