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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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)
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.