Thunderbirds is a 2004 science-fiction adventure film loosely based upon the 1960s television series of the same name, directed by Jonathan Frakes. The film, written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, was released on July 24, 2004 in the United Kingdom and July 30, 2004 in the United States, with later dates for others. The film uses live-action actors playing the Tracy brothers rather than the Supermarionation marionettes used in the television series. The film received mainly negative reviews, and was a financial failure at the box office. The film's soundtrack features the song... "Thunderbirds" by boy band Busted, which reached number one in the UK charts and later won the 2004 Record of the Year award. The film is set in spring 2010 . Fourteen-year-old Alan Tracy , sent off to a distant boarding school, is the youngest of the sons of Jeff Tracy, a retired American astronaut . Jeff, a widower, has formed International Rescue, and raised his sons to act as a secret, volunteer organisation which uses highly advanced technology to save lives worldwide.
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| Release date: | 2004 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Frakes |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 95 Minutes |
| Producer: | Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan |
| Editor: | Martin Walsh |
| Music by: | Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi |
| Screenplay by: | William Osborne, Sylvia Anderson, Gerry Anderson, Michael McCullers |
| Estimated budget: | $57,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Thunderbirds |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Adventure |