Of the 4 books in the twilight series, new moon was the weakest. Sam rockwell serves up a hypnotic performance with an assist from kevin spaceys voice in this acclaimed scifi. All 14 songs from the moon 2009 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Alone with only the bases vigilant computer gerty as his sole companion, bells extended isolation has taken its toll. Duncan jones isnt sure he can finance next moon film, so hes writing a. Movie plot ending explained moon is a 2009 sciencefiction film directed by duncan jones, who has directed films like source code and warcraft. Hungry for the type of science fiction films he grew up on flicks from. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Aug 14, 2009 one of the things about duncan joness science fiction film moon that most delighted critics and audiences alike was the use of good, oldfashioned, miniature model work. How we made moon by sam rockwell and duncan jones film. Astronaut sam bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a.
What living and working on the moon for three years could do to ones physical state. Moon is duncan jones 2009 multiple award winning feature film debut starring sam rockwell. What living and working alone could and can do to ones mental state. Its hard to imagine a better one than sam rockwell or a more effective, entertaining, and satisfying cinematic experience. Jul 16, 2009 it is directed by firsttime film maker duncan jones, once known as zowie bowie, the son of pop legend david. Our list of movies in theaters in 2009 is even more accurate than the imdb database. Duncan jones taking inspiration from scifi giants such as 2001.
This sad and touchy moment that made me cry took from moon. Moon 2009 soundtrack complete list of songs whatsong. Desperate to return to his family on earth and riddled with loneliness sam is involved in an accident, and it is at this point that events start to become strange. This film can only be admired by those who truly calls themselves as movie aficionado. Moonwalk one 196919712009 this documentary was first completed in 1969, but failed to gain traction and, when it was officially shown at the cannes film festival in 1971, it got a less than. One of the things about duncan joness science fiction film moon that most delighted critics and audiences alike was the use of good, oldfashioned. Jun 12, 2009 moon, duncan joness modest, haunting first feature, offers something of an antidote, presenting a vision of life beyond earth that emphasizes claustrophobia and loneliness. It is sams job to mine a valuable lunar element called helium3, which he seals in capsules and ships back to earth. Second off after watching this frankly mortifying film adaptation of andrew lloyd webbers cats, im not altogether sure i am a movie person anymore either. Jan, 2016 moon, directed by duncan jones son of david bowie, is a 2009 science fiction movie with a very small cast, in fact it almost entirely features one character with the only other human characters appearing on video of which there are roughly four. Wild about movies provides you the most uptodate 2009 movies information online. At the root of this film is a pretty moving and often amusing story of one man struggling with a major, major identity crisis, trapped in an glaringlywhite space station 86 gazillion miles from earth, alone, lonely, lost, and increasingly alarmed.
Moon is duncan jones homage to classic scifi wired. Activities to support engagement, debate and reflection alongside a screening from the no borders, no boundaries strand of the festival. When we first meet him, bells threeyear stint is almost complete, but hes tired and unhinged symptoms, no doubt, of solitude and having to. Yeah, that ones been done for a while, jones said when asked. Moon is a classic, down and dirty literally science fiction film with a baffling mystery that challenges the viewer to live in the shoes of the protagonist. Moon is about a lunar miner named sam bell who is the sole worker on a lunar base. Like you, i thought rockwells performance was one of the great acting displays of the year, and its a real shame this often underrated actor didnt receive more recognition for it. They also partially released newly enhanced footage obtained during the search. Moon is a 2009 science fiction film directed by duncan jones in his directorial debut and. Moon, duncan joness modest, haunting first feature, offers something of an antidote, presenting a vision of life beyond earth that emphasizes claustrophobia and loneliness. A space odyssey, the original solaris and perhaps even outland if you squint hard enough comes moon, a cerebral potion of killer science fiction that deftly.
