The Astronaut Farmer

[gob]

Cool.

[pete]

it's not until feb 23rd!  how is it going to win an oscar!?

[Ravi]

I hope its better than The Astronaut Farmer's Wife.

[MacGuffin]

Trailer


Release Date: February 23rd, 2007 (wide)

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, Tim Blake Nelson 

Directed by: Michael Polish (Twin Falls Idaho; Northfolk)

Written by: Michael Polish & Mark Polish

Premise: An astronaut is forced to leave NASA to save his family farm, but he continues to dream of space travel and sets out to build a rocket inside his barn. Though his neighbors consider him an oddity, the media considers him a story, and the government considers him a threat, nothing can deter him from his dream to break through the atmosphere and orbit the earth.