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
Leslie Phillips
as Judge
Robert Hardy
as Doctor