Astronaut Farmer, The

Adventure, Drama

Billy Bob Thornton	Charles Farmer
Virginia Madsen	Audrey 'Audie' Farmer
Bruce Dern	Hal
Kiersten Warren
Tim Blake Nelson	Kevin Munchak
J.K. Simmons
Jon Gries	FBI Agent Killbourne
Sal Lopez	Pepe Garcia
Max Theiriot
Mark Polish	FBI Agent Mathis
Max Thieriot	Shepard Farmer
Jasper Polish	Stanley Farmer
Logan Polish	Sunshine Farmer

Director	Michael Polish
Producer	Paula Weinstein; Len Amato; Robert Benjamin; Michael Polish
Writer	Mark Polish; Michael Polish
Cinematography	M. David Mullen
Musician	Stuart Matthewman

All systems are "Go" for Charles Farmer. He's faced bank foreclosure, neighborhood naysayers and a government alarmed by his huge purchase of high-grade fuel, but now he's ready to blast into space inside the homemade rocket he built in his barn. Just be home in time for dinner, Charlie.

Billy Bob Thornton portrays Charlie in this charmer about chasing dreams...and about what it means to be a family. 10,000 pounds of rocket fuel alone can't lift Charlie into the heavens. He needs a launch/recovery crew, and he has one of the best: his wife (Virginia Madsen) and children, dreamers all. They have liftoff. Our spirits have uplift. Gravity cannot hold down our dreams. The Astronaut Farmer is that kind of movie.