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Space Cowboys [DVD] [2001] [Region 1]

1 disc
Region 1 USA/CA (info)

Clint Eastwood teams up with some old friends to make SPACE COWBOYS, a rollicking motion picture that wraps action, comedy, and science fiction into one neat package. Eastwood plays Frank Corvin, a former air force pilot who was shunned from flying into space in 1958 after NASA was created. Forty years later, when a Russian satellite appears to be headed for a collision with Earth, Corvin finally gets his chance. He bribes his archrival Bob Gerson (James Cromwell) into letting his team go into space to repair the satellite, on the condition that they pass the physical. However, passing the physical isn't so easy for aging veterans Jerry O'Neil (Donald Sutherland), Tank Sullivan (James Garner), and Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), who, while still mentally sharp, aren't in the best of physical shape. Nonetheless, they manage to fill all the requirements. Ignoring the two cocky upstarts who have been sent along to back them up, the old-timers blast off and head straight for the satellite. But when they get there, the realization that the satellite is actually carrying six nuclear warheads changes the course of the mission, endangering the lives of the astronauts as well as the citizens of America. With exceptional special effects and a breezy tone, SPACE COWBOYS is one of Eastwood's most entertaining films to date.
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Credits

Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Baumgarner, James Cromwell, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, William Devane, Marcia Gay Harden
Critic Reviews

"...Four irresistible co-leads help it gallop along..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
USA Today
"...[It's a great pleasure] watching four great actors reclaim their prime..."
New York Times
"...The old-pro actors fly in a pleasing, ageless orbit all their own..."
Entertainment Weekly
"...[The film has] its own ticklish charm..."
Total Film
"...The stuff in outer space is unexpected, the surprise waiting out there is genuine, and meanwhile, there's an abundance of charm and screen presence from the four veteran actors..."
Chicago Sun-Times