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What Goes Up

What Goes Up2009

★5.1104 minDrama

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.

Director

Jonathan Glatzer

Writer

Jonathan Glatzer Robert C. Lawson

Score

Stars

Steve Coogan Hilary Duff Olivia Thirlby

Cast33

Steve Coogan
as Campbell Babbitt
Hilary Duff
as Lucy Diamond
Olivia Thirlby
as Tess Sullivan
Josh Peck
as Jim Lement
Molly Shannon
as Penelope Little
Brett Kelly
as Blastoff! Chorus
Molly Price
as Donna Arbetter
Max Hoffman
as Fenster Itski
Sarah Lind
as Peggy Popoladopolous
Laura Carswell
as Lute Lement
Ingrid Nilson
as Ann
Andrea Brooks
as Sue
A
Andrew Wheeler
as Principal Person
Gabrielle Rose
as Mrs. Bridigan
Colleen Rennison
as Sylvia
Aubrey Mozino
as Blyth
Alexia Fast
as Hannah (uncredited)
Kendra Waldman
as Dusty Drake
Aaron Brooks
as Ezra
Barry Greene
as Sam Calalluci
L
Levi Sochet
as Sam Calalluci (voice)
Katie Messina
as Gina
A
Alana Husband
as Angela
B
Barbara Greenbaum
as Librarian
Brenna O'Brien
as Diminutive Girl
A
Aiden Lane Robson
as Gustave Person
David Allan Pearson
as Grease Monkey
Jilena Cori
as Mrs. Person
Patricia Drake
as Mrs. Itski
A
Ashley Whillans
as Blastoff! Chorus
Calum Worthy
as Blastoff! Chorus
Advah Soudack
as Blastoff! Chorus
R
Robin Eder-Warren
as Blastoff! Chorus

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