"Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there."
Harland Williams
as Fred Z. Randall
Jessica Lundy
as Julie Ford
William Sadler
as Wild Bill Overbeck
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Paul Wick
James Pickens Jr.
as Ben Stevens
Beau Bridges
as Bud Nesbitt
Peter Onorati
as Gary Hackman
Don Lake
as Le Chirurgien du Vol
Bill Jenkins
as Mission Controller
Ken Farmer
Blake Boyd
as Gordon A. Peacock
Paxton Whitehead
as British Reporter
Sean Tweedley
as NASA Lab Tech
Cindy Hogan
as Reporter
Lidia Porto
as Gary's Nurse
Richard Dillard
as The President
Gil Glasgow
as Bartender
Shelley Duvall
as Mrs. Randall (uncredited)
Gailard Sartain
as Mr. Randall (uncredited)
Stuart Gillard
Director
Jon Turteltaub
Executive Producer
Craig Mazin
Screenplay
Greg Erb
Ray Fisher
Leadman
Story
Roy Forge Smith
Production Design
Roger Birnbaum
Producer
Eric L. Gold
Daniel Orlandi
Costume Design
Michael Tavera
Original Music Composer
Steven Poster
Director of Photography
Peter Safran
Co-Producer
Jonathan Glickman
Oren Aviv
William D. Gordean
Editor
Rick Montgomery
Casting
Dan Parada
Beth Sepko
Frank Detone Jr.
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