Cory McAbee, the film’s writer, director, and star, who is also the front man for the rock and roll band, The Billy Nayer Show, began writing the script and composing songs for the film about a decade before.
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Space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, thieves, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis (Cory McAbee), an astronaut from Earth who deals in rare goods, living or otherwise.
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The American Astronaut was workshopped in 1998 at the Sundance Writers’ Lab while still in screenplay form.
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The band Billy Nayer Show, helmed by McAbee, wrote and performed the film's soundtrack.
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