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| 11/16/13 (Sa.) | 9:00 PM | DISCOVERY | N/A |
| 11/16/13 (Sa.) | 9:00 PM | SCIENCE | N/A |
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| CHALLENGER DISASTER, THE (SCIENCE)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
11/16/13
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STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Science's press release, October 2013) Science Channel and Discovery Channel announced today that the networks will simulcast Science Channel's first scripted feature film, THE CHALLENGER DISASTER, starring Academy-Award winning actor William Hurt as Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Richard Feynman. Based upon Feynman's book "What Do You Care What Other People Think?", THE CHALLENGER DISASTER, tells the largely unknown, riveting story of Feynman's efforts to uncover the cause of the Challenger explosion in 1986. THE CHALLENGER DISASTER premieres Saturday, November 16 from 9-11 PM ET/PT. Co-produced by the BBC, THE CHALLENGER DISASTER features powerful performances headlined by Mr. Hurt as physicist Dr. Richard Feynman. Joining Hurt is actor Bruce Greenwood who plays fellow commissioner U.S. Air Force General Donald Kutyna in the second lead role. He is joined by Brian Dennehy as William Rogers, Chairman of the Presidential Commission, actress Joanne Whalley who plays Feynman's wife Gweneth, and Eve Best as astronaut Sally Ride. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Brian Dennehy as William Rogers
· Bruce Greenwood as Donald Kutyna
· Eve Best as Sally Ride
· Henry Goodman as Doctor Weiss
· Joanne Whalley as Gweneth Feynman
· Kevin McNally as Larry Mulloy
· William Hurt as Richard Feynman
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Bernadette McDaid as EIP (Science)
· Cassian Harrison as EP
· James Hawes as DIR
· Kate Gartside as WRTR
· Laurie Borg as PROD
· Mark Hedgecoe as EP
· Rocky Collins as EP (Science)
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GENRE(S):
· mow
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· BBC Worldwide Productions
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