Apollo 11 (2019)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Apollo 11 |
| Original title | Apollo 11 |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK unrestricted |
| Rod | |
| Director | Todd Douglas Miller |
| production |
Evan Kraus , Todd Douglas Miller, Thomas Petersen |
| music | Matt Morton |
| camera | Adam Holender |
| cut | Todd Douglas Miller |
| occupation | |
Apollo 11 is an American cinema documentary from director Todd Douglas Miller on the first manned moon landing by the space mission Apollo 11 in 1969th
action
The documentary was made on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing: The film essentially describes the course of the Apollo 11 mission of the Apollo program in July 1969, from the preparations for the start of the moon landing to the safe landing on earth.
Transport of the Saturn V launcher to the launch pad
Astronaut Aldrin on the moon
President Richard Nixon visits the astronauts during quarantine
production
The film was made using only original film material and historical sound recordings. The director uses digitally processed 70 mm film material from NASA and historical sound recordings, without any explanatory commentary. In Germany, the film opened in cinemas with German subtitles on July 7, 2019. Sales and rental for cinemas in Germany and Austria are carried out by Schülke Cinema Consult GmbH (for Piece of Magic Entertainment).
reception
The film received extremely positive reviews. The Rotten Tomatoes review collection lists 175 reviews, 99 percent of which are positive. The average rating is 9 out of 10 points. Some critics particularly noticed the surprising effect of the restored film material: "The new documentary 'Apollo 11' shows the first moon landing in 1969 with 50-year-old material. And the strange thing is: what you see there is still moving today."
Gunda Bartels writes on tagesspiegel.de: "The documentary 'Apollo 11' makes the euphoria palpable". Some reviewers analyze that the effect is due to the editing and sound technology: Carsten Baumgardt praises the film Apollo 11 on filmstarts.de as a “breathtaking documentary masterpiece”, pays tribute to the unconventional style - “The fascinating thing about the style of this documentary is the live Reportage character. "- and emphasizes the sound design as" absolutely worth an Oscar in itself ". Patrick Seyboth also goes into the skillful use of editing and sound to build tension for epd Film: “And although everyone knows that this adventure will have a happy ending, the film develops lasting tension. This is ensured by the clever montage, the consistent renouncement of today's commentary and the restrained music, for which composer Matt Morton used old Moog synthesizers . "
Awards
- Editing Award winner in the Documentary category for Todd Douglas Miller
- Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize in the Documentary category for Todd Douglas Miller
STARMUS Festival 2019
- Winner of the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication in the Movie category for Apollo 11
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Approval certificate for Apollo 11 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Age rating for Apollo 11 . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Apollo 11 (2019). In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved February 14, 2020 .
- ^ The one up there , film review by Dirk Peitz on zeit.de , accessed on July 21, 2019
- ↑ From Stanley Kubrick to Alexander Gerst: Why we astronauts are so enthusiastic , Gunda Bartels on tagesspiegel.de , accessed on July 21, 2019
- ↑ Review: Apollo 11 (2019) , Carsten Baumgardt on filmstarts.de , accessed on July 21, 2019
- ↑ Critique of Apollo 11 , Patrick Seyboth on epd-film.de , accessed on July 21, 2019
- ↑ Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication , on starmus.com , accessed July 21, 2019