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Bruce Willis joins Billy Bob

Published Thursday, Sep 15 2005, 14:26 BST | By Daniel Saney
Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern and Virginia Madsen have signed up to The Astronaut Farmer, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.

They join Billy Bob Thornton who stars in the movie being directed by Michael Polish for Warner Independent Pictures.

The movie centres on a farmer (Thornton) who dreams of achieving space flight and sets about constructing a rocket in his barn, sparking interest from his neighbours, the media and an unimpressed government.

Madsen will play Thornton's wife and Dern her father. Willis will portray Thornton's former NASA colleague.
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