Thunderpants (2002)
Saving the world... One blast at a time!
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
- Date of release
- 2002-05-24
- TMDB
- 3.4 / 10 (96)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
- Director
- Peter Hewitt
Casting
- Simon Callow — Sir John Osgood
- Stephen Fry — Sir Anthony Silk
- Celia Imrie — Miss Rapier
- Paul Giamatti — Johnson J. Johnson
- Ned Beatty — Gen. Ed Sheppard
- Bruce Cook — Patrick Smash
- Rupert Grint — Alan A. Allen
- Bronagh Gallagher — Mrs. Smash
- Victor McGuire — Mr. Smash
- Adam Godley — Placido P. Placeedo
- Leslie Phillips — Judge
- Robert Hardy — Doctor
Interesting facts
Thunderpants is a 2002 family absurdist comedy film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut. The film was directed by Pete Hewitt, and the script was written by Phil Hughes, based on a story by Pete Hewitt about a boy who dreams of being a spaceman, despite his chronic flatulence.
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