Moonshot (2009) (TV)

Director:

Richard Dale

Writer:

Tony Basgallop

Release Date:

20 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.

Plot Keywords:

Moon | Apollo 11 | Male In Shower | Outer Space | Spacecraft

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Daniel Lapaine	...	Neil Armstrong
James Marsters	...	Buzz Aldrin
Andrew Lincoln	...	Michael Collins
Nigel Whitmey	...	Deke Slayton
William Hope	...	Psychologist
Anna Maxwell Martin	...	Janet Armstrong
Trevor White	...	Alan Shepard
Kosha Engler	...	Pat Collins
Richard Gibbons	...	Technician #1
Gene Emmer	...	Technician #2
Michael J. Reynolds	...	Gene Aldrin
Egle Dudenas	...	Marion Aldrin
Kelli Kerslake	...	Joan Aldrin
Callum Marullo	...	Rick Armstrong
Ana Goldberg	...	Female Neighbour
Gabija Jaraminaite	...	Pat White (as Gabija Ryskuviene)
Ian Porter	...	Bill Anders
Jennifer Woodward	...	Faye Stafford
Martin McDougall	...	Frank Borman
Heidi Gibbons	...	Susan Borman
Richard Dillane	...	Tom Stafford
Elze Gudaviciute	...	Valerie Anders (as Else Gudaviciute)
Ursula Burton	...	Marilyn Lovell
Nathan Nolan	...	Reporter #1
Thomas Wilbur	...	Reporter
Rosalynd Litchfield	...	Reporter
Aras Zirgulis	...	Reporter
Colin Stinton	...	Chris Kraft
Patrick Poletti	...	Bob Gilruth
Eben Young	...	Mission Control Reader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Buzz Aldrin	...	Himself (uncredited)
Neil Armstrong	...	Himself (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Michael Collins	...	Himself (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Dale

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tony Basgallop

Produced by
Audrey Cooke	....	development producer
Richard Dale	....	executive producer
Tim Goodchild	....	producer
Daniel Hall	....	development producer
Juliette Howell	....	executive producer
Dan Parry	....	assistant producer
Emma Pike	....	line producer
Michael Robins	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Blair-Oliphant

Cinematography by
Paul Francis Jenkins		(as Paul Jenkins)

Film Editing by
Peter Parnham

Casting by
Julie Harkin
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Tim Goodchild

Makeup Department
Egle Mikalauskaite	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Vladas Lyndo	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tatjana Jakovleva	....	first assistant director
Julija Mickenaite	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Renuaras Krivelis	....	construction manager
Anastasija Zilionyte	....	art department runner

Sound Department
Julie Ankerson	....	foley artist
Nick Baldock	....	adr recordist
Peter Baldock	....	supervising sound editor
Ben Carr	....	foley recordist
Ben Carr	....	sound mixing assistant
Michael Feinberg	....	dialogue editor
Adele Fletcher	....	foley editor
Simon Gershon	....	effects editor
Shaula Lumley	....	sound editor
Thom Paisley	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Thomas Paisley)
Tim White	....	production sound mixer
Tom Williams	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Joseph Dymond	....	digital compositor: Rushes Postproduction
Sukh Gill	....	visual effects coordinator: Rushes Postproduction
Louise Hussey	....	visual effects producer: Rushes Postproduction
Hayden Jones	....	visual effects supervisor: Rushes Postproduction
Anthony Laranjo	....	digital compositor: Rushes Postproduction
Matthew Lawrence	....	digital compositor: Rushes Postproduction
Alex Llewellyn	....	digital compositor: Rushes Postproduction
Jonathan Privett	....	visual effects supervisor: Rushes Postproduction
Mike Tucker	....	model workshop supervisor
Mark Williams Ardington	....	previsualization artist (as Mark Williams)
Alan Williamson	....	visual effects artist: Rushes Postproduction

Camera and Electrical Department
Algis Babravicius	....	still photographer
Linas Dikcius	....	additional focus puller
Zdislav Jagelo	....	electrician
David McDowall	....	focus puller
Audrius Zelenius	....	assistant camera
Julius Siciunas	....	camera trainee (uncredited)

Casting Department
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Kevin Riddle	....	casting assistant
Dalia Survilaite	....	casting

Editorial Department
Trevor Brown	....	colorist
Richard Lloyd	....	post production supervisor

Music Department
Andrew Fisher	....	conductor
Andrew Fisher	....	orchestrator
Richard Todman	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Michail Purenok	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Kevin Badgery	....	production accountant supervisor: Lithuania
Joanne Crowther	....	production coordinator
Charlotte Farrar	....	production accountant
Jovita Groblyte	....	script supervisor
Vladas Lyndo	....	location manager
Monika Sakalauskaite	....	set production assistant
Gabija Soltonaite	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Dangerous Films

Distributors

• BS Asahi (2013) (Japan) (TV)
• History Channel (2009) (USA) (TV)
• Independent Television (ITV) (2009) (UK) (TV)
• Polyband (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• ProSieben Television (2009) (Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• Rushes Post Production (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Art4noise  sound mixing
• Art4noise  sound post-production
• Baltic Film Services  production services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Lithuania

Company:

Dangerous Films

Trivia:

When this movie was first aired on the History Channel (US), the moment when the character of Neil Armstrong puts his foot on the moon was timed to within a minute of the 40th anniversary of Armstrong actually stepping on the moon.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In a scene in the command module, as Aldrin retrieves a pen in free-fall (which is later used to make a broken switch operable), Kubrick's trick from '2001: A Space Odyssey' is employed: the 'weightless' pen is adhered to a sheet of glass to make it appear as though it is floating. As the pen is retrieved, a smudge of glue is visible on the glass.

The human side of the moon

Everyone knows the basic story, and when there is an anniversary there is a glut of documentaries. This dramatized version is different, in that it focuses mainly on the human relationships. It makes Buzz Aldrin into an ambitious and slightly abrasive character who would quarrel with Neil Armstrong, if only the the latter were not so easy-going (not to say bland). Well, that's how it's played here. I don't know how true it is.

It's entertaining and well acted. Daniel Lapaine has a good (moon) shot at Neil Armstrong - not an easy thing to do.

I'd only really criticize the structure of the film. It is packed with flashbacks, so much so that it's quite confusing at times.