The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
| Release Date | 15 October 2006 |
| Budget | $13,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $11,000,000 |
| Tagline | If we don't have our dreams, we have nothing. |
| Genre | Adventure, Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Dunkin' Donuts - 1085 S. Saint Francis Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
The Astronaut Farmer is a 2006 American drama film directed by Michael Polish, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Mark. The story focuses on a Texas rancher who constructs a rocket in his barn and, against all odds, launches himself into outer space.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Jasper Polish
Stanley Farmer
Logan Polish
Sunshine Farmer
Sal Lopez
Pepe Garcia
Elise Eberle
Madison Roberts
Graham Beckel
Frank
Kathleen Arc
Mrs. Harder
Lois Geary
Mrs. Graham
Dianne Anderson Mathis
Reporter #1
William Lawrence Allen
Reporter #2
Gregory Chase
NASA Committee Member
Forrest Fyre
State Senator
Janelle Sperow
State Congresswoman
Robert E. Fleischer
Will Beacon
Charlie B. Brown
Phil
Richard Holcomb
Reporter #4
Adam Taylor
FBI Agent #1
David House
FBI Agent #2
John Lawrence Page
FBI Agent #3
Matthew Kimbrough
Henry Malone
Richard McClarkin
Karl
Brian McCallister
Student
Doris Hargrave
Gretchen Boyd
George McKelvey
Doug
Steve Cormier
Appraiser
Scarlett McAlister
Local News Reporter
Deborah Martinez
Reporter #3
Cheyenne Serano
Child #2
Robyn Reede
Secretary
Olive Gallagher
Morning Show Host
Kevin Wiggins
Rocket Expert
Joan Findley
Reporter
Mary Sue Evans
NASA Expert
Ida Darvish
Italian Anchorwoman
Eugene Nomura
Japanese Anchorman
Vikrum Shah
Hindu Anchorman
Yvans Jourdain
French Anchorman
Dallas Raines
National Anchorman
John Burke
Reporter
Roy Costley
Astro 'Nut' Local
Esodie Geiger
CNN News Reporter
J.D. Garfield
Sky Copter Reporter
J. Michael Oliva
Balloon Game Carnie
Richard Gunn
Square Dance Caller
Marc Miles
Rocket Ride Operator
Jenny Gabrielle
Vanessa
Hannah Wiggins
Child #3
David Marcilla
Child #4
Joe Solís
Square Dance Caller #2
Mark DeLisle
Mission Control #1
Robert Michael Lee
MP #1
Evan Adrian
Basketball Player
James Blackburn
Farmer
Brent Lambert
Media Soundman
Rhett Lynch
Towns Person
Lucas Ruggles
FBI Agent
Director
Writer
Producer
Len Amato
producer
Geyer Kosinski
executive producer
Jonathan Sheldon
associate producer
Paula Weinstein
producer
Original Music
Stuart Matthewman
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Cinematographer
M. David Mullen
Editor
James Haygood
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Casting Director
Victoria Thomas
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Production Designer
Clark Hunter
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Art Director
James F. Oberlander
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Set Decorator
Marcia Calosio
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Costume Designer
Danny Glicker
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Makeup Department
Enid Arias
key hair stylist
Linda Arnold
personal hair stylist
Lori Ann Baker
hair stylist
Jessie Brown
makeup artist
Lynne K. Eagan
makeup artist: Mr. Thornton
Dorothy J. Pearl
key makeup artist
Production Manager
David E. Hall
post-production supervisor
Todd King
post-production supervisor
Ravi D. Mehta
executive in charge of production
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andrew Coffing
first assistant director
Jai James
second second assistant director
Leah King
dga trainee
JoAnne Lowrie
second second assistant director: additional photography
Christian Pichler
assistant director, second unit director
Susan E. Walter
second assistant director
Art Department
