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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The Challenger disaster / Vertical Entertainment presents ; a VM Productions LLC production ; in association with HBU Cinema ; produced by Erika Waldorf, Glenn Gordon, K.B. Battaglini, Jose Quinones ; written and directed by Nathan Vonminden.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Vertical Entertainment, [2019]

Description:

1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

all regions

Summary:

On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hotheaded engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion-dollar Challenger launch, convinced the O-ring seals would fail and kill everyone on board. The rocket contracting company, Marshall Space Flight Center and NASA made a business decision. He made a human decision.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents -- Drama.

Space vehicle accidents -- United States -- Drama.

Genre:

Historical films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Waldorf, Erika, film producer.

Gordon, Glenn, film producer.