Where was The Astronaut Farmer filmed?
2006 film, directed by Michael Polish.
- New Mexico
The story is set in Texas, about 406 miles (654 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Texas
- Filmed in
- New Mexico
- Distance
- About 406 miles (654 km) between Texas and the nearest filming location.
About The Astronaut Farmer
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- Released
- 2006
- Director
- Michael Polish
- Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonVirginia MadsenBruce DernMax ThieriotJon GriesMark PolishTim Blake NelsonJ. K. SimmonsKiersten WarrenRichard Edson
- Genre
- DramaScience Fiction
The story
He did so in order to take over his family's failing ranch in Texas after his financially strapped father's suicide prior to the ranch being foreclosed on.
When he begins making inquiries about purchasing rocket fuel, the FBI and FAA step in to investigate, and the ensuing publicity thrusts Farmer into the spotlight and makes him a media darling.
He is denied the hydrazine fuel he requires, with government officials claiming he is a security risk and that it is too dangerous to allow a private citizen to launch a space vehicle.
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