Ad Astra Space Cowboys

In the trailer one of the archival nasa photographs we see is a younger tommy lee jones as an astronaut.

Ad astra space cowboys. In the opening sequence of ad astra roy mcbride brad pitt a veteran u s. Ad astra stars tommy lee jones and donald sutherland both played central roles in the 2000 clint eastwood movie space cowboys. Ad astra is set in 2119 2120 100 years after it was released.

In ad astra brad pitt an astronaut is going to space to search or stop something that his long lost dad tommy lee jones also an astronaut did or is doing. The lima project took off on 28 dec 2079 and roy mcbride says he was 16 when his father left so he was likely born in 2063. June 5 2019 9 24 p m.

Ad astra features roy mcbride s brad pitt top secret voyage to find his father captain clifford mcbride tommy lee jones whose far flung project is creating lethal antimatter power surges that. Astronaut is doing what he does at the top of a space antenna an elaborate piece. As astra 2019 is a secret sequel to space cowboys 2000 fantheory.

Cst by aicnstaff director james gray has an interesting profile of films that goes back to the excellent little odessa then the yards and we own the night. But in the realistic depiction of space travel that ad astra presents realism was one of gray s biggest goals with the project the notion of earth. 10 actors inspired by clint eastwood.

The following assumes roy s narration is more reliable than the recollection of events he made to others which is not consistent. Astronaut roy mcbride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now 30 years later threatens the universe. I m in mobile so i ll update this in a bit when i can with more details links.

Ad astra latin for to the stars is a 2019 american psychological science fiction drama film produced co written and directed by james gray. Films like apollo 13 space cowboys. But that s far from the only connection between the two films.