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Moon (2009) 8.0
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8.0/10 from 151,102 users
Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 400 user | 376 critic | 29 from Metacritic.com Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems. Director:Duncan Jones |
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GERTY
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Sam Bell has a three year contract to work for Lunar Industries. For the contract's entire duration, he is the sole employee based at their lunar station. His primary job responsibility is to harvest and periodically rocket back to Earth supplies of helium-3, the current clean and abundant fuel used on Earth. There is no direct communication link available between the lunar station and Earth, so his only direct real-time interaction is with GERTY, the intelligent computer whose function is to attend to his day to day needs. With such little human contact and all of it indirect, he feels that three years is far too long to be so isolated; he knows he is beginning to hallucinate as the end of his three years approaches. All he wants is to return to Earth to be with his wife Tess and their infant daughter Eve, who was born just prior to his leaving for this job. With two weeks to go, he gets into an accident at one of the mechanical harvesters and is rendered unconscious. Injured, he ... Written by Huggo
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
17 July 2009 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Kuu See more »Filming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKBox Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£157,867 (UK) (17 July 2009)Gross:
$5,009,677 (USA) (13 November 2009)Company Credits
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Written by Kimberley Rew
Performed by Katrina & The Waves
Published by EMI Publishind Ltd
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The environment suits continue to drape loosely while being worn outside. A real environment suit would appear inflated and rigid. However, sci-fi future technology could account for a more advanced, non-rigid spacesuit. See more »Crazy Credits
At the very end of the credits, the film copyright is credited to Lunar Industries Inc. Lunar Industries Inc. just happens to be the corporation featured in the film. See more »Soundtracks
"Walking on Sunshine"Written by Kimberley Rew
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