SpaceCamp (Space Camp) (1986)
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40% of critics liked it
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46% of users liked it
(14,341 ratings)
This is an eerily prescient family adventure starring Kate Capshaw as Andie, a frustrated NASA astronaut who's never actually been into outer space. Her husband, flight controller Zach (Tom Skerritt), is sympathetic, but he can't influence her place in the rotation. Andie is assigned to… More This is an eerily prescient family adventure starring Kate Capshaw as Andie, a frustrated NASA astronaut who's never actually been into outer space. Her husband, flight controller Zach (Tom Skerritt), is sympathetic, but he can't influence her place in the rotation. Andie is assigned to train a group of intelligent high school students at the summer science camp called Space Camp, which is run by NASA and supervised by her husband. There she meets her campers: Kevin (Tate Donovan), a blasé, horny teenager; Tish (Kelly Preston), an airhead with a photographic memory; Kathryn (Lea Thompson), an arrogant pilot; obnoxious youngster Max (Joaquin Phoenix, then billed under the first name Leaf); and scientist-in-training Rudy (Larry B. Scott). While testing the solid booster rockets aboard a real shuttle, the team is blasted into space accidentally. Without enough air, the discordant team pulls together, each discovering hidden talents. The Challenger space shuttle disaster in January 1986 was bizarrely similar to the events depicted in Spacecamp, with far more horrific results. Its release date pushed back several months because of the tragedy, the film was still a painful reminder to the public of the national calamity, and it consequently grossed only about ten million dollars at the box office. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harry Winer
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jul 1, 1986 Wide
- Studio
- Vestron Video
Critic Reviews
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Nancy Davis Kho, Common Sense Media
Teen dramedy about space shuttle never lifts off.
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James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Not exactly out of this world
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Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star
Never quite hits orbit, but packs enough galactic goodies to merit a rental.
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Cast
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Kate Capshaw
as Andie
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Lea Thompson
as Kathryn
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Kelly Preston
as Tish
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Larry B. Scott
as Rudy
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Tom Skerritt
as Zach
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Tate Donovan
as Kevin
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Barry Primus
as Brennan
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Terry O'Quinn
as Launch Director
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Mitchell Anderson
as Banning
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Scott Coffey
as Gardener
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Rocky Krakoff
as Boy on Rooftop
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Daryl Roach
as NASA #1
- Frank Welker
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Susan Becton
as Senior Counselor
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Ben D. Casey
as Rudy's Father
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Kevin Gage
as Counselor No. 2
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Kathy Hanson
as Girl
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Ron Harris
as Tom the Technician
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Scott Holcomb
as Hideo Takamini
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Saundra McGuire
as Rudy's Mother
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Peter Scranton
as NASA #2
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Jon Steigman
as Bully in Dorm
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Rebecca Hollye Suggs
as Young Andie
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Adrian Wells
as Rudy's Brother
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Terry White
as NASA #3
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Leaf Phoenix
as Max
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Bill Phillips
as Kathryn's Father
