The Wild Blue Yonder

Sep 5, 2005

1h 21m

★ 6.1

Overview

An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.

Genres

Science Fiction

Comedy

Documentary

Production Companies

Tetra Media

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

The Wild Blue Yonder Trailers

Cast

Alien

Brad Dourif

Astronaut Commander

Donald Williams

Astronaut physician

Ellen Baker

Astronaut Plasma Physicist

Franklin Chang-Diaz

Astronaut biochemist

Shannon Lucid

Astronaut pilot

Michael McCulley

Mathematician

Roger Diehl

Mathematician

Martin Lo

Mathematician

Ted Sweetser

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