Challenger (TV film)
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| Challenger | |
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| Directed by | Glenn Jordan |
| Written by | George Englund |
| Starring | Karen Allen Barry Bostwick Richard Jenkins Joe Morton Keone Young Brian Kerwin Julie Fulton Kale Browne Kristin Bond Angela Bassett |
| Release date(s) | 1990 |
| Language | English |
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Challenger is a film based on the events surrounding the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Its production was somewhat controversial because the surviving families of the astronauts generally objected to its production and the point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion.
Karen Allen portrayed Christa McAuliffe, Kristin Bond portrayed Christa McAuliffe's daughter, Caroline (who was 6 when her mother died; now an adult), and Kale Browne would portray the role of her husband, Steven. Coinicidentally, Allen and Browne are married in real life.
And McAuliffe's crew - Barry Bostwick as Commander Francis Scobee, Brian Kerwin as Captain Michael Smith, Joe Morton as Dr. Ronald McNair, Keone Young as Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka, Richard Jenkins as Gregory B. Jarvis, Julie Fulton as Dr. Judith Resnick who also went through their personal lives with their families - Angela Bassett as Cheryl McNair, Elizabeth Kemp as Jane Smith, Jeanne Mori as Lorna Onizuka, Debbie Boily as Marcia Jarvis, Melinda Ann Austin as June Scobee, Melissa Chan as Janelle Onizuka, Gavin Luckett as Reggie McNair, Naoka Nakagawa as Darien Onizuka, and Thomas Allen Jr. as Scott Smith before the seven crew boarded the Challenger.
The end of the movie that showed the Challenger was launched from the launch pad until it was out of the screen before the credits showed up.
There is another film on the same historical event with the title coming out in 2008.
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