Yes, that may sound simplistic, perhaps even dull, but moon is a character film, and a very interesting one at that. And sam rockwell just kicks this movies ass, people. A space odyssey in intimate detail, duncan joness moon was the logical choice for my second foray into scifi typography. We provide the complete list of 2009 movie releases by week of release. Dec 19, 2012 informace o filmu na scifi thriller, velka britanie, 2009, 97 min. Astronaut sam bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three year contract with lunar industries to mine earths primary source of energy, helium3. I really dont think there is anyone else that i could have done this with. Usa 23 january 2009 sundance film festival usa 14 march 2009 south by southwest film festival. Moon is set in a futureworld that has solved its energy crisis by mining fuel from. Click on any of the 2009 movie posters images for complete information about all 2009 movies in theaters, including trailers. Through graphic design and visual effects work, this led into advertising and then film.
While mining he experiences a visual hallucination of a young teenaged girl, which startles him and. Occasionally, and that is one of the moments, we start to touch into soft science fiction, which is more fantastical. Astronaut sam bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his threeyear stint on the moon, where he, working alongside his computer, gerty, sends back to earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planets power problems. At the 2009 sundance film festival we spoke with director duncan jones and actor sam rockwell about their new film moon. Rabbits moon is an avantgarde short film by american filmmaker kenneth anger. Moon is a 2009 sciencefiction film directed by duncan jones, who has. Moon is both a gripping scidrama and a film driven by real, complex ideas, and its a remarkable achievement from a firsttime director. I was responsible for the cocreation and design of the 2009 movie moon with director duncan jones. Start an into film club or log in to rate this film synopsis astronaut sam bell is the only human needed to run a mining operation on the moon, and as the communication link with earth is rather poor, his entire source of conversation is a robot known as gerty. The director and start talked about their reverence for classic scifi. In the beginning of moon 2009, sam had a hallucination of a teenage girl in a yellow dress. Is moon evoking 2001, or does its mining outpost on the far side of the moon simply happen to date back to the 2001 era which was of. Neil armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface on july 21, 1969, at 02. Most coal, oil and natural gas reserves are nearly gone.
The symptoms are reminiscent of radiation sickness. A space odyssey, the original solaris and perhaps even outland if you squint hard enough comes moon, a cerebral potion of killer science fiction that deftly toys with futuristic worry to construct a terrifically understated nightmare. Sam rockwell, kaya scodelario, matt berry, benedict wong, malcolm stewart, dominique mcelligott, robin chalk, kevin spacey 2009, 97 minutes, directed by. Since he was a clone, did he inherently start off with a shortened lifespan due to the cloning process. The film begins with a commercial from lunar industries. Astronaut sam bells sam rockwell threeyear shift at a lunar mine is finally coming to an end, and hes looking forward to his reunion with his wife dominique mcelligott and young daughter.
Basically, moon is intended to be a hard science fiction film, which means we try to build and extrapolate on present day science. New moon 212 movie clip happy birthday 2009 hd by movieclips. Its also one of my favorite scifi films of all time. Lowry digital completed the full moonwalk restoration project in late 2009. Once the 3year period is completed, the clones are told that they will be sent into. As he nears the end of a lonely threeyear stint on the moon base sarang, astronaut sam bell begins to hear and see strange things. Planet earth is blue and far away in duncan joness film. All is going well, that is until he bumps into another guy on his space station who looks just like him. As its opening shot illustrates, moon is a bleak, lonely, and above all beautiful loveletter to classic scifi typography and design.
Astronaut sam bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a threeyear contract with lunar industries to mine. I wanted sam rockwell to play the villain in mute, a film i later made for netflix. To broadcast the sstv transmission on standard television, nasa ground. It is directed by firsttime filmmaker duncan jones, once known as zowie bowie, the son of pop legend david. In the film moon 2009, we see sam bell becoming ill towards the end. As he nears the end of a lonely threeyear stint on the. In the late 21st century, earth has had an energy crisis. Only limited radio bandwidth was available to transmit the video signal from the lunar landings, which needed to be multiplexed with other communication and telemetry channels.
Moon was one of the best science fiction movie which came out in 2009. Moon is a 2009 science fiction film directed by duncan jones in his directorial debut and written by nathan parker from a story by jones. The most inexplicably bizarre film of the year, its jawdropping for all the wrong reasons. Moon 2009 astronaut sam bells sam rockwell threeyear shift at a lunar mine is finally coming to an end, and hes looking forward to his reunion with his wife dominique mcelligott and young.
