Moonshot

TV Movie
2009
PG
1h 30m

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The story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.The story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.The story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.

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6.4/10

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
When this movie was first aired on the History Channel (US), the moment when the character of Neil Armstrong puts his foot on the moon was timed to within a minute of the 40th anniversary of Armstrong actually stepping on the moon.

Goofs
In a scene in the command module, as Aldrin retrieves a pen in free-fall (which is later used to make a broken switch operable), Kubrick's trick from '2001: A Space Odyssey' is employed: the 'weightless' pen is adhered to a sheet of glass to make it appear as though it is floating. As the pen is retrieved, a smudge of glue is visible on the glass.

Connections
Featured in The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)

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6/10

Disappointing execution of the concept

Very much third rate TV movie. Distractingly bad (sometimes shockingly bad) music covering up the interesting parts. Good sets ruined by bad spacesuits and not very similar actors (or impressions of them) mean the otherwise clever use of merging actual audio, actual film with their re-enactments is just odd and not easy to follow.

But at least it's badly edited. Flashbacks, flash forwards. Oh, and a weird voiceover up front, which is right after Buzz says... almost entirely the same thing as a talking head with a very choppy transition.

Overall not as great as it should have been with the material they had.