This family film about a former astronaut determined to get into space on his own was made by the sibling team of Michael and Mark Polish (they wrote and Michael directed), normally creators of ...

OK, don’t make a mistake: this isn’t really a movie about space. The Astronaut Farmer is the quintessential American Story. That’s right; it’s the classic, archetypical, consummate, perfected American ...

In 2003, Mark and Michael Polish made Northfork, though just barely. The brothers — who are also responsible for art-house fave Twin Falls Idaho, about conjoined twins who fall for the same woman — ...

"The Astronaut Farmer" is the story of one man's attempt to launch a rocket into space out of his own backyard farm. It's an American tale of living in a fantasy world and going against all odds when ...

After 20 years of playing salacious characters in eccentric films, Billy Bob Thornton and Virginia Madsen are breaking into the mainstream. Thornton, who is also a writer and director, received his ...

Billy Bob Thornton has agreed to star in Warner Independent Pictures' drama The Astronaut Farmer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie centres on a farmer (Thornton) who dreams of achieving ...

I would consider renting it, it looked a little too hokey for me to make the trip to the theater to see though. Maybe if I had kids it might be a good movie to take them to see.