Bill the Galactic Hero (2014)
Bill is a reluctant astronaut in a fascist society.
- Date of release
- 2014-12-12
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction
- Director
- Alex Cox
Casting
- James Miller — Bill
- Devon Wycoff — Deathwish Drang
- Jesse Lee Pacheco — Sixth Class Tembo
- Kaitlin McManus — Bowb Brown / Sgt. Ferkel
- Eddy Jordan — X / Pinkteron
- Hayden Winston — Chaplain / Laundry Officer
- Brittany Handler — 1st Class Spleen
- Nick Wagner — Old Sarge / Corp. DeSalius
- Shayn Herndon
- Alex Richard — Floor plan thief
- Bradley Allf — Deplanned outlaw
- Lily Grisafi — Eager Beaver
Interesting facts
- Based on: Bill, the Galactic Hero
Bill, the Galactic Hero is a 2014 science fiction student film directed by Alex Cox and six student co-directors based on Harry Harrison's 1965 novel of the same name.
Production
Alex Cox had initially optioned the rights to a film version of Harry Harrison's 1965 novel in 1983 as he was completing Repo Man. The project met with studio resistance and remained unmade until 2012 when Alex Cox had begun teaching film production at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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