Spaceman

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Greg and Tom discuss the Canadian Documentary "Spaceman" in the so called Real Universe on CBC DOCS POV and during the second half of the show they talk about the Alternate Earth feature film SPACEMAN. A film that was made based on the Canadian documentary with some additional discussion of Carl Sagan and Extraterrestrials.
On November 29th, 1980, Granger Taylor left a note for his family telling them he was about to embark on a 42-month odyssey 'aboard an alien spaceship'. He vanished that day, never to be seen again. Almost 40 years later, his family, friends, and theorists the world over, are still searching for answers.
This Canadian documentary about Granger Taylor who was a master mechanic who built a spaceship. One rainy day in November, he left a note for his family and then mysteriously vanished off the face of the earth. Spaceman explores what happened to Taylor and why.
In late 2005 a Feature film based on the Granger Taylor story was released with a stellar cast:

• John C. Reilly as Granger Taylor,
• Steve Buscemi for his best friend,
• Alice Drummond as his the sister
• Nick Offerman as the investigator
• Keith Carradine as the Owner of Bobs grill
• Ed Harris as flat top (journalist)
• Dr Ruth as an old woman
• Robert Duvall as Douglas Taylor
• Vince Vaughn as Joesph Taylor - his half brother
• Christian Bale and — Bradley Whitfird in cameo roles
• June Squibb — old Woman
• Don Flanagan and David Straithearn as local dynamite salesman

The film opened to mixed reviews but went on to be strong player on Pluto TV helping to make that fledgling network strong amongst the Canadian North country UFO enthusiasts .
Tom and Greg also have some additional discussions related to Space the Pioneer Spacecraft and Carl Sagan as well as various other Sci-Fi related talk.
See more info on our official Podcast website alternateearthcinema.space

Watch the documentary Spaceman on Prime Video
Spoiler alert: Watch an update to the Granger Taylor story in this official CBC: trailer
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