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Moon (2009)

15 97 min  -  Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi  -   17 July 2009 (Ireland)
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Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.

Director:

Duncan Jones

Writers:

Duncan Jones (story), Nathan Parker
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sam Rockwell ...
Kevin Spacey ...
GERTY (voice)
Dominique McElligott ...
Rosie Shaw Rosie Shaw ...
Adrienne Shaw Adrienne Shaw ...
Kaya Scodelario ...
Eve
Benedict Wong ...
Matt Berry Matt Berry ...
Malcolm Stewart ...
Robin Chalk Robin Chalk ...
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Storyline

Sam Bell has a three year contract to work for Lunar Industries. For the contract's entire duration, he is the sole employee based at their lunar station. His primary job responsibility is to harvest and periodically rocket back to Earth supplies of helium-3, the current clean and abundant fuel used on Earth. There is no direct communication link available between the lunar station and Earth, so his only direct real-time interaction is with GERTY, the intelligent computer whose function is to attend to his day to day needs. With such little human contact and all of it indirect, he feels that three years is far too long to be so isolated; he knows he is beginning to hallucinate as the end of his three years approaches. All he wants is to return to Earth to be with his wife Tess and their infant daughter Eve, who was born just prior to his leaving for this job. With two weeks to go, he gets into an accident at one of the mechanical harvesters and is rendered unconscious... Written by Huggo  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Earth | Contract | Accident | Computer | Harvester  | See more »

Taglines:

The last place you'd ever expect to find yourself See more »

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish (a few words)

Release Date:

(Ireland) See more »

Also Known As:

Луна 2112 See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£157,867 (UK) (19 July 2009) (57 Screens)

Gross:

$5,009,677 (USA) (15 November 2009)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Before making this film, Duncan Jones was more famous for being the son of David Bowie. Indeed, one of the producers, Trudie Styler is married to another rock singer, Sting. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: The last time we see Sam Bell in the pod (shouting "whoohooo!") the pod is clearly rumbling and shaking. This can either be vibration of the engines or by reentering the atmosphere. But the shot directly before shows the engines turning off and earth's atmosphere is still far away. In that situation there's nothing that could rumble or shake the pod. See more »

Quotes

Sam Bell: Are you OK with that?
GERTY: I'm here to keep you safe, Sam. I want to help you.
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Crazy Credits

The letters in the credits at the beginning of the movie, are sitting parallel to the surfaces that are shown and are also casting shadows/reflections on these surfaces. See more »


Soundtracks

"Walking on Sunshine"
Written by Kimberley Rew
Performed by Katrina & The Waves (as Katrina and the Waves) See more »