Ad Astra
Ad Astra (Latin for "To the Stars") is a 2019 American science fiction adventure film produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray. Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, it follows an astronaut who goes into space in search of his lost father, whose experiment threatens the Solar System.
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| Running time | 124 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $80–100 million
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| Box office | $132.8 million
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- The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones; and one Oscar nominee: Ruth Negga.
- The production team behind Ad Astra contacted Richard Branson's Virgin group a couple of years ago and asked if they could use their branding in the movie. The company representative agreed - "We thought it was a really fun concept and were really happy to get involved". So, McBride catches a ride on a Virgin Atlantic shuttle to the moon.
- In traveling from Mars to Neptune, the planets Jupiter and Saturn are mentioned, but no one ever mentions Uranus. However, since the planets are rarely lined up with respect to the Sun, they would not necessarily pass it, in particular, if these planets were on opposite sides of the Sun. Moreover, without preparation or a coincidence, it would be fairly unusual to pass Jupiter and Saturn on the way to Neptune.
- Clifford McBride says that he has cataracts and has trouble seeing. Cataracts are one of the projected health problems linked to exposure to solar radiation during an extended period in space.
- This is not the first time Greg Bryk plays a Martian. He's also in The Expanse (2015) as Lt. Lopez, an officer of the Martian Congressional Navy in the show's first season.
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