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The Challenger Disaster

Summary Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (John Hurt) reluctantly joins the The presidential commission that included former Secretary of State William Rogers (Brian Dennehy), U.S. Air Force Gen. Donald Kutyna (Bruce Greenwood), and astronaut Sally Ride (Eve Best) to investigate the reasons behind the explosion of the Challenger shut...

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  • Science Channel

The Challenger Disaster

Season 1 Premiere: Mar 18, 2013
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
80
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Summary Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (John Hurt) reluctantly joins the The presidential commission that included former Secretary of State William Rogers (Brian Dennehy), U.S. Air Force Gen. Donald Kutyna (Bruce Greenwood), and astronaut Sally Ride (Eve Best) to investigate the reasons behind the explosion of the Challenger shut...

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91
Nov 15, 2013
While the narrow view of the tragedy means a limit to the movie’s broader appeal, it’s intensely refreshing to see a story like this told without any need to soften or commercialize its ideas.
By Zack Handlen FULL REVIEW
83
Nov 15, 2013
Quiet, intelligent, worth checking out.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 15, 2013
The Challenger investigation story doesn’t have quite the level of malfeasance or the cloak-and-dagger undertones of other movies about real-life government or business debacles. But it still makes for an absorbing tale, one that seems well timed for our current moment of bungled websites, unrestrained eavesdropping and public skepticism.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 15, 2013
The Challenger Disaster adeptly uses its story time by leaning on Hurt to at once capture Feynman’s brilliance and captivating personality while also showing that Feynman’s own sense of compressed mortality and his adherence to scientific truth helped stop what could have been a whitewash.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 15, 2013
It’s not just a good story, it’s a good story well told.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 15, 2013
As Feynman, it takes the workmanlike Hurt a little too long to shuffle through the slate of go-to moods and characters he’s played already, but he eventually lands on a unique and compelling take on the man.
By Hank Stuever FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 15, 2013
It plays more like a science thriller than a biopic, with Feynman receiving clues scribbled on pieces of paper by NASA engineers.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • BBC Film
  • Erste Weltweit Medien
  • Moonlighting Films
  • Pictureshow Productions
  • Science Channel
  • The Open University
Initial Release Date: Mar 18, 2013
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Royal Television Society, UK
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Nomination
Prix Europa
• 1 Nomination

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