The American Astronaut

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Tomatometer 63% 63% Audience Score 89% 89%

In Theaters: October 12, 2001 (limited)

1h 31m | Fantasy, Comedy, Musical


“Astronauts roam the galaxy like homeless cowpokes in Cory McAbee's tripped-out, low-budget comic space opera (2001), a ripping yarn about a nearly broke intergalactic trader (McAbee) transporting a 16-year-old boy to a nearly all-female colony on Venus while being chased by the murderous Professor Hess (played with wonderful understatement by Rocco Sisto).

Mott Hupfel II's noirish photography, Pete Beaudreau's smooth editing, and McAbee's wry script are all wonderful, and Dawn Weisberg's costumes are especially killer (the Venusian women dress like southern belles--hoopskirts, fans, and all). “—Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader.

Producer(s): Robert Lurie, William Perkins
Cast: Gregory Cook, Cory McAbee, James Ransone, Peter McRobbie, Rocco Sisto, Annie Golden, Bill Buell, Tom Aldredge, Joshua Taylor, Mark Manley, Ned Sublette
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