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Release Date: 1986

Cast: Tom Skerritt, Terry O'Quinn, Barry Primus, Lea Thompson, Kevin Gage, Kelly Preston, Kate Capshaw, Tate Donovan, Joaquin Phoenix, Mitchell Anderson, Larry B. Scott

Categories: Movies, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Family-Oriented Adventure, Family, Coming Of Age

SpaceCamp is a 1986 American film based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Directed by Harry Winer from a screenplay by Clifford Green (as W. W. Wicket) and Casey T. Mitchell, the film stars Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Lea Thompson, Tate Donovan and Joaquin Phoenix. The movie was panned by critics and is famous for being a "marketing nightmare," as it was released less than five months after the Challenger accident of January 28, 1986, that killed all seven on board. The film performed poorly at the... MORE

SpaceCamp is a 1986 American film based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Directed by Harry Winer from a screenplay by Clifford Green (as W. W. Wicket) and Casey T. Mitchell, the film stars Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Lea Thompson, Tate Donovan and Joaquin Phoenix. The movie was panned by critics and is famous for being a "marketing nightmare," as it was released less than five months after the Challenger accident of January 28, 1986, that killed all seven on board. The film performed poorly at the box office, grossing less than $10 million in the US. A rewrite of the book, released to coincide with the movie, mentioned the Challenger disaster. Four teenagers and a 12-year-old boy have gone to space camp for three weeks during the summer to learn about the NASA space program and mimic astronaut training. There they meet Andie Bergstrom, a camp instructor and NASA trained astronaut, who is frustrated that she has not yet been assigned to a shuttle mission. Things start to unravel when Max saves a sentient robot named Jinx. To return the favor, Jinx decides to send Max into space after LESS