Moon (2009)

Director:

Duncan Jones

Writers:

Duncan Jones (story)
Nathan Parker (written by)

Release Date:

17 July 2009 (Ireland)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The last place you'd ever expect to find yourself

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Earth | Computer | Accident | Contract | Harvester

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 21 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Sam Rockwell	...	Sam Bell
Kevin Spacey	...	GERTY (voice)
Dominique McElligott	...	Tess Bell
Rosie Shaw	...	Little Eve
Adrienne Shaw	...	Nanny
Kaya Scodelario	...	Eve
Benedict Wong	...	Thompson
Matt Berry	...	Overmeyers
Malcolm Stewart	...	Technician
Robin Chalk	...	Sam Bell Clone
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Duncan Jones

Writing credits
Duncan Jones		(story)
Nathan Parker		(written by)

Produced by
Trevor Beattie	....	executive producer
Nicky Bentham	....	co-producer (as Nicky Moss)
Bil Bungay	....	executive producer
Stuart Fenegan	....	producer
Mark Foligno	....	co-producer
Alex Francis	....	co-producer
Michael Henry	....	executive producer
Justin Lanchbury	....	associate producer
Steve Milne	....	co-producer
Deepak Sikka	....	co-producer
Trudie Styler	....	producer
Julia Valentine	....	line producer
Bill Zysblat	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Clint Mansell

Cinematography by
Gary Shaw		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Nicolas Gaster

Casting by
Manuel Puro
Jeremy Zimmermann		(as Jeremy Zimmerman)

Production Design by
Tony Noble

Art Direction by
Hideki Arichi

Costume Design by
Jane Petrie

Makeup Department
Louise Coles	....	additional makeup artist
Karen Dawson	....	hair designer (as Karen Bryan-Dawson)
Karen Dawson	....	makeup designer (as Karen Bryan-Dawson)
Richard Muller	....	hair stylist
Richard Muller	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Imogen Bell	....	production manager
Dan Bentham	....	post-production supervisor
Jeremy Burnage	....	production manager: model unit
Katie Shahrokh	....	post-production manager: Molinare

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director
Henry Forsyth	....	additional third assistant director
Alex Kaye-Besley	....	third assistant director
Guy Travers	....	first assistant director: model unit
Mick Ward	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Simon Bailey	....	property master
Marc Beros	....	head painter
Richard Boyton	....	stand-by painter
Sophie Bridgman	....	production buyer
Sophie Bridgman	....	set dresser
Matt French	....	additional dressing props
Chris Hayes	....	senior model maker: model unit
Ron Hone	....	model maker: model unit
Steve Howarth	....	model shop supervisor: model unit
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Lee James	....	model maker trainee: model unit
John Lee	....	senior model maker: model unit
Peter Lee	....	model maker: model unit
Danny Margetts	....	assistant construction manager
Steven Nix	....	stand-by painter
Martine Palmer	....	additional graphic design assistant
Andrew Proctor	....	draughtsman
Gavin Rothery	....	conceptual designer
Gavin Rothery	....	head of graphic design: pre-vis motion graphics
Peter Ryan	....	assistant art director
Maia Sautelet	....	draughstperson
Kevin Scarrott	....	props
Simon Sparsis	....	on-set construction manager
Richard St. Clair	....	model maker: model unit
Julian Walker	....	graphic designer
Sarah E. Ward	....	art department trainee (as Sarah Elizabeth Ward)
Howard Weaver	....	scenic artist
Josh Fifarek	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Bill Pearson	....	supervising propmaker (uncredited)
Catherine Whiting	....	model maker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kevin Brazier	....	dialogue editor
Paul William Edwards	....	foley editor (as Paul Edwards)
Simon Epstein	....	foley mixer
Anthony Ferretti	....	sound maintenance
Scott Jones	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marc Lawes	....	sound effects editor
Stefano Marchetti	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Darren McQuade	....	adr mixer
Patrick Owen	....	production sound mixer
Nick Roberts	....	additional adr recordist
Jason Swanscott	....	foley artist
Ted Swanscott	....	foley artist
Trevor Swanscott	....	foley mixer
Ricky Butt	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Claire Mahoney	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Garth Gutteridge	....	gimble rigger: Effects Associates
Peter Hutchinson	....	gimble rigger: Effects Associates
Stuart Prior	....	gimble rigger: Effects Associates

