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Space Cowboys
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald
Sutherland, James Garner
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| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13
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| Released By: |
Warner
Bros.
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| Kiddie Movie: |
It's not testosterone laden, bring her along.
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| Date Movie: |
Why bore them?
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Just some old, saggy butts.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
A fist fight.
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| Action: |
Not really.
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| Laughs: |
Ehh.
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| Memorable
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Nothing memorable.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Jerry (Donald Southerland) to Jay Leno on why
he’s a ladies man: "I’m looking for a
woman who is not afraid to experience infinite
orgasms."
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| Directed By: |
Clint Eastwood
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| Produced By: |
Andrew Lazar
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Space Cowboys
A Movie Review |
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MPAA Rated - PG-13 |
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It's 2:03 Long |
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| A Review by |
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Stu Gotz |
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Every now and then I hear stories of how hard it is to
sell a movie script in Hollywood. Even if someone is lucky
enough to sell a script, that’s no guarantee that it
will ever be made. There are a lot of variables, such as
finance, getting stars, and what the competition is doing. I
wonder how long the script for "Space Cowboys" sat on the
shelf? I ask that question because I’m hoping that it
sat around for awhile waiting to be made. This way maybe I
could credit Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner with having an
original thought. But if it’s fresh… Well, these
guys haven’t got a new idea in their collective heads.
"Space Cowboy" is a rehash of a lot of recently made
"Space" movies. The premise is that a HUGE out of date
Russian satellite will come crashing down to Earth if someone
doesn’t go fix it and thereby save the day (a-la
"Meteor," "Asteroid," and "Armageddon"). Normally this would
be a perfect job for the Space Shuttle. The only problem is
that the technology needed to do the repair is so out dated
that only the dead and retired have the skills (kind of like
Cobol programmers are now-a-days). Enter Clint Eastwood and
his bunch of retired test pilot buddies who missed their
chance to make it to the stars because they pissed off Air
Force brass. Frank Corvin (Eastwood) sells, or more like
blackmails, his boys into space to take care of the problem
(a-la "Armageddon"). Here the movie has a little fun playing
with age issues and experience versus book smarts (a-la any
rookie teamed up with a veteran cop movie). When the jokes
are over our team Geritol makes it into space, but
encounters a few problems along the way (a-la "Mission to
Mars"). Never fear though because experience versus brains
saves the day in what should have been a heart moving moment
when Hawk (Tommy Lee Jones) sacrifices his life to save the
mission (a-la "Armageddon" and "Mission to Mars").
"Space Cowboys" was a pretty darn average movie with
little to no fresh ideas. It had potential to be a good
drama, toughing issues such as love and cancer, but
didn’t deliver. As far as action, well, driving the
Florida’s fast lane is more exciting. I really
can’t recommend you laying out 8 to 10 buck a ticket
for "Space Cowboys," so I suggest catching a matinee, the
dollar show, video, or cable. I give "Space Cowboys" 3 of 5
stars. An OK movie. ‘nuff said. |
