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Ad Astra
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- Director
- James Gray
- Release Date
- September 17, 2019
- Studio(s)
- 20th Century
- Distributor(s)
- 20th Century , Disney
- Cast
- Anne McDaniels , Liv Tyler , Ruth Negga , John Ortiz , Loren Dean , Kimberly Elise , John Finn , Brad Pitt , Tommy Lee Jones , Jamie Kennedy , Donald Sutherland , Greg Bryk
- Writers
- James Gray , Ethan Gross
- Runtime
- 124 minutes
- Budget
- $87.5 million
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