The Challenger (2013)

Original title

The Challenger Disaster

Directed by

James Hawes

Genre

thriller, drama, history, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 128 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A TV movie about physicist Richard Feynman investigating the Challenger space shuttle disaster. He challenges bureaucratic cover-ups to find what caused the explosion.

matter-of-factearnestrestrainedproceduralsuspensefulintellectualsomber

What happens

The Challenger (US title: The Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The film was co-produced by the BBC, the Science Channel, and Open University, and it premiered on 12 May 2013 on BBC2. It is based on two books What Do You Care What Other People Think? (1988) and 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 16 November 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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