Special Report: Journey to Mars

Synopsis

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; Captain Eugene T. 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.

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Key crew

• Robert MandelDirector

Cast

• Keith CarradineCapt. Eugene T. Slader
• Judge ReinholdRyan West
• Elizabeth WilsonPresident Elizabeth Richardson
• Alfre WoodardTamara O'Neil
• Philip CasnoffNick Van Pelt
• Diane VenoraLt. Tanya Sadavoy
• Michael MurphyDean Rumplemeyer
• Christine EstabrookAmanda Whitney
• Rosalind ChaoDr. Lin Yo Yu
• Richard SchiffEric Altman
• Richard YoungAstronaut Charles Downing
• Michael ChinyamurindiCast