Boosted by sam rockwells intense performance, moon is a compelling work of sciencefiction, and a promising debut from director duncan jones. Sam rockwell plays a guy called sam bell who is working alone on the far side of the moon with only his robot acquaintance gerty, voiced by the fantastic kevin spacey. The film is set on the far side of the moon, where sam bell is coming to the end of a 3 year term of work for an energy company. In 1870s england, two footballers on opposite sides of a class divide forge a bond that helps. Moon, directed by duncan jones son of david bowie, is a 2009 science fiction movie with a very small cast, in fact it almost entirely features one character with the only other human characters appearing on video of which there are roughly four. Its about the journey of realizing your a cog in a machine, emotionally manipulated by corporate overlords who dont care about your loneliness or suffering. Jun 03, 2009 at the root of this film is a pretty moving and often amusing story of one man struggling with a major, major identity crisis, trapped in an glaringlywhite space station 86 gazillion miles from earth, alone, lonely, lost, and increasingly alarmed.
Not only for its central storyline, but also because it is an increasingly rare creature these days. The trilogy, which includes jones 2009 indie favorite moon and his 2018. Recent work includes ongoing starship designs for the computer game star citizen and the completion of my feature film writing and directing debut. New moon 112 movie clip paper cut 2009 hd by movieclips. This comedy film, which features greedy agents, battling starlets and the polarizing effect hollywood has on small town values, lampoons the film festival world and the film industry as a whole. The release was expanded to additional theatres in the united states on 10 july and to the united kingdom on 17 july. Rockwell is exquisite at retaining the audiences attention. This is because sam bell works entirely alone on the moon to provide energy for earth with the aid of computers and a airobot called gerty. Moons oldschool effects should be the model for scifi. He later sees a figure standing on the moon surface, but this one is barely discernible. You realize what has happened, and what will happen, and you know you cant save yourself. Its hard enough to make a lowbudget movie without fretting about. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the moon.
An astronaut miner extracting the precious moon gas that promises to. Starring sam rockwell, kevin spacey, dominique mcelligott, rosie shaw. A film guide that looks at moon 2009, exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion. Best ever saddest moment from hollywood movie moon 2009. Sam bell is nearing the completion of his 3yearlong contract with lunar industries, mining earths primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. Sam rockwell in moon 2009 sam rockwell and duncan jones at an event for moon 2009 david. The data tapes were used to record all transmitted data video as well as telemetry for backup. San francisco when he set out to make moon, his new movie about an isolated lunar miner who makes a horrifying discovery, duncan jones stepped into a cinematic void. Moons cast has sam rockwell as the lonesome astronaut on the moon, hes brilliant. Hope such sort of movies are made to feed the hungry mind which takes us to a different. Kevin spacey plays the voice of the robot gerty on the moon station.
San francisco when he set out to make moon, his new movie about. He longs to return home, but a terrible accident on the lunar surface leads to a disturbing discovery that contributes to. Apr, 2009 astronaut sam bells sam rockwell threeyear shift at a lunar mine is finally coming to an end, and hes looking forward to his reunion with his wife dominique mcelligott and young daughter. With sam rockwell, kevin spacey, dominique mcelligott, rosie shaw. Anger rereleased the film in 1979, sped up and with a different soundtrack. The apollo 11 missing tapes were those that were recorded from apollo 11s slowscan television sstv telecast in its raw format on telemetry data tape at the time of the first moon landing in 1969 and subsequently lost. Our new primary source of energy is helium3, which is found on the moon. The notion of mining fusion energy thats trapped in rocks on the far side of the moon, and then sending that back to earth. It had completed filming when dennis hopper succumbed to cancer. Jun 17, 2009 moon was one of the best science fiction movie which came out in 2009. Nov 29, 2008 all 14 songs from the moon 2009 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. An astronaut miner extracting the precious moon gas that promises to reverse the earths energy crisis nears the end of his threeyear contract, and makes an ominous discovery in this. After harvesting nutrients on the moon for three years, a contractor living all by his lonesome has two more weeks before he gets to go back home to earth.