ASTRONAUT (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Richard Dreyfuss (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Lyriq Bent (Four Brothers), Colm Feore (The Prodigy), Krista Bridges (Land of the Dead), Art Hindle (Sleeping Dogs Lie), Richie Lawrence (The Best Man Holiday), Graham Greene (Wind River), Jennifer Phipps (Cold Journey), Joan Gregson (It: Chapter 2)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Shelagh McLeod (film debut), director, writer; Jessica Adams (The Space Between) and Sean Buckley (Servitude), producers; Virginia Kilbertus (film debut), composer; Scott McClellan (Cast No Shadow), cinematographer; Tiffany Beaudin (Let Him Be), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Angus (Dreyfuss) is an elderly widow who learns that a wealthy billionaire (Feore) is giving three people the rare chance to go up into space. He decides to enter the contest, lying about his age, but things start to become interesting when he ends up winning one of the spaces…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Captained by a charismatic lead performance by Richard Dreyfuss, the directorial debut of actress Shelagh McLeod is a heart-warming tale of a man reaching impossible odds later on in life.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH MARCH 2020

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