Space Cowboys

2000 130 min ★ 6.4 Action, Adventure, Thriller

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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Clint Eastwood

Screenplay

Howard Klausner

Tagline

"Space will never be the same."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$65,000,000

Revenue

$128,900,000

Production

Village Roadshow Pictures, Malpaso Productions, Mad Chance, Clipsal Films, Warner Bros. Pictures

Reviews

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r96sk

February 8, 2022

★ 7/10

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 1...