RocketMan

RocketMan (1997)

Fred Z.Randall ist seit seiner frühen Kindheit von der Raumfahrt begeistert. Als Erwachsener ist er seinem Traum schon ein gutes Stück näher gekommen, denn er arbeitet als Programmierer für die NASA. Das Problem ist nur: Randall ist ein totaler Chaot und lässt kein Fettnäpfchen aus. Als er während einer Vorführung seiner Arbeit einen der Astronauten für die anstehende Marsmission so schwer verletzt, dass dieser absagen muss, kann Randall jedoch sein Glück kaum fassen. Ausgerechnet er soll den Astronauten ersetzen und so schickt die NASA ihren besten Mann zum Mars.

Erscheinungsdatum
1997-10-10
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (153)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 31 Min.
Genres
Komödie, Familie, Science Fiction
Regie
Stuart Gillard

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

RocketMan is a 1997 American comic science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures, and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Directed by Stuart Gillard, it stars Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, and Jeffrey DeMunn.

Production

The idea for what would become RocketMan came about from Craig Mazin, who was then an ad copywriter for Walt Disney Studios, and his writing partner Greg Erb. They were brainstorming movie ideas when the idea "What if Apollo 13 starred a goofball instead of Tom Hanks" appeared the most marketable.

Harland Williams was cast in the lead role after turning down George of the Jungle. He was dissatisfied with elements of the script and claimed to have rewritten it twice, though he went uncredited. Among his contributions include the extensions of the sound deprivation chamber and g-force scenes, Randall screaming after getting accepted (which Harland based on Miss America Pageants), and the scene where Randall and Julie bond over stars in the s…

The film was shot on location at the Lake Point Plaza in Sugar Land, Texas, in a recently constructed building for Fluor Corporation. The building exterior was dressed with NASA signage to give the appearance of shooting at the actual NASA site. The movie was also filmed in Moab, Utah, for scenes on the surface of Mars.

The filmmakers spent nine weeks at the Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas, shooting at the famous Rocket Park, the gargantuan Building 9 that houses all of the spacecraft mock-ups for the ongoing shuttle missions, and Building 32, which houses the world's largest thermal vacuum chamber and simulates all conditions of outer space (except zero gravity).

To prepare for their roles as astronauts, the three stars attended the U.S. Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, riding in simulators and participating in other activities.

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