Asteroid City

Jun 8, 2023

1h 45m

★ 6.5

"You can't wake up if you don't fall asleep"

Overview

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Indian Paintbrush

American Empirical Pictures

Studio Babelsberg

Asteroid City Trailers

Cast

Augie Steenbeck

Jason Schwartzman

Midge Campbell

Scarlett Johansson

Stanley Zak

Tom Hanks

General Gibson

Jeffrey Wright

Dr. Hickenlooper

Tilda Swinton

The Host

Bryan Cranston

Conrad Earp

Edward Norton

Schubert Green

Adrien Brody

J.J. Kellogg

Liev Schreiber

Sandy Borden

Hope Davis

Roger Cho

Steve Park

Montana

Rupert Friend

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