The American Astronaut story
The American Astronaut is a 2001 space Western musical film directed by and starring Cory McAbee. Synopsis: An interplanetary trader sets out to transport a boy to Venus.
10 total · 1 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| interplanetary space travel | major | The protagonist Curtis was an interplanetary trader who was flying from planet to planet in the solar system. |
| biased sex-ratio society | minor | The planet Jupiter, and perhaps Ceres, was populated by only men. |
| dancing | minor | The Blueberry Pirate was a dancer who was making a living performing out of a Ceres bar. |
| female-only society | minor | The planet Venus was populated by only women. |
| human cloning | minor | Curtis received a cloning device that was in the process of cloning a woman. |
| space colonization | minor | The story is set in a fictitious past in which humanity had colonized Venus, Ceres, Jupiter, and perhaps beyond. |
| space station | minor | Curtis and his party came across a primitive space station constructed by Nevada State silver miners from the late 1800s. |
| speculative spaceship | minor | Curtis' spacecraft was capable of flying about the planets of the solar system. |
| stand-up comedy | minor | A man performed a stand up bit in a Ceres bar. |
| theft | minor | The Blueberry Pirate was a renowned interplanetary fruit thief. |