- published: 26 Oct 2010
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Space Cowboys is a 2000 American space disaster drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four older "ex-test pilots" who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite, unaware that it is armed with nuclear missiles.
In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), are testing a modified X-plane when Hawk decides to try to break a height record. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a B-50 Superfortress piloted by navigator "Tank" Sullivan (James Garner) as they parachute to safety. On the ground, Frank punches Hawk for putting their lives at risk, but their fight is broken up by engineer Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland). Their supervising officer, Bob Gerson (James Cromwell), chastises Hawk for his recklessness, before taking them to a press conference, where it is announced that the Air Force will no longer be involved in space flight tests as this has now been handed off to the newly created NASA, ending the four's dreams of reaching space.
I know you say I'm a crazy mixed-up lunatic.
But that's okay 'cos I love you in a crazy way.
The chances are I'm not the boy you fantasized about
But give me a chance, You never know I might brainwash you.
Chances are you're seeing some other freak tonight
And hope that maybe this time he's Mister Right.
But if he turns out wrong you know that I'll be there.
I may be second best, but life is never fair.
I wanna be there with you.
I wanna be there with you.
I wanna be there with you.
In my own crazy mixed-up little way.
I promise to take my medication every day.
Just get rid of "Mister nine-to-five" or there will be hell to pay.
I'll promise not to bark at the moon in your neighborhood.
I'll even wear my straitjacket, it'll be no good.
I know by now you probably even hate my guts.
But just don't tell me it's because you think I'm nuts.
And if you choose a normal boy, He'd better be aware:
I may be second best, but life is never fair.
I wanna be there with you.
I wanna be there with you.
I wanna be there with you.