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In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) -- The surviving crew members from NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.
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Overview

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Director:
David Sington
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Release Date:
2 November 2007 (UK) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
Remember when the whole world looked up
Plot:
The surviving crew members from NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Tommy Lee Wallace enrolls in Helliversity
 (From Fangoria. 30 November 2008, 10:26 PM, PST)

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Out of this world more

Cast

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Buzz Aldrin ... Himself
Neil Armstrong ... Himself (archive footage)
Stephen Armstrong ... Himself (archive footage)
Viola Armstrong ... Herself (archive footage)
Alan Bean ... Himself
Eugene Cernan ... Himself
Michael Collins ... Himself
Charles Duke ... Himself (as Charlie Duke)

John F. Kennedy ... Himself (archive footage)
Jim Lovell ... Himself (as James Lovell)
Edgar D. Mitchell ... Himself (as Edgar Mitchell)
Garry Moore ... Himself (archive footage)
Harrison Schmitt ... Himself
Dave Scott ... Himself (as David Scott)
John Young ... Himself
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language, brief violent images and incidental smoking.
Runtime:
109 min
Country:
UK | USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG | Ireland:G | Australia:G

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Miscellaneous: The footage of the lunar module ascent stage returning to the command module is left-right reversed. more
Quotes:
Alan Bean: One thing I know about Buzz, he's one of these guys that's a lot smarter than most of us. He had a nickname, Dr. Rendezvous.
Michael Collins: He loves to talk about technical stuff, particularly rendezvous. I mean, he'll get this orbit going this way, and that orbit going the other way, and he really grooved on those things.
Alan Bean: You didn't want to sit near him at a party, because he would start talking about rendezvous, and you would want to be talking about the good-looking girl across the room. He could care less. He wanted to talk about rendezvous, and he'd been talking to you about it all week long.
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Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-09-08)" (2007) more

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33 out of 45 people found the following comment useful:-
Out of this world, 29 August 2007
Author: John DeSando (jdesando@columbus.rr.com) from Columbus, Ohio

From 1969 to 1972, America put 12 men on the moon in nine missions. Eight of the surviving crew members (notably absent is the reclusive Neil Armstrong) talk about their adventures in the documentary In the Shadow of the Moon with less of the engineering and more of the philosophy, a bit different from the dramatic renditions of The Right Stuff, Apollo 13, and HBO'S From Earth to the Moon.

The excellence of this version is the articulate, close up, talking heads of the astronauts, who are more handsome in their late 70's than they were in their late 20's, a testimony to space athletes who keep themselves fit forever. Besides their reflective narrations (for instance, Mike Collins is full of insights and glamorous details, Jim Lovell could do color commentary for any network), the photography, some of it never seen from NASA archives, is memorable. The earth as blue bubble is beautiful.

The documentary strays somewhat from the reality base by peppering the denouement with sappy, semi-religious contemplations from the narrators about "God's work" and the "fragility" motif. But all in all, this Ron Howard production is a first-rate retrospective about an era for which Americans should be proud—the contrast between the visionary Kennedy and the current blind Bush is painful. Maybe we should send him to the moon?

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