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Director
David Sington
Cast
Buzz Aldrin,
Michael Collins,
Alan Bean,
Eugene Cernan,
Charlie Duke,
Jim Lovell
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.
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.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
Quite simply, a revelation.
Baltimore Sun by Michael Sragow
It's both irrefutably concrete and irresistibly uplifting.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
These astronauts are still alive, but as long as mankind survives, their journeys will be seen as the turning point -- to what, it is still to be seen.
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
By turns awe-inspiring and deeply human.
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
After seeing this film, try reading Norman Mailer's "Of A Fire on the Moon," its perfect companion piece.
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.
Salon by Andrew O'Hehir
May well be the most exciting documentary of the year so far. I guess it took a British director, David Sington, to capture the story of the dozen American men who walked on the moon -- the only human beings in our species history yet to visit another celestial body.
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The value of this film, not just to moviegoers today but to future generations, is simply enormous.
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
The riveting documentary In the Shadow of the Moon, is an unexpected knockout.
Film Threat
A surprisingly fresh take on familiar material.
Village Voice
In the Shadow of the Moon recalls the wondrous moment when America had the entire world looking up, up, and not away.
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.
Newsweek by David Ansen
As we watch the astonishing NASA footage, they eloquently evoke the optimism, anxiety and excitement of those voyages.
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.
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Want to know what the “right stuff” really is? Take a look.
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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