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Mood:
- ExcitingCaptivating
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Plot:
- Obsessive QuestHuman SpiritSpace TravelAmbitionSpace and AliensState AffairsGovernment AgencyAgainst the Odds more...
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Genres:
- DramaMini SeriesAdventureHistorical
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40s50s60s70s80s
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Place:
- Outer SpaceSpacecraft
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Praise:
- Award WinnerEmmy WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Space, 1985
English
USA
Profile of Space
The mood of Space is captivating and exciting. The plot centers around space travel, an obsessive quest, and the human spirit. It is a drama, adventure, and historical TV show. Stylistically, Space is a mini-series. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, on a spacecraft. Space happens in the 1950s, in the 1960s, and in the 1980s. It is based on a book. The TV show is known for being an Emmy winner.
Summary of Space
Norman Grant (James Garner), a former war hero turned senator who tirelessly promotes the American space program despite almost insurmountable opposition. Other principal players include John Pope (Harry Hamlin), who, after failing to win his way to Annapolis, matriculates from a Navy recruit to test pilot to pioneering astronaut in the company of fellow space-traveler Randy Claggett (Beau Bridges); Penny Hardesty Pope (Blair Brown), an ambitious and beautiful counsel to Senator Grant since his election and wife of John Pope; Leopold Strabismus (David Dukes), a hedonistic wheeler-dealer who hopes to capitalize on the 1947 UFO scare; German rocket scientist Dieter Kolff (Michael York), whose ideals (or lack thereof) are put to the test when he shifts his allegiance from the Nazis to the Americans; and Stanley Mott (Bruce Dern), an aeronautical engineer whose secret assignment is to make certain that men like Kolff aren't snatched up by the Soviets after the fall of Germany.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Runtime: | 120 min |
| Seasons: | 1 |
Cast and Crew
as Sen. Norman Grant
as Elinor Grant
as Randy Claggett
as Penny Hardesty Pope
