"An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut."
Simon Callow
as Sir John Osgood
Stephen Fry
as Sir Anthony Silk
Celia Imrie
as Miss Rapier
Paul Giamatti
as Johnson J. Johnson
Ned Beatty
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
Bruce Cook
as Patrick Smash
Rupert Grint
as Alan A. Allen
Bronagh Gallagher
as Mrs. Smash
Victor McGuire
as Mr. Smash
Adam Godley
as Placido P. Placeedo
Leslie Phillips
as Judge
Robert Hardy
as Doctor
Anna Popplewell
as Denise Smash
Josh Herdman
as Damon
John Higgins
as Paediatrician
Samuel Morgan-Davies
as Patrick, Age 3 (as Sam Davies)
Daniel Williams
as Patrick, Age 5
Scarlet Billham
as Denise, Age 7
as Damon (as Joshua Herdman)
Mark Heenehan
as Todd Banner
Devon Anderson
as Dan
Jock Norton
as Jake
Chris Stanton
as Smooth Teacher
Keira Knightley
as Music School Student
Del Synnott
as Music Student
Vicki Pepperdine
as Reporter
Adrian McLoughlin
as Bob Rodgers
Ernesto Tomasini
as Italian Concierge
Geoffrey McGivern
as Metallurgist
Dick Ward
as Prison Guard
Stephen Boswell
as Prison Priest
John Arthur
as Prison Governor
Glenn Wrage
as Pilot
Paul Rogan
as USSC Scientist
Gillian Maguire
as Emmanuele
Alvin Chitroda
as Taj
Pablo Duarte
as Jose
Colin Stinton
as Foster
John Hodgkinson
as Launch Controller 1
Nigel Betts
as Launch Controller 2
Rory MacGregor
as Launch Controller 3
Peter Hewitt
Screenplay
Director
Phil Hughes
Michael Parker
Editor
Guy Fletcher
Original Music Composer
Andy Collins
Director of Photography
Keith Sewell
Steadicam Operator
Mark Milsome
Focus Puller
Tobias Eedy
Clapper Loader
Rupert Gregson-Williams