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Between 1969 and 1972, nine American spacecraft flew to the Moon and twelve men walked on its surface. To this day, they remain the only people ever to have set foot on another world. For the first—and most likely the last—time, “In the Shadow of the Moon” brings together the surviving crew members from all the Apollo missions and lets them tell their story in their own words.
This unique historical document also gains documentary power from visually impressive archive material featuring numerous original NASA film recordings, most of which had never been seen before. The result is an intimate epic that compellingly captures the dangers of this great adventure and the pride and passion of this extraordinary era in American history.
The former astronauts featured are Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt. Producers Duncan Copp and Chris Riley spent many weeks in NASA’s film archive examining vast quantities of footage, most of which had not been used for more than 30 years.
Their search uncovered many breathtaking images of space. Digital processing of these original recordings presents the Apollo program with unique visual clarity and unprecedented impact. The 16mm footage from the spacecraft was painstakingly synchronized with 16-track audio recordings of the astronauts’ voices, reuniting image and sound from these historic events for the first time.
“In the Shadow of the Moon” opens on January 29, 2009.
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