A Million Miles Away

Biography Drama

Mexico, United States

English

September 15, 2023

2hr 1min

Status: released

Trailer, Teaser & Videos

A Million Miles Away Movie Details:

Based on	Reaching for the Stars by José M. Hernández
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Biographical, Drama
Release Date	September 15, 2023
Running Time	2hr 1min
Age rating	PG
Cast	Michael Peña Garret Dillahunt
Directed by	Alejandra Marquez Abella
Screenplay by	Bettina Gilois Hernán Jiménez Alejandra Marquez Abella
Produced by	Mark Ciardi Campbell McInnes
Cinematography by	Dariela Ludlow
Edited by	Hervé Schneid
Music by	Camilo Lara
Production Companies	Amazon MGM Studios Select Films
Distributor	Amazon Prime Video

A Million Miles Away Movie Cast and Characters:

Michael Peña as José M. Hernández
Garret Dillahunt as Frederick W. Sturckow
Rosa Salazar as Adela Hernández
Bobby Soto as Beto
Julio Cesar Cedillo as Salvador Hernández
Verónica Falcón as Julia
Sarayu Blue as Kalpana Chawla
Eric Johnson as Clint Logan
Jordan Dean as Weissberg
Ashley Ciarra as Marisa
Michelle Krusiec as Miss Young

Storyline:

The true story of Jose Hernandez, the first migrant farmworker to travel to space. A tale of perseverance, community, and sacrifice to accomplish an impossible dream.

About A Million Miles Away Movie:

A Million Miles Away is an American biographical drama film detailing the life of José M. Hernández, the first Mexican-American astronaut, who is played by Michael Peña.
It was directed by Alejandra Marquez Abella from a screenplay written by Bettina Gilois and re-written by Hernán Jiménez and Abella, based on Hernandez’s autobiography Reaching for the Stars.
In July 2022, Amazon Studios acquired the distribution rights to the film, which was previously in development at Netflix. Filming took place in Mexico City.
A trailer for the film was released on August 15, 2023.
The film debuted on Amazon Prime on September 15, 2023.