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Astronaut: The Last Push

2012 · 90 min

A quiet, lonely drift through a damaged ship, where small repairs and long silences carry more weight than any spectacle.

Directed by: Eric Hayden
Genres: Science fiction
Starring: Khary Payton, Brian Baumgartner, Lance Henriksen

Tagline: How far will man go to discover life?
Overview: When a tragic accident cuts short the first manned mission to explore life on the moons of Jupiter, Michael Forrest must make the 3 year journey home to Earth in pure solitude

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Directed by: Eric Hayden
Genres: Science fiction
Starring: Khary Payton, Brian Baumgartner, Lance Henriksen

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Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
survival
grief
obsession
loneliness
Places: space
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: science fiction
Directed by: Eric Hayden
Written by: Eric Hayden
Starring: Khary Payton, Brian Baumgartner, Lance Henriksen, James Madio, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Lira Angel, Sachiyo K
Music: Kimberly Hayden
Cinematography: A.J. Raitano
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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