Special Report: Journey to Mars

Special Report: Journey to Mars

120 mins | Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie | March 25, 1996

When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and then the problems start. The landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back on Earth it is discovered that big financial corporations have an interest in the failure of the mission - and we, the viewers, can see it all live on television.

Special Report: Journey to Mars

120 mins | Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie | March 25, 1996

Special Report: Journey to Mars
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and then the problems start. The landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back on Earth it is discovered that big financial corporations have an interest in the failure of the mission - and we, the viewers, can see it all live on television.
IMDb rating 4.8
Producers Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Viacom Productions, 44 Blue Productions, Fred Silverman Company
Original title Special Report: Journey to Mars
Directors Robert Mandel
Writers

Cast

Keith Carradine

as Capt. Eugene T. Slader

Judge Reinhold

as Ryan West

Alfre Woodard

as Tamara O'Neil

Philip Casnoff

as Nick Van Pelt

Rosalind Chao

as Dr. Lin Yo Yu

Elizabeth Wilson

as President Elizabeth Richardson

Michael Murphy

as Dean Rumplemeyer

Richard Schiff

as Eric Altman

Diane Venora

as Lt. Tanya Sadavoy

Richard Young

as Astronaut Charles Downing

Christine Estabrook

as Amanda Whitney

Dean Jones

as Dr. Scott Berlin

Gibby Brand

as White House Correspondent