The American Astronaut (2001)
Directed by Cory McAbee
Genres - Science Fiction, Musical, Fantasy, Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Musical Comedy |
Release Date - Oct 12, 2001 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 91 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jonathan Crow
Eraserhead meets Buck Rogers by way of an MGM musical in this bizarre outer-space saga about Samuel Curtis (Cory McAbee), a galactic truck driver looking to make a killing. The film opens with Curtis landing on the freewheeling, all-male asteroid of Ceres. Before winning a dance contest with his buddy Blueberry Pirate -- who is renowned for smuggling fresh fruit -- Curtis learns from Blueberry about a scheme to give a fetal "real live girl" to the similarly male-dominated planet of Jupiter in exchange for a strapping adolescent known solely as "The Boy Who Actually Saw a Female Breast." He in turn will be sent to the all-female planet of Venus where he will spend his life servicing the planet's occupants. Unfortunately, Curtis is followed by the mysterious self-proclaimed birthday boy Professor Hess, who has a tendency to vaporize any and all who come into contact with him. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival as a part of the Midnight Madness program.
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astronaut, truckdriver, asteroid, delivery [package], outer-space, tavern, dancer