The Challenger

The Challenger
Based on	What Do You Care What Other People Think?; Truth, Lies and O-Rings;
Written by	Kate Gartside
Directed by	James Hawes
Starring	Joanne Whalley; William Hurt; Bruce Greenwood; Kevin McNally; Eve Best; Brian Dennehy;
Theme music composer	Christopher Letcher
Production
Cinematography	Lukas Strebel
Editor(s)	Peter Christelis
Running time	89 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC; Science Channel; Open University;
Release
Original release	12 May 2013 U.K.; 16 November 2013 U.S.

The Challenger (US title: The Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.^[1] The film was co-produced by the BBC, the Science Channel, and Open University,^[2] and it premiered on 12 May 2013 on BBC2.

It is based^[2] on two books:

Feynman, Richard; Feynman, Gweneth; Leighton, Ralph (1988). What Do You Care What Other People Think?. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-02659-0.
McDonald, Allan J; Hansen, James R. Truth, Lies and O-Rings. ISBN 978-0813041933.

The film follows Feynman (William Hurt) as he attempts to expose the truth in the disaster.

It aired in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel on November 16, 2013.

Cast

William Hurt as Dr. Richard Feynman
Joanne Whalley as Gweneth Feynman
Bruce Greenwood as General Donald Kutyna
Brian Dennehy as Chairman William Rogers
Eve Best as Dr. Sally Ride
Henry Goodman as Dr. Weiss
Kevin McNally as Lawrence Mulloy
Sean Michael as Judson Lovingood

References

↑ Bricken, Rob. "Here's William Hurt as the legendary physicist Richard Feynman!". io9. http://io9.com/5980830/heres-william-hurt-playing-the-legendary-physicist-richard-feynman. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 End credits

External links

The Challenger on IMDb
The Challenger on BBC2

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[1] Bricken, Rob. "Here's William Hurt as the legendary physicist Richard Feynman!". io9. http://io9.com/5980830/heres-william-hurt-playing-the-legendary-physicist-richard-feynman. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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v t e Richard Feynman
Career	Feynman diagram Feynman–Kac formula Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Bethe–Feynman formula Hellmann–Feynman theorem Feynman slash notation Feynman parametrization Path integral formulation Parton model Sticky bead argument One-electron universe Quantum cellular automaton Rogers Commission Report Feynman checkerboard
Works	"There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" (1959) The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1964) The Character of Physical Law (1965) QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (1985) Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985) What Do You Care What Other People Think? (1988) The Motion of Planets Around the Sun (1997) The Meaning of It All (1999) The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (1999) Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005)
Family	Joan Feynman (sister) Charles Hirshberg (nephew)
Related	Namesakes Cargo cult science Quantum Man Tuva or Bust! Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology Infinity (1996 film) QED (2001 play) The Challenger (2013 film)

v t e Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099)
Flights	STS-6 STS-7 STS-8 STS-41-B STS-41-C STS-41-G STS-51-B STS-51-F STS-61-A STS-51-L
Status	Out of service - Challenger disaster (destroyed) - January 28, 1986 (STS-51-L)
Related	Rogers Commission STS-61-F STS-61-M Challenger flag The Dream Is Alive (1985 documentary) Challenger (1990 film) The Challenger (2013 film)

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The Challenger

Based on	What Do You Care What Other People Think? Truth, Lies and O-Rings
Written by	Kate Gartside
Directed by	James Hawes
Starring	Joanne Whalley William Hurt Bruce Greenwood Kevin McNally Eve Best Brian Dennehy
Theme music composer	Christopher Letcher
Production
Cinematography	Lukas Strebel
Editor(s)	Peter Christelis
Running time	89 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC Science Channel Open University
Release
Original release	12 May 2013 U.K. 16 November 2013 U.S.