John C. Cameron
assistant property master
Sage Emmett Connell
set dresser
Chadney Everett
set dresser
Michael Flowers
leadman
Marisa Frantz
set designer
Bobbi Jo Gonzales
props
Arlen Johnson
general foreman
Caylen Johnson
welding foreman
Johnny Long
key greens
Roberta Marquez Seret
art department coordinator
Amy Marsh
art department coordinator
John McKey
storyboard artist
Randy Moffitt
propmaker
Cee Moravec
set dresser: dayplayer
Amy Morrison
buyer
Robbie Mueller
swing gang
Chris Painter
greens person
Gary Petersen
construction gang boss
Ian Scroggins
swing gang
Upton Shipley
on-set painter
Juan Souter
swing gang
Keith Walters
property master
Christopher Windisch
construction coordinator
Colin Zaug
on-set dresser
Sound Department
Keith Bilderbeck
sound effects editor
Michael Brown
assistant sound editor
Bayard Carey
production sound mixer: second unit
Mark Ettel
sound re-recording mixer: temp dubs
Steven Gerrior
assistant sound editor
Jon Johnson
sound designer
Anthony Krajchir
sound engineer
Val Kuklowsky
sound editor
Erik Magnus
sound mixer: second unit
Matthew Nicolay
production sound mixer
Thomas O'Neil Younkman
sound effects editor
Steve Pederson
sound re-recording mixer
Troy Porter
adr mixer
Miguel Rivera
dialogue editor
Christopher Sheldon
supervising sound editor
Brad Sherman
sound re-recording mixer
Brad Sokol
assistant sound editor
Edward M. Steidele
foley artist
Chris Trent
foley mixer
Stacey A. Washer
boom operator
John Weitz
utility sound, sound mixer: second unit
Special Effects
David Baca
special effects technician
Nicole Hansen
special effects technician
Geoffrey C. Martin
special effects coordinator
John Palmer
special effects coordinator: WonderWorks
Gary Petersen
special effects foreman
Visual Effects
Jeffrey Edward Baksinski
cg supervisor
Jacob Bergman
animator
Damon Bingham
visual effects producer
Chad Bonanno
animator: title designer
Randy Brown
compositing supervisor
Craig Crawford
digital compositor/lighting
David Ebner
visual effects supervisor: CafeFX
Leif Einarsson
digital effects artist
Karl Formander
visual effects
Vicki Galloway-Weimer
visual effects executive producer: CafeFX
Phillip Giles
lighting technical director
Robin Scott Graham
digital compositor: Cafe Fx
Rimas Juchnevicius
digital compositor
Jennifer Law Stump
digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Rodney Montague
visual effects producer
Phillip Moses
visual effects coordinator: CafeFX
Josh Novak
lead compositor: main title sequence
Jim O'Hagan
digital compositor: Pacific Title
Desi Ortiz
visual effects senior editor: CafeFX
Jason Piccioni
visual effects supervisor
Richard R. Reed
digital compositor
Gabrielle Barrere Robinson
visual effects production manager
Bill Spradlin
lighting technical director
Danny Torres
systems administrator
Dawn Turner
visual effects coordinator
Dan Wanket
visual effects
Jan Yarbrough
digital intermediate colorist
Genevieve Yee
lighting artist
Vincent Lavares
data manager
Chris B. Schnitzer
visual effects production supervisor: Warner Bros.
Antonio Torres
digital artist: Pacific Title
Stunts
Michael Adams
stunts
Brian Avery
stunt double
Courtney Farnsworth
utility stunts
Diamond Farnsworth
stunt coordinator
Manfred Leuthard
stunt pilot
Camera and Electrical Department
James 'Keeper' Auld
grip
Nick Barros
electrician
Jeff Bettis
grip
Theodore Y. Bott
best boy rigging electric
Tom Boyd
underwater camera operator
Denise Brady
best boy grip: second unit
Chip Byrd
first assistant camera: "c" camera
Beau Chaput
second assistant camera: "b" camera, Steadicam operator
Jacob Cottrell
electrician
David Cummings
grip
Keith Eisberg
additional camera operator, key first assistant camera
Harland Espeset
dolly grip
Ben Estrada
grip
Richard Foreman Jr.
