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In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

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User Rating: 8.2/10 (1,766 votes)
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Overview

Director:
David Sington
Release Date:
2 November 2007 (UK) more view trailer
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 synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
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Awards:
3 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
The human side of the Moon more

Cast

 (Credited cast)

Buzz Aldrin ... Himself
Neil Armstrong ... Himself (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
Edgar D. Mitchell ... Himself
Harrison Schmitt ... Himself
Dave Scott ... Himself
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 | Australia:G | Ireland:G
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: Gene Cernan talks about the Apollo 1 crew (Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee) being buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Only Grissom and Chaffee are buried there. White is buried at West Point. more
Quotes:
Neil Armstrong: Roger, Eagle's undocked.
Charlie Duke: [as Apollo 11 CapCom] Roger, how does it look?
Neil Armstrong: The Eagle has wings!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-09-08)" (2007) more

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38 out of 38 people found the following comment useful:-
The human side of the Moon, 20 July 2007
10/10
Author: Kevin W. Parker from Greenbelt, MD

There have been many documentaries about the technical issues of getting to the Moon, but this one focuses more on how the astronauts felt about it all. At turns funny (Buzz Aldrin admits he relieved himself right before stepping on the Moon because it was about the only spare time he was going to have for the next two hours), inspiring (Jim Lovell talking about reading from Genesis while orbiting the Moon), and poignant (several of the astronauts talk about the Apollo 1 fire), it's a riveting piece of film-making.

The footage itself switches between the "talking heads" of the astronauts and imagery depicting what they're talking about, loosely following the chronology of the space age, from Kennedy's declaration of the ambition to go to the Moon to the later Apollo missions with the lunar rover. There aren't any revelations in the mission footage, but then all that's been combed over many times. However, it's well put together and everything is tied in.

I got to see this film at a special showing at the Goddard Space Flight Center. When the film was over, the auditorium full of space geeks gave the director a standing ovation. I think it was well-deserved. While he humbly noted "It's you rocket scientists who really did this - I just put a film together," perhaps - as he also noted - this film will help inspire another generation as we take the next great leap into space, this time to Mars.

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FIRST THE MOON, NOW 'MARS', WHAT NEXT...... PLANET GULLIBLE??????????? purerollers
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