
83 minutes
5/24/2002
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.

Simon Callow
as Sir John Osgood

Stephen Fry
as Sir Anthony Silk

Celia Imrie
as Miss Rapier

Paul Giamatti
as Johnson J. Johnson

Ned Beatty
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
Bruce Cook
as Patrick Smash

Rupert Grint
as Alan A. Allen

Bronagh Gallagher
as Mrs. Smash

Victor McGuire
as Mr. Smash

Adam Godley
as Placido P. Placeedo

Leslie Phillips
as Judge

Robert Hardy
as Doctor

Anna Popplewell
as Denise Smash

Josh Herdman
as Damon
John Higgins
as Paediatrician

Samuel Morgan-Davies
as Patrick, Age 3 (as Sam Davies)

Daniel Williams
as Patrick, Age 5
Scarlet Billham
as Denise, Age 7

Josh Herdman
as Damon (as Joshua Herdman)

Mark Heenehan
as Todd Banner

Devon Anderson
as Dan
Jock Norton
as Jake
Chris Stanton
as Smooth Teacher

Keira Knightley
as Music School Student

Del Synnott
as Music Student

Vicki Pepperdine
as Reporter

Adrian McLoughlin
as Bob Rodgers

Ernesto Tomasini
as Italian Concierge

Geoffrey McGivern
as Metallurgist
Dick Ward
as Prison Guard
Stephen Boswell
as Prison Priest

John Arthur
as Prison Governor

Glenn Wrage
as Pilot

Paul Rogan
as USSC Scientist
Gillian Maguire
as Emmanuele
Alvin Chitroda
as Taj

Pablo Duarte
as Jose

Colin Stinton
as Foster

John Hodgkinson
as Launch Controller 1

Nigel Betts
as Launch Controller 2

Rory MacGregor
as Launch Controller 3