The American Astronaut
Space is a lonely town
2001 | 91m | English
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Cory McAbee |
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| Writer: | Cory McAbee |
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| Samual Curtis's first mission in this bizarre science fiction musical comedy requires him to take a cat to a saloon on an asteroid. There, he meets his former dance partner (the Blueberry Pirate) and collects his payment: a device capable of producing a Real Live Girl. Including music by alternative rock group The Billy Nayer Show, this film began life as a live show with a loyal following. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 20, 2001 |
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| Director: | Cory McAbee |
| Writer: | Cory McAbee |
| Genres: | Comedy, Action, Science Fiction, Music |
| Keywords | breast, space western, astronaut |
| Production Companies | BNS Productions, Commodore Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joshua Taylor | Blueberry Pirate |
| Greg Russell Cook | The Boy Who Actually Saw a Woman's Breast |
| Rocco Sisto | Professor Hess |
| Cory McAbee | The Silverminer |
| James Ransone | Bodysuit |
| Annie Golden | Cloris |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Cory McAbee | Director, Writer |
| W. Mott Hupfel III | Cinematography |
| The Billy Nayer Show | Music |
| Pete Beaudreau | Editor |
| Ann Goulder | Casting |
| Geoff Tuttle | Production Design |
| Bentley Wood | Art Direction |
| Dawn Weisberg | Costume Design |
| Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |
| Jeff Pullman | Sound Mixer |
| Becky Glupczynski | Production Manager |
| Dana Elder | Key Hair Stylist, Key Makeup Artist |
| Mia Thoen | Key Hair Stylist, Key Makeup Artist |
| Robert Fernandez | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Doug McKean | Sound Engineer, Sound Designer |
| Mary Ellen Porto | Sound Effects Editor, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Laura Wehrman | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Krantz | Co-Producer |
| Robert Lurie | Producer |
| William Perkins | Producer |
| Joshua Taylor | Producer |
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The American Astronaut is a sci-fi musical set in a redneck retro-futuristic space age, had the American frontier continued off the planet. The scenery is of rustique planetary habitats and travel through interplanetary space in an equally rugged vessel. Thematically it is an exposition on families ... and the inter-family relational space, all of which might be considered unconventional. Visually it is absolutely stunning in beautiful black and white with high contrast that accentuate the grittiness. The soundtrack is excellent and the musical numbers work well too. It is enthralling, it is dramatic, it is funny and it is now on among my favorite films. tl;dr 1975 in Warsaw; Young Homer writes a script for his step-brother David Lynch while listening to banned rockabilly albums. There is a worn poster of Gagarin on the wall and a postcard from France from his step-dad, the lorry driver that defected and abandoned them. His mom is singing in the kitchen.