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What Goes Up

"A Different Class of Misfits"

2009

1h 44m

5.1(36 votes)

Drama

Overview

Set in the mid-80s, when a reporter is sent to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch only to become mixed up in the lives of some local students.

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10 featured cast members

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Steve Coogan

Campbell Babbitt

Hilary Duff

Lucy Diamond

Olivia Thirlby

Tess Sullivan

Josh Peck

Jim Lement

Molly Shannon

Penelope Little

Brett Kelly

Blastoff! Chorus

Molly Price

Donna Arbetter

Max Hoffman

Fenster Itski

Sarah Lind

Peggy Popoladopolous

Laura Carswell

Lute Lement

Creative team

Directed by: Jonathan Glatzer
Written by: Jonathan Glatzer
Robert C. Lawson
Produced by: Jonathan Glatzer

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