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9 de ago. de 2021 · The Reluctant Astronaut by Universal Pictures feature film produced and directed by Edward Montagne and starring Don Knotts. Publication date 1967 Topics
- 102 min
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The Reluctant Astronaut: Directed by Edward Montagne. With Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen, Joan Freeman, Jesse White. A NASA janitor is sent into space.
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- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- Edward Montagne
- 1968-04-15
The Reluctant Astronaut followed Knotts' first Universal film venture, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966). Actor Paul Hartman appears in the film and would later star in The Andy Griffith Show . The film's screenplay writers Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum had served as teleplay writers for the television series.
- $1,500,000 (US/ Canada)
- Vic Mizzy
- Edward Montagne
Don Knotts is Royal Fleming, a carnival worker who runs a spaceship ride for kids. Concerned about his future, Royal's dad sends an application to NASA - in his son's name!
Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his ...
The Reluctant Astronaut Released May 14, 1967 1h 41m Comedy List Reviews 56% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Roy (Don Knotts), a perpetually terrified 35-year-old man-child, still lives with his parents.
- Comedy
Overall The Ghost and Mr. Chicken may be Knotts' best work. The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), however, shows the limitations of the formula. Knotts plays a carnival employee who thinks he's chosen to be an astronaut but becomes instead--the mix-up never explained--a space center janitor.
