Moon (2009)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Duncan Jones

Writers:

Duncan Jones (original story)
Nathan Parker (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 July 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The last place you'd ever expect to find yourself

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Astronaut | Computer | Moon | Space Travel | Male Rear Nudity

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Cast

Matt Berry	...	Overmeyers
Robin Chalk	...	Sam
Dominique McElligott	...	Tess Bell
Sam Rockwell	...	Sam Bell
Kaya Scodelario	...	Eve Bell
Kevin Spacey	...	Robot (voice)
Malcolm Stewart	...	The Technician
Benedict Wong	...	Thompson

Directed by
Duncan Jones

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Duncan Jones		original story
Nathan Parker		screenplay

Produced by
Stuart Fenegan	....	producer
Mark Foligno	....	co-producer
Alex Francis	....	co-producer
Justin Lanchbury	....	associate producer
Steve Milne	....	co-producer
Nicky Moss	....	co-producer
Trudie Styler	....	producer
Julia Valentine	....	line producer

Original Music by
Clint Mansell

Cinematography by
Gary Shaw

Film Editing by
Nicolas Gaster

Casting by
Manuel Puro
Jeremy Zimmerman

Production Design by
Tony Noble

Art Direction by
Hideki Arichi
Josh Fifarek

Costume Design by
Jane Petrie

Makeup Department
Louise Coles	....	makeup daily
Karen Dawson	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Imogen Bell	....	production manager
Dan Bentham	....	post-production supervisor
Jeremy Burnage	....	production manager: model unit
Katie Shahrokh	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director
Henry Forsyth	....	additional third assistant director
Ella Harris	....	floor assistant director
Alex Kaye-Besley	....	third assistant director
Mick Ward	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Simon Bailey	....	property master
Sophie Bridgman	....	set dresser
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Bill Pearson	....	supervising propmaker
Andrew Proctor	....	assistant art director
Peter Ryan	....	assistant art director
Maia Sautelet	....	draughstperson
Kevin Scarrott	....	stand-by props
Julian Walker	....	graphic designer
Howard Weaver	....	scenic artist
Catherine Whiting	....	model maker

Sound Department
Simon Epstein	....	foley mixer
Anthony Ferretti	....	boom operator
Scott Jones	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stefano Marchetti	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Patrick Owen	....	production sound mixer
Simon Epstein	....	foley editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Sam Bassett	....	compositor: Cinesite
Sam Bassett	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Kevin Campbell	....	visual effects
Chas Cash	....	CG sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Lee Chidwick	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Paul Edwards	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Chris Elson	....	compositor: Cinesite
Guy Elson	....	compositor: Cinesite
David Emeny	....	compositor
Roger Gibbon	....	senior digital matte painter: Cinesite
Joey Harris	....	lead matchmover: Cinesite
Dan Harrod	....	lead compositor: Cinesite
Barrett Heathcote	....	visual effects editor
Sandro Henriques	....	compositor: Cinesite
Afif Heukeshoven	....	on-set survey lead
Ben Hicks	....	compositor: Cinesite
Antony Hunt	....	visual effects executive producer: Cinesite
Ryan Hutchings	....	compositor
Sevendalino Khay	....	matte painting supervisor
Amy Lloyd	....	lead matchmove artist
Simon Maddocks	....	CG sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Rick McMahon	....	digital artist
Dylan Owen	....	compositor: Cinesite
Nawaz Parker	....	data operations: cinesite
Ian Plumb	....	compositor: Cinesite
Gavin Rothery	....	visual effects supervisor: ThinkTank Studios
Lewis Saunders	....	compositor
Abigail Scollay	....	digital compositor
Shaun Scott	....	lead texture artist: Cinesite
David Sewell	....	lead compositor: Cinesite
John Slattery	....	compositor: Cinesite
Alex Smith	....	lead compositor: cineiste
Simon Stanley-Clamp	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Adrian Steel	....	lead render wrangler: Cinesite
Marc Stevenson	....	animator
Peter Talbot	....	director of photography
Shanaullah Umerji	....	visual effects producer
Courtney Vanderslice	....	visual effects executive producer: Cinesite
Karen Wand	....	compositor: Cinesite
Ollie Weigall	....	roto artist: Cinesite
Tom Whittington	....	paint & roto artist
Royston Willcocks	....	senior model and texture artist: Cinesite
Angie Wills	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Aviv Yaron	....	vfx digital stills photographer: Cinesite
Keith Barton	....	production support: Cinesite (uncredited)
Paul Maurice	....	Lidar supervisor: Lidar Services (uncredited)

Stunts
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Pete Carrier	....	electrician
Ewan Cassidy	....	gaffer
Mark Dempsey	....	second assistant camera
Peter Hodgson	....	video coordinator
Mihalis Margaritis	....	focus puller: dailies
David Penfold	....	first assistant camera
Paul Starkey	....	best boy
Mark Tillie	....	still photographer
Jimmy Ward	....	second assistant camera
Susanne Willett	....	electrician
Alex Kruszelnicki	....	camera trainee (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lucy Donowho	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Justin Eely	....	on-line editor
Matt James	....	digital film supervisor
Andy Richards	....	DI conform editor
Richard Smither	....	first assistant editor
Gemma Townsend	....	digital intermediate technician

Music Department
Katia Lewin Palomo	....	score mixing assistant

Transportation Department
Jeff Hudson	....	driver: Sam Rockwell

Other crew
Jo Beckett	....	script supervisor
Livia Burton	....	production coordinator
Gary Condes	....	meisner consultant
Robin Green	....	production accountant
Emily Manthorpe	....	production assistant
Becky Page	....	assistant: producer

Production Companies

• Liberty Films UK
• Lunar Industries
• Xingu Films

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Belgium) (all media)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Luxembourg) (all media)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Daisy Entertainment (2009) (South Korea) (all media)
• Mars Production (2009) (Turkey) (all media)
• Monolith (2009) (Poland) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Iceland) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Norway) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (all media)
• Seven Films (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Argentina) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Bolivia) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Chile) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (China) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Japan) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Malaysia) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Mexico) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Paraguay) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Peru) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Philippines) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Singapore) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Spain) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Uruguay) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2009) (Vietnam) (all media)
• Swift Distribution (2009) (France) (all media)
• Telepool (2009) (Austria) (all media)
• Telepool (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• Telepool (2009) (Switzerland) (all media) (German-speaking Switzerland)

Special Effects

• Cinesite
• Visual Effects Company, The (motion control)

Other Companies

• Molinare Studio  post-production
• Arion Facilities  telecine dailies transfers
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• PS-PostScript  post-production script by
• Panalux  film lighting
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Rapid Talent  extras casting
• Shepperton Studios  movie studio

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

97 min | USA:97 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R | Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Liberty Films UK

Trivia:

Shot during a writer's strike, which had caused most other productions at Shepperton studios to shut down. Director Duncan Jones says he got a number of top-class effects people on the crew because of the lull.

Fantastic...

In short, this is one of the best sci-fi movies I have seen in a LONG time. Sam Rockwell plays it perfect, making the viewer feel his isolation and lonelieness. For a low budget film, the few effect shots work seamlessly. I'm trying to remain spoiler free, so I won't bother to explain the plot. If you like older and more story/character driven sci-fi, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, than chances are you will love this movie. If you aren't a huge fan of sci-fi, take a chance with this one. You may find it a very rewarding experience. I loved this movie, and I can't stop thinking about it. In Moon, you may begin to think that everything is a big cliché, but than with all of the seemingly cliché plot points, Moon changes them into something entirely original and unexpected. It is an excellent piece of art and I have a strong feeling not enough people will see and appreciate it like I did.