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The Astronaut Farmer (2007): Houston, Billy Bob Has A Problem
by Ed.Williamson | Mar 07 '07
Pros: The photography, Virginia Madsen.
Cons: Much of the rest.

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Product Rating: 2.0



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hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54, sleeper54 is an Advisor on Epinions in Movies
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one to delete later...
". . .lose their way in their sirens-blasting patrol cares and wind up
in Juarez...
"

I will leave it to you to find the 'oops.'



...tom...
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Nov 22 '07
4:57 pm PST

Re: Re: Thanks! (Reply to this comment)
by Ed.Williamson
Thanks, Alex. It's an interesting tale, but it didn't ring true for me.

Ed
Mar 27 '07
10:22 pm PDT

Re: Thanks! (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Add mine, but I'm sorry that the film does not take off for you. It got some good reviews.

I once knew a man like Farmer, who built an airplane in his garage. He was much like Billy Bob Thornton. But his wife and children were frightened into silence by him and his obsession.

Virginia Madsen certainly is an asset. I wonder why she has suddenly been "discovered" of late. We could have had her presence in so many good movies in the last ten years

Regards/

Alex.
Mar 21 '07
4:24 pm PDT

Re: Thanks! (Reply to this comment)
by Ed.Williamson
Thank you, Ander.

Yeah, I am a big Quaid-as-an-astronaut fan- he stole the show in The Right Stuff for me ("Who's the greatest pilot I've ever seen?....Well, you're lookin' at him!"). But alas, Dennis, like some of the rest of us, may be a little past space time. Even so they could have massaged the plotline for Dennis to fit. Maybe, with different direction, Billy Bob might have fit better too.

Mar 09 '07
6:26 am PST

Re: Yore prolly jest jellus... (Reply to this comment)
by Ed.Williamson
Oh, nuthin' personal against BB, Mike. He's a VERY good actor. He has had a crazy personal life though, but when you get stirred up and whirly-blendered in the starmaker machine all kinds of crazy things can happen. You know what would make a good Billy Bob Thornton movie? A biopic about William Shatner. Brad Pitt, with dark-dyed hair, could play Leonard Nimoy. Now that might be worth watching!
Mar 09 '07
6:20 am PST

Thanks! (Reply to this comment)
by anderclayton
I appreciate the heads up on this one. I'd kinda wondered about it and thought the premise sounded like it might be OK but it doesn't sound like it worked out too well. Sounds like Quaid would have been a much better choice for the role:) ...or lots of other actors.

Ander
Mar 08 '07
3:42 am PST

Yore prolly jest jellus... (Reply to this comment)
by mike.holmes
...coz Billy Bob iz from Ark. where theirs more interbred kids than anyware 'cept West Virginny. Plus, he wuz married to that fine lookin' woman who 'dopts all them babies.
Mar 07 '07
10:46 pm PST
   

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