What Goes Up Boston and Chicago. The movie grossed $5,290 in its opening weekend. Upon arriving in Concord, New Hampshire in January 1986 to cover the hometown hooplah for the looming Space Shuttle "Challenger" launch where Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe is among the mission's crew, reporter Campbell Babbitt (Steve Coogan) decides to call an old college friend, only to discover an apparent suicide. Babbitt, who has his own ethical baggage, gravitates toward his friend's high-school students in hopes of finding an unsung hero story about a teacher who made a permanent impact on the social misfits of the school. Instead, he discovers a
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages Canby, an "acutely observed reflection" by Scott Tobias, and "compelling" by London's "Time Out". A few reviews, however, were more negative. For example, "Chicago Reader" critic Dave Kehr wrote that "the film is very, very dull" and disliked what he saw as the overly serious demeanor of the characters. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages The Second Awakening of Christa Klages () is a 1978 West German drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta, her debut solo film. Worried about the prospects of her children's day care center and running out of money, Christa Klages, a young mother, robs a