An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.

Bruce Cook
as Patrick Smash

Rupert Grint
as Alan A. Allen

Simon Callow
as Sir John Osgood

Stephen Fry
as Sir Anthony Silk

Celia Imrie
as Miss Rapier

Paul Giamatti
as Johnson J. Johnson

Ned Beatty
as Gen. Ed Sheppard

Bronagh Gallagher
as Mrs. Smash

Victor McGuire
as Mr. Smash

Adam Godley
as Placido P. Placeedo