The Astronaut Farmer Page #2

Synopsis: Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel; the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan - it's post-9/11, after all. His wife is angry when she finds out their bank is initiating foreclosure. Charlie fears failure and decides, precipitously, to launch. Are twenty-first century American dreams just a sign of insanity? Are those who believe in dreamers only fools?
Director(s): Michael Polish
Production: Warner Independent Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
PG
Year:
2006
104 min
$10,953,736
Website
298 Views


...I'd be up there for a long, long time.

Stanley, Sunshine, time for bed.

- Give me a hug, my angels.

- Good night.

Good night. Good night, sweetheart.

See you in a little bit.

- Hey.

- Hey, honey.

- How's it going?

- Pretty good.

I just don't know if these gadgets

are gonna work until I launch, you know.

You don't believe I'm gonna launch it,

do you?

I always believe

you're gonna launch the rocket.

- Someday.

- Well, someday's coming fast.

- Charlie, it's so late.

- I've been working, baby.

Charles, you didn't even take a shower.

You smell like the rocket.

- You could've washed your hands.

- I did. I washed my hands.

Look at this.

Look at that.

Honey, where's your w--?

Where's your wedding ring?

It's in the capsule somewhere.

- Oh, man, in the capsule somewhere.

- Well, honey, I--

Well, it came off.

I'll get it. Don't worry about it.

No, that's not a star.

That's a shooting star.

How come you guys

only eat the marshmallows?

- You don't like the cereal?

- Tastes like wood.

Here, a whole spoonful of marshmallows.

Yeah, but one piece of a cereal.

One piece of a cereal.

Okay, we gotta get that. Oh, there we go.

You know what you guys started me on?

I don't put milk on my cereal anymore,

and it's your fault.

- I don't put milk on my cereal.

- Oh, hey, honey.

Hey. Look who's here.

Hey. Whoa, easy, easy.

Take it easy.

- I love you, Grandpa.

- Go ahead, sweetie.

- Go say hi.

- What are you feeding them?

- Hi, Grandpa.

- Girls. My little tiny people.

Hey, Hal. How you feeling?

I'm actually feeling fine.

- Come sit down, Hal. Come on.

- Here, Grandpa will walk you over, okay?

Boy, you've made real progress.

Yep.

It's gonna take a hell of a lot

more than gunpowder...

...to get this particular aircraft in the air.

Yep.

I never knew it was this big.

Well, you got yourself

some mighty pricey metal here, bud.

Yeah, well, you gotta

have the good stuff.

I'd have more than a carpet burn on my ass

if I didn't protect it.

Farmer?

Hey, Karl. How you doing, man?

I'm gonna need your autograph

for this letter.

Goddamn, it certainly gets my attention.

- Appreciate it. I'll see you later, buddy.

- See you.

What--?

- Farmer!

- You want my house...

- ...I'll give it to you brick by brick.

- It was procedure, Farmer.

I didn't have a choice.

The bank wouldn't stand for it

a day longer, and neither would I.

You're way too overextended.

You're just a banker.

A friend wouldn't do what you did.

If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't

have sent it in. You got 30 days.

Open your eyes. Look at this as

a wake-up call, because the dream is over.

It's gotta stop now,

before you lose everything.

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