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The Challenger is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 16 november 2013 with William Hurt
The Challenger (2013)
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Add to a movie listThe Challenger (US title: The Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster of 1986. The film is a BBC/ Science Channel/ Open University production., and it premiered on 12 May 2013 on BBC2.
It is based on two books:
Feynman, Richard; Feynman, Gweneth; Leighton, Ralph (1988). What Do You Care What Other People Think?. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-02659-0.
McDonald, Allan J; Hansen, James R. Truth, Lies and O-Rings.
The film follows Feynman (William Hurt) as he attempts to expose the truth in the disaster.
It aired in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel on November 16, 2013 at 9pm.
^ Bricken, Rob. "Here's William Hurt as the legendary physicist Richard Feynman!". io9. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
Synopsis
En 1986, à la suite de l'accident de la navette spatiale Challenger, le président Reagan forme une commission d'enquête présidentielle chargée de déterminer les causes de l'accident. Parmi ses membres se trouve le professeur Richard Feynman, physicien de renom, qui comprend rapidement qu'il est le seul membre réellement indépendant. Avec l'aide d'autres membres de la commission, il parvient à mettre en lumière un certain nombre de défaillances et à révéler au grand jour ce qui a conduit à l'explosion de la navette.Actors
William Hurt
(Richard Feynman)
Joanne Whalley
(Gweneth Feynman)
Bruce Greenwood
(General Kutyna)
Brian Dennehy
(Rogers)
Eve Best
(Sally Ride)
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