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George Englund (written by)
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25 February 1990 (USA) more
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based on the true story of the tragic space shuttle disaster
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This film profiles the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship... more | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination more
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Interview: Karen Allen and the Kingdom of Her Crystal Life
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 29 September 2009, 5:07 PM, PDT)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Karen Allen | ... | Christa McAuliffe |
 | Barry Bostwick | ... | Comm. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee |
| Julie Fulton | ... | Dr. Judith A. Resnick |
 | Richard Jenkins | ... | Gregory B. Jarvis |
| Brian Kerwin | ... | Capt. Michael J. Smith |
| Joe Morton | ... | Doctor Ronald McNair |
| Keone Young | ... | Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka |
| Raye Birk | ... | Joseph Kilminster |
| James Monroe Black | ... | Robert Mayfield (as James Black) |
 | Angela Bassett | ... | Cheryl McNair |
| Elizabeth Kemp | ... | Jane Smith |
| Jeanne Mori | ... | Lorna Onizuka |
 | Lane Smith | ... | Larry Mulloy |
 | Peter Boyle | ... | Roger Boisjoly |
| Alan Ackles | ... | Gene Thomas |
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160 min
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I was waiting for a bus in southern India when I noticed the headlines in a Tamil newspaper banner announcing the Challenger disaster. Being interested in Space, I was saddened. In the following days, the Soviet Union callously spread a disinformation story in some Indian newspapers charging that the Challenger was secretly carrying explosives as part of a clandestine plot to militarize Space. Therefore, I watched "Challenger" with interest when it was first shown on television in 1990. I liked it then. I am not sure I'll think so now. Here are the impressions this film made on me at that time.
I identified with Julie Fulton as Dr.Judy Resnick, because of the character's feminism, an ideology in which I believed - at that time. I was a little annoyed by Christa McAuliffe because as a Social Studies teacher she proclaims (in the movie) that there are too many scientists in the Space Program and not enough ordinary people. The film only hints at the role of Roger Boisjoly, an engineer who urged NASA to cancel the Challenger flight because of faulty O-ring seals. Like all engineers, he was overruled (you guessed it; I am an engineer). The film follows the lives of the doomed astronauts during their final days - I was rather moved by that. Strangely, the film never shows the famous Challenger disaster footage. Maybe, it was too well-known.
(Reviewed by Sundar Narayan)