Visual Effects by
Paul Amiras	....	data operator: Cinesite
Sam Bassett	....	compositor: Cinesite
Mawusime Blewuada	....	data operator: Cinesite
Chas Cash	....	CG sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Lee Chidwick	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Chris Clough	....	data operator: Cinesite
Martin Clough	....	data operator: Molinare
Matthew D'Angibau	....	matchmover: Cinesite (as Matt D'Angibau)
Joe Dearman	....	data operator: Molinare
Kunal Desai	....	data operator: Cinesite
Paul Edwards	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Chris Elson	....	compositor: Cinesite
Guy Elson	....	compositor: Cinesite
David Emeny	....	compositor: Molinare
Kevin Fitzgerald	....	production support: Cinesite
Roger Gibbon	....	senior digital matte painter: Cinesite
Dianne Gordon	....	data operations manager: Cinesite
Joey Harris	....	lead matchmover: Cinesite
Dan Harrod	....	lead compositor: Cinesite
Clive Haward	....	production support: Cinesite
Barrett Heathcote	....	visual effects editor
Sandro Henriques	....	compositor: Cinesite
Afif Heukeshoven	....	matchmover: Cinesite (as Afif Haukeshoven)
Ben Hicks	....	compositor: Cinesite
Antony Hunt	....	visual effects executive producer: Cinesite
Ryan Hutchings	....	compositor: Molinare
Aleksandar Jovanovic	....	compositor: Molinare
Sevendalino Khay	....	senior digital matte painter: Cinesite
Simon Kilroe	....	titles
Simon Kilroe	....	visual effects supervisor: Molinare
Amy Lloyd	....	matchmover: Cinesite
Simon Maddocks	....	CG sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Fergal McGivney	....	data operator: Cinesite
Claire McGrane	....	3D production manager: Cinesite
Rick McMahon	....	rotoscope artist: Molinare
Molinare	....	visual effects
Digna Nigoumi	....	motion control rigger: Visual Effects Company
Dylan Owen	....	compositor: Cinesite
Nawaz Parker	....	data operator: Cinesite
Christian Perschky	....	production support: Cinesite
Daniel Pettipher	....	visual effects production manager: Cinesite (as Dan Pettipher)
Elena Pierides	....	data operator: Cinesite
Ian Plumb	....	compositor: Cinesite
David Richardson	....	production support: Cinesite
Gavin Rothery	....	visual effects supervisor: ThinkTank Studios
Lewis Saunders	....	compositor: Molinare
Abigail Scollay	....	compositor: Cinesite
Shaun Scott	....	senior model and texture artist: Cinesite
David Sewell	....	lead compositor: Cinesite (as Dave Sewell)
Nishet Shah	....	production support: Cinesite
John Slattery	....	compositor: Cinesite
Alex Smith	....	lead compositor: Cineiste
Danny Smith	....	production support: Cinesite
Simon Stanley-Clamp	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Adrian Steel	....	data operator: Cinesite (as Adrian Steele)
Marc Stevenson	....	character animator: Cinesite
Marc Stevenson	....	character animator: Cinsite
Edwin Stutely	....	data operator: Molinare
Shanaullah Umerji	....	visual effects producer: Molinare
Courtney Vanderslice	....	visual effects executive producer: Cinesite (as Courteney Vanderslice-Law)
Holger Voss	....	senior technical director: Cinesite
Shivaji Waikhom	....	rotoscope artist
Karen Wand	....	compositor: Cinesite
Anthony Webb	....	compositor: Molinare
Ollie Weigall	....	roto artist: Cinesite
Royston Willcocks	....	senior model and texture artist: Cinesite
Angie Wills	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Malcolm Woolridge	....	motion control rigger: Visual Effects Company
Aviv Yaron	....	vfx digital stills photographer: Cinesite
Keith Barton	....	production support: Cinesite (uncredited)
Kevin Campbell	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Paul Maurice	....	Lidar supervisor: Lidar Services (uncredited)
Ian Nichols	....	Lidar operator (uncredited)
Bill Pearson	....	miniature effects supervisor (uncredited)
Tom Whittington	....	paint & roto artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Leo Bund	....	additional steadicam operator
Pete Carrier	....	electrician
Pete Carrier	....	electrician: model unit
Ewan Cassidy	....	gaffer
Ewan Cassidy	....	gaffer: model unit
Barny Crocker	....	focus puller: model unit
Mark Dempsey	....	second assistant camera
Andrew Duncan	....	monitor playback operator
Dan Garlick	....	grip: model unit
Dave Glazier	....	electrician
Ian Grant	....	head of rigging
George Haldsworth	....	electrician (as George Holdsworth)
Peter Hodgson	....	video playback operator
Alex Howe	....	camera operator: model unit
Alex Kaye-Besley	....	additional still photographer
Alex Kruszelnicki	....	camera trainee
Mihalis Margaritis	....	additional first assistant camera
Les Mills	....	additional rigger
Ray Moody	....	additional second assistant camera
Ray Moody	....	second assistant camera
Tony Moore	....	rigger: model unit
Tony Moore	....	stand-by rigger
Tim Morris	....	clapper/loader: model unit
David Penfold	....	first assistant camera
Eddie Sansom	....	additional rigger
Garth Sewell	....	grip
Paul Starkey	....	best boy
Paul Starkey	....	best boy: model unit
Peter Talbot	....	director of photography: model unit
Mark Tillie	....	still photographer
Jimmy Ward	....	second assistant camera
Fran Weston	....	additional first assistant camera
Susanne Willett	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lucy Donowho	....	costume supervisor
Barbara Kuznar	....	costume maker (as Basia Kuznar)
Hilary Wili	....	costume maker

