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Space Cowboys (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 111

Fresh: 88

Rotten:23

Average Rating: 6.8/10

Consensus: While the plot is overly cliched, the suberb acting by the stars (especially the tense interactions between Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones) and the spectacular special effects make this a movie worth seeing.

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Box Office: $18,093,776

Synopsis: In 1958, the members of Team Daedalus, a cocky unit of top Air Force test pilots, were ready to serve their country as the first Americans in space. When NASA replaced the Air Force for outer... In 1958, the members of Team Daedalus, a cocky unit of top Air Force test pilots, were ready to serve their country as the first Americans in space. When NASA replaced the Air Force for outer atmospheric testing, Team Daedalus was pushed aside and a chimpanzee named Sam got the honor. The team retired, but the dream of going into space never died.

Now, 42 years later, Frank Corvin (CLINT EASTWOOD), Hawk Hawkins (TOMMY LEE JONES), Jerry O’Neil (DONALD SUTHERLAND) and Tank Sullivan (JAMES GARNER) have been reunited. A satellite Frank designed, code-named Ikon, has suffered a systems failure and, if not repaired, will slam into the earth at more than 300 miles per hour. Ikon is a Russian relay station. It doesn’t respond to Mission Control and blowing it up would cause a massive communications blackout throughout the Soviet Union. Scrambling for a solution, NASA resolves to mount a special mission to make the repairs in space. Unfortunately for NASA, there’s only one man alive who can do the job. This is the chance of a lifetime. Frank Corvin will take the deal and he wants the only crew he trusts to do the job with him.

Frank, Hawk, Jerry and Tank stretch the rules and strain the patience of Eugene Davis (WILLIAM DEVANE), their Flight Commander, as well as their much younger counterparts, Ethan Glance (LOREN DEAN) and Roger Hines (COURTNEY B. VANCE). Seasoned veterans with an attitude, they relish the opportunity to show their stuff. They will be tested and they will need every ounce of strength and resourcefulness to make it through their abbreviated training, complete their mission and stop Ikon. The heroic challenge has arrived.

Let the countdown begin. [More]

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, William Devane, Marcia Gay Harden

Director: Clint Eastwood

Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Ken Kaufman, Howard Klausner
Producer: Andrew Lazar, Clint Eastwood
Composer: Lennie Niehaus

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Derek Adams
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Scott Nash
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

...an equivocal movie that can't seem to decide whether to play its ridiculous premise straight.

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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It's tempting to pin a derisive label like Geezers in Space on this comedy-drama, but its veteran stars...make Space Cowboys hard to dislike.

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07/01/04
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
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05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Charm and personality are able to overwhelm the inherent silliness of the situation and the characters.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Ron Wells
Film Threat

Despite the poignancy of old age, the mood of the film is cheerful, sustained by the high spirits of the four veterans.

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12/02/02
Edward Buscombe
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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

I hope a few more scripts for these old geezers are in the offing. Like the Lemmon-Matthau films, this one is just plain fun.

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10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Like its stars, the movie may be a little creaky sometimes, but it suffers from no lack of attitude.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
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one of the summer's most pleasant surprises, a solid "buddy picture" with a startlingly suspenseful last half-hour.

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06/15/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

One advantage "Space Cowboys" has over "Armageddon" is that Eastwood is a more laconic director than Michael Bay. Then again, who isn't?

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06/13/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
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