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Escape Velocity is a canadien film of genre Science fiction released in USA on 28 november 1999 with Wendy Crewson
Escape Velocity (1999)
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Add to a movie listEscape Velocity is a 1998 Canadian thriller film, directed by Lloyd A. Simandl.
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Un astronaute psychotique est envoyé dans un laboratoire perdu au milieu de l'espace, où se trouve déjà un scientifique, sa femme et sa fille. Comment va se passer la cohabitation entre ces quatre personnes très différentes ?Actors
Wendy Crewson
(Billie)
Patrick Bergin
(Cal)
Peter Outerbridge
(Lee Nash)
David Nykl
(Russel)
Michelle Beaudoin
(Ronnie / Veronica)
Robert Russell
(Mesa Verde, un surveillant)
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