Editorial Department
Nick Anderson	....	on-line editor
Justin Eely	....	on-line editor
Barrett Heathcote	....	video playback editor
Matt James	....	digital film supervisor
Søren Kloch	....	film supervisor: Molinare
Steve Knight	....	digital intermediate technician
Katy Piggott	....	digital intermediate technician
Andy Richards	....	DI conform editor
Richard Smither	....	assistant editor
Gemma Townsend	....	digital intermediate technician
Tim Waller	....	senior colorist
Emily Woods	....	negative checker: Bellwood Media

Music Department
Geoff Foster	....	music mixer
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Katia Lewin Jablonsky	....	score assistant (as Katia Lewin Palomo)
Clint Mansell	....	music producer
Carly Paradis	....	additional music arranger
Carly Paradis	....	musician: piano
Greg Vines	....	score assistant
Benjamin Wallfisch	....	composer: opening sequence music
Nigel Wiesehan	....	score assistant

Transportation Department
James Chambers	....	driver: runner (as James 'Chilli')
Jeff Hudson	....	driver: Mr. Rockwell
Steve Rivenell	....	driver: Mr. Rockwell

Other crew
Liz Barron	....	production finance: Limelight
Jo Beckett	....	script supervisor
Daniel Bee	....	publicist: Liberty Films
Penny Brockhurst	....	production auditor: Shipleys
Deepti Burton	....	legal counsel: Wiggin LLP
Livia Burton	....	production coordinator
Roisin Byrne	....	production accountant: Cinesite
Gary Condes	....	Meisner consultant
Francesca Cooper	....	caterer: Abadia Catering
Jeremy Fowler	....	electronic press kit
Ben Gardner	....	assistant: Duncan Jones
Vidal Graham	....	table tennis tutor
Robin Green	....	production accountant
Tom Hannon	....	health & safety advisor: Hannonmedia
Ella Harris	....	floor runner
Ruth Hodgson	....	completion bond: Film Finances
Steve Joberns	....	production auditor: Shipleys
Miles Ketley	....	legal counsel: Wiggin LLP
Simon Kilroe	....	title designer
Stephen Kingsley	....	legal representative: Thurloe & Lyndhirst, Limelight
Ivan Mactaggart	....	production finance: Limelight
Emily Manthorpe	....	production assistant
Sheila Fraser Milne	....	completion bond: Film Finances
Richard North	....	accounting assistant
Phelim O'Neill	....	electronic press kit
Becky Page	....	assistant: Stuart Fenegan
Margaret Parvin	....	legal counsel: Wiggin LLP
Gillian Roberts	....	head of business development: Cinesite (as Gill Roberts)
Peter Scholes	....	caterer: Abadia Catering
Katia Scodelario	....	chaperone
Guy Sheppard	....	legal counsel: Wiggin LLP
Sam Tatton-Brown	....	legal representative: Davenport Lyons, Molinare (as Sam Tatton Brown)

Thanks
Eddie Dias	....	thanks
Rob Garvie	....	special thanks (as Rob Garvey)

Production Companies

• Liberty Films UK
• Xingu Films (in association with)
• Limelight Fund (in association with) (as Limelight)
• Lunar Industries

