Space Cowboys
2000 · Movie · PG-13 · 130 min · ★ 6.4 · 76% critics
Decades after being sidelined from early space ambitions, four aging Air Force veterans get an unexpected second chance when a Cold War–era satellite starts falling toward Earth. With outdated tech only they understand, they push back against bureaucracy, retrain for flight, and head into orbit on a risky repair mission.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-08-04
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (1,527 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a light, nostalgic space adventure with jokes, teamwork, and rising tension once the mission begins; Not for you if you need strict realism or nonstop action like Mission: Impossible III.
Pros: charming old-school camaraderie; fun training humor; engaging space mission | Cons: far-fetched premise; overlong first half; predictable, clichéd beats
Themes
- nasa
- space travel
- space western
- astronaut
- elderly
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Frank Corvin
Tommy Lee Jones
as Hawk Hawkins
Donald Sutherland
as Jerry O'Neill
James Garner
as Tank Sullivan
James Cromwell
as Bob Gerson
Marcia Gay Harden
as Sara Holland
William Devane
as Eugene Davis
Loren Dean
as Ethan Glance
Courtney B. Vance
as Roger Hines
Barbara Babcock
as Barbara Corvin
Directed by Clint Eastwood