About 'Angry Sky'

Film Summary

In 1965, a truck driver and exotic pet dealer from New Jersey decided that he could join an elite group of men who had been to the final frontier -- space. With no formal training, no college degree, and barely enough money to support his wife and three young children, he set out to take a balloon to the edge of space and jump out. If he succeeded, he'd set a world record in a free fall back to earth for nearly 17 minutes.

At the height of the space race, Nick Piantanida would launch the first civilian space program. His young wife, Janice, would stand by him as he risked his life and their livelihood to achieve a dream that had become an obsession. A force of nature, Nick's willpower, charisma and delusions of grandeur would get him into space, make him a true American hero ... and lead him to a tragic end. This is the story of a man who fell madly in love with space -- and the woman who fell madly in love with him.