SpaceCamp is a 1986 American film based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Directed by Harry Winer from a screenplay by Clifford Green and Casey T. Mitchell, the film stars Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Lea Thompson, Tate Donovan and Joaquin Phoenix. The movie was panned by critics and is famous for being a "marketing nightmare," as it was released less than five months after the Challenger accident of January 28, 1986, that killed all seven on board. The film performed poorly at the box office,... grossing less than $10 million in the US. A rewrite of the book, released to coincide with the movie, mentioned the Challenger disaster. Four teenagers and a 12-year-old boy go to space camp for three weeks during the summer to learn about the NASA space program and mimic astronaut training. They meet their instructor, Andie Bergstrom, a NASA trained astronaut who is frustrated that she has not yet been assigned to a shuttle mission. Her bitterness is compounded by the fact that her husband, camp director Zach Bergstrom, is an astronaut who has walked on the moon.
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| Release date: | 1986 |
| Directed by: | Harry Winer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 107 Minutes |
| Producer: | Leonard Goldberg |
| Music by: | John Williams |
| Cinematography: | William A. Fraker |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Science Fiction |