still photographer
Brad Heiner
key grip
Hank Herrera
best boy grip
Aubrey Husar
grip
Steven Litecky
gaffer
Robert Lowell
first assistant camera: second unit
Michael Manzanares
grip
Dan Misner
grip
Keith Morgan
gaffer: additional photography
Stephen Mullen
gaffer: second unit
David Jaxx Nagro
dolly grip: second unit
Charlie Newberry
second assistant camera
Ray Ortega
electrician
Noah Peter
grip
Philip C. Pfeiffer
camera operator: second unit
Theo Pingarelli
camera operator
James R. Powell
assistant camera
Thomas Pugh
gaffer: additional photography
Alejandro Snodgrass
grip
Luke Bird Stern
camera: second unit
Michael Warren
key rigging grip
Peter Weidenfeller
dolly grip
Jeffrey Wilkins
additional photographer
Ryland Witten-Smith
grip
Neil Wittman
electrician
Casting Department
Jo Edna Boldin
casting: New Mexico
Darlene Hansen
extras casting
Marie A. Kohl
local casting associate
Robyn Owen
casting associate
Yesi Ramirez
casting assistant
Marlo Tiede
casting assistant
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aleah Ames
key set costumer
Maria Bentfield
additional costumer
Kelly Chambers
costumes
Emily Egge
set costumer
Christopher Gilman
specialty costumes: Mercury Suit
Lisa Hyde
key costumer
Ann Miller
costumer: Mr. Thornton
Daniela Moore
wardrobe supervisor
Claire Sandrin
set costumer
Danlee Winegar
key costumer
Pilar Agoyo
seamstress
George Sartiano
specialty costumes
Editorial Department
Mark Dinicola
digital intermediate colorist
Mo Henry
negative cutter
Amber McKenzie
on-line assistant
Alex Renskoff
assistant editor
Aidan Stanford
color timer
Christine Vasquez
digital intermediate producer
Music Department
Jay Duerr
music editor
Geoff Foster
music engineer
Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor
Jake Jackson
assistant music engineer
Rob Mathes
composer: additional music, conductor, music arranger, orchestrator
Stuart Matthewman
music performer, music mixer, music producer
Maurice Murphy
musician: trumpet solos
Transportation Department
Dennis Milliken
transportation coordinator
Eric Rivera
transportation co-captain
Lucas Stein
driver
Harold L. Woods
driver: production van
Other Crew
Lillian Awa
production assistant
Bradford Berling
art director: titles, Picture Mill
Kyle Bramwell
wrangler
Anna Burd
production assistant
Misty Carlisle
production assistant
Tim Carroll
livestock coordinator
Kelly Chambers
production assistant
Claire Chandou
first assistant accountant: re-shoots
Bruce Comtois
teamster
Celli Crawford
assistant to producer
Stephen J. Eads
assistant: Bruce Willis
Colin Edlund
key craft service
Gino Falla
first assistant accountant
Jillian Giacomini
script supervisor
Jennifer Gingery
production assistant
Karen A. Harris
assistant production office coordinator
Rebecca Hilliard
production coordinator
Judith Jennings
studio teacher
Bradley Jones
unit publicist
Linda Labov
assistant: Paula Weinstein
Daryl C. Lefever
production accountant
Sandy Lizaola-Hernandez
physical production coordinator
John W. Mader
production assistant
David Manzanares
location manager
Tracy E. Maurer
assistant production coordinator: re-shoots
Kathy McHugh
production coordinator: re-shoots
Kathleen Messmer
script supervisor: second unit
Carlos A. Montoya
set staff assistant
Randy E. Moore
craft service
Dan Noah
production secretary
Aimie Olson
set medic
Hilton Clay Peres
assistant location manager
Myleshia Perryman
assistant: Len Amato
Roderick Peyketewa
assistant location manager
Joshua Sallach
production assistant
David Henry Schneider
assistant: Bruce Dern
Kristin Scott
assistant: Billy Bob Thornton
Jonathan Sheldon
assistant: Michael Polish
Faith Strongheart
set production assistant
Alan Swain
location scout
Dan Tipton
assistant: Mr. Smith, re-shoots
Karen Turner
payroll accountant
Betty Weaver
location manager: WSNM
Melissa White
assistant production office coordinator
Peter Christian White
on-set technical advisor
Evan Adrian
double: Max Thieriot
Marc C. Geschwind
extras coordinator
Adam Wollenberg
production coordinator
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Spring Creek Pictures
Polish Brothers Construction
Distributor
Hyde Park International
Bazuca Films
Blue Sky Media
DesperaDo
KOCH Media Deutschland GmbH
Nordisk Film
Pinema
RCV Film Distribution
RCV Home Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Home Video
Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
Special Effects
CafeFX
Pacific Title and Art Studio
Warner Bros. Animation
Picture Mill, The
Pacific Title
Miscellaneous
Air Lyndhurst Studios
music recorded at
ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
cranes and dollies
Digital Jungle
post-production facilities
HeliNM
helicopter aerial sequence
Inter Video
24 frame equipment
L.A. Mad Dogs
adrwalla recording
London Session Orchestra, The
orchestra
Picture Mill, The
main title design
Pivotal Post
editing facilities, Avid editing equipment provided by
Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack
audiomachine
advertising
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