Hubble 3D (2010)

An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Director:

Toni Myers

Writers:

Toni Myers, Frank Summers,

Stars:

Scott D. Altman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Andrew J. Feustel

Cast

Credited cast:
Scott D. Altman	...	Himself - Shuttle Commander
Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Narrator
Andrew J. Feustel	...	Himself - Astronaut
Michael T. Good	...	Himself - Astronaut
John M. Grunsfeld	...	Himself - Mission Specialist
Gregory C. Johnson	...	Himself - Shuttle Pilot
Michael J. Massimino	...	Himself - Mission Specialist
K. Megan McArthur	...	Herself - Astronaut

Storyline

An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Plot Keywords:

imax | space shuttle | 3d in title | digit in title | 3 dimensional | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Short

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Szemtől szemben a világegyetemmel

Filming Locations:

Space

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$410,920 (USA) (19 March 2010)

Gross:

$22,831,476 (USA) (18 March 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

IMAX Space Ltd., Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Sonics-DDP

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During an interview on the Bob Rivers Show (Seattle, May 2010), director Toni Myers remarked, "One of the things, in our training, we have this shopping list of scenes that we developed together with Ray J [nickname of shuttle pilot Gregory C. Johnson] for the eight minutes, and that's quite prescribed. But we always say: Now, if an alien comes up and looks into the camera, don't not shoot it because it isn't on the list!"

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Soundtracks

"Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World"
by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

User Reviews

Light on content

First of: I saw this movie in Imax but not in 3D.

If you are interested in understanding how Hubble operates, it's engineering, day-to-day duties of the astronauts or any kind of coherent study of how stars are born and die then this movie will disappoint you.

The movie constantly errs on more emotional side, especially in presenting the astronauts. Some of the narration is also a bit too disingenuous - the crews going up the orbit are presented as some sort of breakthrough heroes doing something that had never been done before them - going into space.

What the movie does offer is spectacular imagery of shuttle launches, Hubble itself, and it's "repair" and some light perusal into the astronauts lives in the orbit. You will also see some spectacular imagery Hubble was able to capture and some explanation of it.