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Dare to
live your dreams.
The underlying
theme of this fantastic film, The
Astronaut Farmer starring Billy Bob
Thornton who plays key character Charles
Farmer; decides that his dreams of
becoming an astronaut will soon be
reality. With hard work, determination
and a bit of engineering ingenuity,
‘Dreamer’ comes to life in a large barn
out back of their 352 acre farmland.
With years of time
and energy, Farmer, bolt by bolt, erects
the large craft complete with all the
‘thingamajigs’ of a real shuttle and
launch pad.
But every dream has
a sacrifice such as Farmer whose home
stability isn’t exactly what the family
thinks it is and learns the cost of a
dream.
With three children
and wife Audie played by actress
Virginia Madsen, Farmer must appear a
hero in their lives although things seem
to be falling apart.
The Astronaut
Farmer is a heartfelt story. It’s
‘atmosphere’ is middle 50s and 60s but
set in today’s reality. You’d never know
unless the Cadillac Escalades pulled up
filled with city sleek FBI agents that
Farmer was even in the millennium.
The film doesn’t
create fantasy; the events can possibly
be true in today’s date and time. The
film however creates an idealistic view
of following your dreams. As the story
puts it without giving away too much,
Farmer builds his craft from the
aircraft grave yard located near Story,
Texas as the film is set.
If you can build a
car which is a moving vehicle from junk
pieces, you can do so with an aircraft
if the pieces were readily available.
Billy Bob Thornton
best known for playing incredible
characters in films like ‘Monsters’
Ball’ has yet again entranced the
audience with his wonderful portrayal of
man wanting to see the world from above
ground at insurmountable heights.
Wife Audie loves
her husband incredibly as she feels her
dream. But what is great is that the
audience isn’t supped up into a 50s or
60s like story line with such drama as
the wife being totally enveloped in her
husband’s ideas. Virginia Madsen plays
the southern housewife to perfection
with great parenting, inclusion of
family and patience. A character that is
very rarely portrayed into today’s
society of working independent mothers
pursuing their own dreams while trying
to make dinner for a family of five.
The Astronaut
Farmer is a must see family film.
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