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The Astronaut's Wife is a 1999 science fiction/thriller film directed and written by Rand Ravich. It stars Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron and Victoria Abril amongst others. The original music score is composed by George S. Clinton. The film's taglines are Imagine the face of terror is the one you love. and Witness the birth of pure evil.

It was nominated for best film at the Catalonian International Film Festival in Sitges in 1999.

Plot summary

Spencer Armacost (Depp) is a NASA astronaut who is on a routine mission in space when something goes horribly wrong and it looks as if he is doomed. He loses contact with Earth for two minutes along with his colleage Alex Streck (Cassavetes). They return home to their respective spouses, but Spencer's wife Jillian (Theron) sees a change in Spencer and becomes suspicious. She begins to question what happened in the time they lost contact. Jillian has suffered depression in the past and would like to start a family, so she is initially thrilled with Spencer's return to Earth. She also becomes pregnant but feels something out of this world is living inside of her. As her pregnancy advances, Jillian's anxienties increases, but has something really happened to Spencer, or have Jillian's old demons merely resurfaced?

Cast

Johnny Depp
- Commander Spencer Armacost
Charlize Theron
- Jillian Armacost
Joe Morton
- Sherman Reese, NASA Representative
Clea DuVall
- Nan
Donna Murphy
- Natalie Streck
Nick Cassavetes
- Capt. Alex Streck
Samantha Eggar
- Dr. Patraba
Gary Grubbs - NASA Director
Blair Brown
- Shelly McLaren
Tom Noonan
- Jackson McLaren
Tom O'Brien - Allen Dodge
Lucy Lin - Shelly Carter
Michael Crider - Pat Elliott

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