Post by MCDemuth on Jan 29, 2021 20:22:42 GMT
Any one else, watching this TV-Film this week?
Challenger (1990)
An American disaster drama television (ABC) film based on the events leading up to and surrounding the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
Plot:
Starring:
Karen Allen - Christa McAuliffe
Barry Bostwick - Commander Dick Scobee
Brian Kerwin - Pilot Michael Smith
Julie Fulton - Dr. Judith Resnik
Keone Young - Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka
Joe Morton - Dr. Ronald McNair
Richard Jenkins - Gregory B. Jarvis
Links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_(1990_film)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0099237/
An American disaster drama television (ABC) film based on the events leading up to and surrounding the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
Plot:
The film concentrates on the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the O-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion of Challenger. While doing this, it also aims to show the personal humanity of the seven crew members. Generally, the film supports the Space Shuttle program and the dedication of NASA personnel in general while criticizing NASA management.
The film ends just as shuttle takes off on January 28, 1986, followed by a symbolic scene of each the seven crew members and passengers reciting in their thoughts John Gillespie Magee Jr.'s poem "High Flight". U.S. President Ronald Reagan used part of High Flight in a speech written by Peggy Noonan on the night after the Challenger disaster while eulogizing the fallen members of the crew.
The film ends just as shuttle takes off on January 28, 1986, followed by a symbolic scene of each the seven crew members and passengers reciting in their thoughts John Gillespie Magee Jr.'s poem "High Flight". U.S. President Ronald Reagan used part of High Flight in a speech written by Peggy Noonan on the night after the Challenger disaster while eulogizing the fallen members of the crew.
Starring:
Karen Allen - Christa McAuliffe
Barry Bostwick - Commander Dick Scobee
Brian Kerwin - Pilot Michael Smith
Julie Fulton - Dr. Judith Resnik
Keone Young - Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka
Joe Morton - Dr. Ronald McNair
Richard Jenkins - Gregory B. Jarvis
Links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_(1990_film)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0099237/
