Space cowboys [DVD video]

They had trained body and mind for America's leap into space. But when the moment came, they were replaced. Now, 40 years later, another moment has come and this time it's all theirs. These old-school test pilots whose grasp of outdated technology makes them the only ones able to repair a primitive, deorbiting Russian satellite that imperils Earth.

General Note:

Presented by Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Village Roadshow Pictures/Clipsal Films. A Malpaso production and Mad Chance production.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.

Special features: "Back at the ranch:" on location with cast and crew and NASA consultants; "The effects:" conversations with visual effects supervisor Michael Owens and his collaborators; "Tonight on Leno:" expanded version of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno sequence; "Up close with the editor:" a conversation with Joel Cox; theatrical trailer.

Performers:

Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, James Cromwell.

Technical Details:

DVD format. Region 1, widescreen (letterbox, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.

Subject Term:

Test pilots -- United States -- Drama.

Technology and civilization -- Drama.

Space flight -- Drama.

Artificial satellites -- Orbits -- Drama.

Genre:

Science fiction films.

Action and adventure films.