Challenger Movie

Media 8 To Produce "Challenger" Directed by Philip Kaufman

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19931

M8 Entertainment Inc. (TSX: MEE.MV.A and MEE.SV.B), a leading film
entertainment company engaged in the production, financing, acquisition, and
worldwide licensing of theatrical feature films in a variety of genres,
announced today that its principal subsidiary Media 8 will co-produce,
finance, and distribute the feature film project "Challenger." Written by
Nicole Perlman, the film will be directed by Philip Kaufman ("The Right
Stuff," "The Unbearable Lightness of Being") and will star Academy Award
nominee David Strathairn ("Good Night, and Good Luck") as world-renowned
scientist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman. Media 8 Entertainment will
co-produce "Challenger" in association with Code Entertainment and Carol
Baum Prods. Carol Baum, Rick Berg and Peter Kaufman will serve as producers
on the film. Media 8 is selling international rights to the film at the
Cannes Film Market.

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--
rk, Just an OldEngineer
"The number of people having any connection with the project must be
restricted in an almost vicious manner. Use a small number of good people."
-- Kelly Johnson in Skunk Works

Media 8 is selling international rights to the film at the
Cannes Film Market.

I feel sorry for the families that they have to put up with people
cashing in on the deaths of their love ones.

i wouldnt watch it, to hopefully discourage future movies like this.

at least they waited a long time, unlike that 9 11 movie

On 26 May 2006 18:23:50 -0700, "Bob Haller" wrote:

i wouldnt watch it, to hopefully discourage future movies like this.

at least they waited a long time, unlike that 9 11 movie


Actually, it's been done before as a TV movie in 1990. Karen Allen was
Christa McAuliffe. Barry Bostwick was Dick Scobee.

Peter Boyle from the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" played the
engineer Roger Boisjoly.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099237/

-- David

"Bob Haller" wrote in message
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i wouldnt watch it, to hopefully discourage future movies like this.

at least they waited a long time, unlike that 9 11 movie


Bob, teh producers of United 93 worked very closely with teh relatives. IIRC
a few of them were disgruntled, but hte vast majority supported the effort.

Which, if anybody hasn't seen it, is a very evenhanded, gripping, utterly
compelling look at what happened in teh aircraft (as far as anybody can
tell), in the FAA centers, and at NEADS that morning.

*Everyone* should see this film, just like everyone should see the "9/11
film" that came out several years ago (and if that's the one you were
complaining about...one of the filmmakers was *in* the North tower when the
South tower collapsed, and was almost buried alive, as was the fireman
narrator, while the second brother was just down the street aned was
engulfed by debris); they *earned* the right to cash in, *they*were*there*).

United 93 isn't sensationalism, it isn't playing off our emotions, it isn't
money-grubbing in teh slightest. Yes, teh producers and investors will make
a lot of money off it. No, that's not a bad thing.

The only negatives I can say about the movie are 1) if you are susceptible
to motion sickness, be prepared. It uses handheld cameras extensively, and
the POV zooms all over the place. I spent the last half staring at the side
wall of teh theater and looking out of the corner of my eye at what was
happening onscreen because my gyros were tumbling badly.

2) during the buildup the movie cuts from the passengers and crew, to FAA
operation, to individual controllers, to the battle staff at NEADS. We see
the chaos, conflicting reports, and lack of any kind of a clear picture of
what the hell was happening, all in real time. But once the United 93
passengers start devising their plot to attack the hijackers, the story
focuses entirely on what's going on inside the aircraft. Which is the whole
point of the movie, granted, but the intercutting to other places added a
nice touch of context and fleshed out the picture. The sudden lack of that
was a little jarring I thought, and turned the last fifteen minutes into
just another action movie. For instance, there was a C-130 that happened to
be over DC when American 77 slammed into the Pentagon, and then witnessed
United 93 going down in Shanksville. Would have been nice to have their
story included.

But other than that, this is an extremely well-done work that deserves a lot
of credit and a lot of ticket sales. DO yourslef a favor and go see it while
it's in theaters.


--
Terrell Miller


Many scientists recall President Dwight Eisenhower's warnings about the
danger of the rising postwar military-industrial complex, notes Mr. Happer,
now a Princeton physicist. In the same speech, however, Eisenhower also
warned: "We must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public
policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.
It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these
and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic
system...."
-The Week

"Dustin Lucht" wrote in message
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Media 8 is selling international rights to the film at the
Cannes Film Market.

I feel sorry for the families that they have to put up with people
cashing in on the deaths of their love ones.

And Titanic didn't do that?

If you think about it, there wouldn't be any historical action movies if
that were a primary concern. Or books. Or News. Or TV. Oh well, shut it
all down and pretend it never happened. That way we can go without learning
anything from our failures and do them again!

In message , David Ball
writes
On 26 May 2006 18:23:50 -0700, "Bob Haller" wrote:

i wouldnt watch it, to hopefully discourage future movies like this.

at least they waited a long time, unlike that 9 11 movie


Actually, it's been done before as a TV movie in 1990. Karen Allen was
Christa McAuliffe. Barry Bostwick was Dick Scobee.

There's also Graham Yost's "Challenger"
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117478293?categoryid=13&cs=1
Do "drama/documentaries" count? If so, there's "Challenger: Countdown to
Disaster"
http://imdb.com/title/tt0775441/

Mike Dennis wrote:

I feel sorry for the families that they have to put up with people
cashing in on the deaths of their love ones.


And Titanic didn't do that?

Most of those who loved the Titanic victims are long since dead.

Paul

For once I would like to see a movie about a sucessful space mission,
not ones taht were failures or disasters.

Let the astronauts rest in peace. Boycott the movie.

Matthew Ota

Matthew Ota wrote:

For once I would like to see a movie about a sucessful space mission,
not ones taht were failures or disasters.





Well, there is this HBO miniseries... :-)

Pat