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Aug 9, 2021 · Roy Fleming (Don Knotts) is fairground operator of a kiddie-spaceship ride in Sweetwater, Missouri. Despite being 35 years old, he still lives with his parents and suffers from extreme acrophobia (fear of heights).
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The Reluctant Astronaut: Directed by Edward Montagne. With Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen, Joan Freeman, Jesse White. A NASA janitor is sent into space.
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- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- Edward Montagne
- 1968-04-15
Aug 4, 2023 · The Reluctant Astronaut is a 1967 American comedy film produced and directed by Edward Montagne and starring Don Knotts in a story about a carnival ride operator who is hired as a janitor at...
Sep 13, 2017 · Storyline Thirty-five year old Royal Fleming is as unassuming a man as there could be, he who still lives with his parents in the small town of Sweetwater, Missouri. Roy works at a carnival...
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In the mid-1960s, Roy Fleming is fairground operator of a kiddie-spaceship ride in Sweetwater, Missouri. Despite being 35 years old, he still lives with his parents and suffers from extreme acrophobia (fear of heights). His father, Arbuckle "Buck" Fleming, a World War I veteran, wants better things for his son, so he sends an application to NASA. R...
Although the majority of The Reluctant Astronaut was photographed at Universal Studios, Stage 30, location shooting at Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers, along with stock footage of real spacecraft was spliced into the film. The "Kiddieland" carnival scenes at the beginning of the film were filmed at the Universal Studios Courthouse Square, Backlot...
The Reluctant Astronaut had its premiere on January 25, 1967 at Houston, Texas, just two days before the Apollo 1 tragedy that killed three astronauts at the LC-34 pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). According to Knotts' 1998 autobiography, the tragic Apollo 1 fire led to Universal Pictures being skeptical about releasing a comedy on s...
Knotts was nominated for the 1967 Golden Laurel Male Comedy Performance Award for his role in The Reluctant Astronaut. For the benefits in publicity for their programs, NASA also named Knotts, an "Honorary Recruiter". The "Reluctant Astro-Nut" ice cream was introduced by Baskin-Robbinsto promote the film.
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