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Moon (2009)

R  97 min  -  Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi   -  17 July 2009 (Ireland)
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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

Writers:

Duncan Jones (story), Nathan Parker
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sam Rockwell ...
Kevin Spacey ...
GERTY (voice)
Dominique McElligott ...
Rosie Shaw Rosie Shaw ...
Adrienne Shaw Adrienne Shaw ...
Kaya Scodelario ...
Eve
Benedict Wong Benedict Wong ...
Matt Berry Matt Berry ...
Malcolm Stewart ...
Robin Chalk Robin Chalk ...
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Storyline

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... Written by Huggo  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Earth | Accident | Contract | Computer | Harvester  | See more »

Taglines:

250,000 miles from home, the hardest thing to face...is yourself See more »

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish (a few words)

Release Date:

(Ireland) See more »

Also Known As:

Луна 2112 See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£157,867 (UK) (19 July 2009) (57 Screens)

Gross:

$5,009,677 (USA) (15 November 2009)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film makes several references to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. GERTY looks and sounds similar to HAL 9000. They also have a similar dot: HAL's is red and GERTY's is blue. This film choreographs scenes in space to classical music, just as Stanley Kubrick did. See more »

Goofs

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Sam makes a phone call to his daughter, there is no noticeable lag time between responses. Radio transmissions take about three seconds to make the half million mile round trip from Earth to moon or vice versa. However, sci-fi future technology could account for transmissions without lag. See more »

Quotes

Sam Bell: You've been up here too long man. You've lost your marbles.
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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 »

Connections

References Blade Runner (1982) See more »

Soundtracks

"The One And Only"
Written by Nik Kershaw
Performed by Chesney Hawkes See more »