Challenger
Dir: Glenn Jordan
1990
***
A made for TV movie with a budget to match. I have always respected Glenn Jordan's Chalenger though for not covering the disaster itself and descending into a bad taste sensationalist film that are all too frequent these days. Unfortunately, I felt the character development wasn't that great, it also missed out on lots of interesting details, such as how Dr. Ronald McNair was a saxophonist, and before the mission he had worked with Jean Michel Jarre on a piece of music and that it was intended that he would record his saxophone solo on board the Challenger, making it the first piece of music played in space. Due for a remake I feel but still, a very worthy TV film.