Rocket's Red Glare (2000) DVD

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Rocket's Red Glare (2000)

Director:

Chris Bremble

Writers:

Chris Bremble, John Palmer (story)

Stars:

Robert Wagner, Marilu Henner, Ryan Merriman

Originally titled Mercury Project, this made-for-cable thriller focuses on 17-year-old Todd Baker (Ryan Merriman) and his ex-astronaut grandfather, Gus Baker (Robert Wagner). Hoping to honor the memory of his late father, likewise a space explorer, Todd collaborates with Gus in restoring a Mercury Redstone Rocket (purchased from a junk heap for a mere $80,000) as a high school science project. When Todd grafts the Rocket to a Mercury 10 capsule found in a space museum, he brings down the wrath of the Feds, who inform him that he's committed an infinite number of security breaches. Denied permission to complete his project, our hero is nonetheless redeemed when a space shuttle crew is trapped hundreds of miles above earth...and only Todd's rebuilt rocket and capsule is capable of going to the rescue! About as credible as anything else on the ABC Family Channel ever since, Rocket's Red Glare debuted on August 27, 2000.

Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219279/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1