First World (2007)

China's first manned mission to the Moon reveals the Apollo 11 cover-up that mankind has never been alone.

Director:

Adam Starr

Writer:

Mark Lund

Stars:

Angelina Spicer, Jeffrey Phillips, Zebulun Huling

Cast

Credited cast:
Angelina Spicer	...	Secretary of State Elisabeth Seward
Jeffrey Phillips	...	President Robert Anderson
Zebulun Huling	...	Cedric
Lindy Nettleton	...	Prime Minister Allison Colby
Mark Lund	...	Steven Johnson
Marianne Phinney	...	Susan Anderson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Anthony Coppola	...	Secret Service Agent (as Michael Coppola)
Gregg Creeden	...	Chief of Staff
Steven Dennis	...	Secret Service Agent
Dan Fontaine	...	Secret Service Agent
Cynthia Grenier	...	Woman on Beach
Tara Groccia	...	Anchor
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jeremy Lamprey	...	Secret Service Agent
Kristi Lynn	...	Aide to the Prime Minister (as Kristi Drake)

Storyline

In the early 1960's NASA discovered a vast and advanced civilization on the Moon with their first space probes. While this civilization was able to shield itself from all Earth-based visual detection devices, President Kennedy's speech from 1961 that declared the intent to "Put a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth" was not designed as a space race with the Soviet Union, but to secretly establish contact with this newly discovered civilization. This discovery was classified and false images from the Moon were transmitted during all the Apollo missions. When the Earth mission of this new civilization was discovered, political forces demanded that President Nixon end manned missions to the Moon in 1972. First World commences in the year 2018 when the Chinese government announces it is making its first manned mission to the Moon within 24 hours. What does this civilization represent? Why was it covered up? Who knows about its existence? What is their mission? And what ...

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Plot Keywords:

moon | space | apollo 11 | nasa | soviet union | 

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Taglines:

The Revelation of Mankind

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Genres:

Short | Action | Drama | History | Sci-Fi | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Facebook Official Blog

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2009 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Ashton Times, Zone 5 Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Elisabeth is in her apartment with Cedric and starts to say "but sometimes painful things like this happen....", she is recounting President Ronald Reagan's speech after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Thus when Cedric responds, "A Challenge indeed," he understands what she is saying.

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Quotes

Cedric: Do you think they can do it?
Secretary of State Elisabeth Seward: If they don't, the Soviets probably will. But we have time.
Cedric: Time isn't the issue. Discovery is one thing, but our mission is quite another.

User Reviews

Nice work

Regardless of whether or not you are a science fiction enthusiast, First World,takes you in a whole other direction in that genre and makes the viewer think of "what if's" instead of "what should be's." For this first time film maker, his vision and "thinking out of the box" attitude, really made this short movie enjoyable. Regardless of length and budget, "First World," is a breath of fresh air, especially when most movies these days reveal the beginning, middle and end, all in their trailer. This has the potential for multiple sequels, all leaving the viewer asking what might happen next. The mix of political and science fiction was a good blend of imagination and fortitude, seldom seen in first attempts at a film. Good work.