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In the Shadow of the Moon

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United Kingdom, United States · 2007
Rated PG · 1h 50m
Director David Sington
Starring Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan
Genre Documentary

Surviving astronauts recall their experience during the space race while working on NASA’s Apollo program. Never before seen footage combined with unforgettable historical moments comprise this moving account of one of the world’s greatest achievements in science and technology. There are few documentaries more wondrous and powerful than what you will find here.

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Village Voice by

In the Shadow of the Moon recalls the wondrous moment when America had the entire world looking up, up, and not away.

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Newsweek by David Ansen

As we watch the astonishing NASA footage, they eloquently evoke the optimism, anxiety and excitement of those voyages.

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Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

This magnificent documentary, directed by David Sington and presented by Ron Howard, rises to the occasion by interspersing its interviews with NASA footage that evokes the grandeur of the whole Apollo adventure.

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Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

In the Shadow of the Moon finds new resonance in the moment when America redefined progress -- but also when it heeded the siren song of a world so desolate it reminded you what a paradise ours truly is.

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Chicago Reader by Reece Pendleton

The astronaut interviews are fun and occasionally moving, but the real reason to see this is the remastered archival footage, some of it previously unseen and all of it spectacular.

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The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

There's none of the poetry of "For All Mankind," just visual support for a meat-and-potatoes recap of events that have already been chewed over plenty.

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Variety by Todd McCarthy

The excitement, majesty and extraordinary human accomplishment of the American lunar program of the '60s and early '70s is rousingly captured in In the Shadow of the Moon.

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