In the shadow of the moon (film)

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Movie
German title In the shadow of the moon
Original title In the Shadow of the Moon
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director David Sington , Christopher Riley
music Philip Sheppard
camera Clive North
cut David Fairhead
occupation

In the Shadow of the Moon is a British documentary about the US space program of the 1960s and 1970s .

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The film mixes previously unpublished footage from NASA with historical television reports by Walter Cronkite and other film recordings about what happened at the time. In recent interviews, ten astronauts describe the path in life that led them to NASA, their experiences during space flight and how the moon mission influenced their lives. The astronauts were:

  • Apollo 11 :
    • Buzz Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot
    • Michael Collins, Apollo spacecraft pilot
  • Apollo 12 :
    • Alan Bean, Lunar Module pilot
  • Apollo 13 :
    • Jim Lovell, Commander ( Apollo 8 pilot of the Apollo spacecraft)
  • Apollo 14 :
    • Edgar Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot
  • Apollo 15 :
    • David Scott, Commander, ( Apollo 9 pilot of the Apollo spacecraft)
  • Apollo 16 :
    • John Young, commander ( Apollo 10 pilot of the Apollo spacecraft)
    • Charles Duke, lunar module pilot (at Apollo 11 CapCom )
  • Apollo 17 :
    • Eugene Cernan, Commander (Apollo 10 lunar module pilot)
    • Harrison Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot

Awards

At the 2007 Sundance Film Festival , the film won the audience award for best foreign documentary.

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