Race to space [videorecording] / a Brookwell McNamara Entertainment production in association with Century Entertainment & Telepool, a Sean McNamara film ; producers, David Brookwell, Sean McNamara, Glenn Greene ; writers, Eric Gardner, Steven H. Wilson ; director, Sean McNamara.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. James Woods, Annabeth Gish, Alex D. Linz, William Devane, Barry Corbin, William Atherton, Mark Moses, Patrick Richwood, Wesley Mann. Bonus material: parents guide (four family discussion questions).
Summary:
Based on the true story of the first chimpanzee in space. When young Billy, whose dad works for NASA, is asked by Dr. McGuiness to help train the chimps for the NASA space mission, he develops a close bond with Mac, one of the chimps. Billy soon realizes that something is going wrong on the mission and works in the hope of bringing Mac safely home.
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