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Classics (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Stage 6 Films (2009) (USA) (all media)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Koch Media (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Atlantic Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD) (cropped to 1.77:1)
• Castello Lopes Multimédia (2009) (Portugal) (all media)
• Daisy Entertainment (2009) (South Korea) (all media)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• France Télévision Distribution (2010) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (premiere)
• Mars Production (2009) (Turkey) (all media)
• Monolith (2009) (Poland) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Iceland) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Norway) (all media)
• Seven Films (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Argentina) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Bolivia) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Chile) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (China) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Malaysia) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Mexico) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Paraguay) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Peru) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Philippines) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Singapore) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Spain) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Uruguay) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (Vietnam) (all media)
• Telepool (2009) (Austria) (all media)
• Telepool (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• Telepool (2009) (Switzerland) (all media) (German-speaking Switzerland)
• Teleview International (2009) (Lebanon) (TV) (Middle East)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2012) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Cinesite (visual effects and character animation)
• Effects Associates (gimble rig)
• Molinare Studio (visual effects) (as Molinare)
• Think Tank Studios (visual effects)
• Visual Effects Company, The (motion control rig)

Other Companies

• Molinare Studio  post-production (as Molinare London)
• Abadia Catering  catering
• Alex Rose Wig Company  wigs (as Alex Rouse Wig Company)
• Ambulance Services Film Unit  paramedic
• Apex Car Rental  unit cars (as Apex Car Rentals)
• Arion Facilities  telecine dailies transfers
• Arion Facilities  telecine
• Barclays Media Team Soho Square  production bank
• Bellwood Media  negative checks
• Davenport Lyons  legal representation: Molinare
• Edit Hire Post Production Services  editing equipment (as Edit Hire)
• Film Finance  completion bond
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Footage Bank  footage provided by (as Footagebank HD)
• GFE  additional lighting equipment
• Gene d'Cruze  construction
• Hannonmedia  health & safety advisor
• Kellogg's  thanks
• Kodak  motion picture film supplier
• Library Media Solutions  footage provided by
• Limelight  production finance
• MAC Cosmetics  thanks
• Metro Rigging  rigging equipment
• Millstream Nursing  unit nurse
• Movie Makers  dining bus
• National Football League (NFL)  thanks (as NFL)
• PS-PostScript  post-production script
• Panalux  lighting equipment
• Panavision UK  camera equipment (as Panavision)
• Panavision UK  grip equipment (as Panavision)
• Paul Cable Media & Entertainment Insurance  insurance
• Precision Engineering  music production (as Precision Engineering Music)
• RCP Los Angeles  score recording and mixing
• RCP  score recording and mixing (as RCP Los Angeles)
• Rapid Talent  extras casting
• Set Wheels  unit drivers
• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Shipleys  production auditing
• Silverjet  flights services
• The Hearst Corporation  thanks
• Thurloe & Lyndhurst  legal representation: Limelight
• Tootsie Roll  thanks
• Vanderbilt University  thanks
• Wavevend Communications  communications equipment (as Wavevend)
• Wiggin  production legal

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R | Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Netherlands:9 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Japan:G | Norway:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Liberty Films UK

Trivia:

(at around 13 mins) There is a shot of the magazine 'Take Off' on the shelf while the camera shows in bed. This magazine was an episodal, collectors aviation magazine in the UK in the 1990s.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Sam realizes that he has lost a tooth when feeling around in his lower jaw. However, the tooth that he pulls out of the toilet has three roots, meaning that it is a maxillary (upper) molar. Mandibular (lower) molars only have two roots.

Quotes:

Talk Show Host:You know what, he's one of two things. He's a whacko or an illegal immigrant. Either way, they need to lock him up. Line two!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.10" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Ripples

Utterly Fantastic and Inspired

Go see this movie! I've been lucky enough to have an opportunity to see this movie down here at SXSW and I am the better for it.

You don't really stumble upon many riveting, independent, sci-fi films that look beautiful(let alone don't contain aliens and space magic) and capture major emotional themes successfully. Moon accomplishes this, and with very little CGI at that.

Sam Bell is an astronaut working for a corporation on the far side of the moon. His job? Maintaining a lunar facility and the automated machines which are harvesting the moon's surface for Helium 3. The harvested material is then sent back to Earth to use as energy.

Sam is on the very last leg of a three year contract and is quite anxious to return to his wife and daughter. Barring any incidents, Sam will be able to leave his solitude. But something does go wrong.

That said, tremendous acting by Sam Rockwell carries this film - mainly because he is basically the only person in the movie. I'm not talking about Cast Away meets the moon… This film explores loneliness much deeper than that, and with much more emotion as well. Luckily for us there are no pieces of sports equipment on which the lead dotes, but instead we're blessed with a monotonous talking robot(voiced by Kevin Spacey) reminiscent of Hal from 2001 notoriety.

I advise that people go see this film, not only to support Duncan, the director, and Sam, but also to explore to possibilities of space and the humanity of loneliness.

Don't go in expecting to find what I have discussed, but go in expecting to find something inside yourself.