2024 | United States | Short

Space World: The Michigan Amusement Park That Never Was

  • English - 10 mins
  • Director | Lori Chapman
  • Writer | Lori Chapman
  • Producer | Gillian Van Stratt, Neil Blake, Santino Mattioli

STATUS: Completed

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In the late 1970s, a Detroit-area aeronautical engineer and sci-fi fanatic who worked with NASA dreamed up a theme park called "Space World." Dr. Philip R. Austin, who many described as Michigan's own Walt Disney, went bankrupt trying to make his dream a reality in Southeast Michigan.

Biographical drama sci-fi theme park
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