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The Challenger

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Written by
  
Kate Gartside

Starring
  
William Hurt

Cinematography
  
Lukas Strebel

Directed by
  
James Hawes

Theme music composer
  
Christopher Letcher

Based on
  
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Truth, Lies and O-Rings

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 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.

    Cast

  • William Hurt as Dr. Richard Feynman
  • Joanne Whalley as Gweneth Feynman
  • Bruce Greenwood as General Donald Kutyna
  • Brian Dennehy as Chairman William Rogers
  • Eve Best as Dr. Sally Ride
  • Henry Goodman as Dr. Weiss
  • Kevin McNally as Lawrence Mulloy
  • Sean Michael as Judson Lovingood
  • References

    The Challenger Wikipedia