Documentary, History
The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Americans were preoccupied with other developments like NASA, the game-changing space programme that put Neil Armstrong on the moon. Yet it was astronauts like Eugene Cernan who paved the uneven, perilous path to lunar exploration. A test pilot who lived to court danger, he was recruited along with 14 other men in a secretive process that saw them become the closest of friends and adversaries. In this intensely competitive environment, Cernan was one of only three men who was sent twice to the moon, with his second trip also being NASA’s final lunar mission. As he looks back at what he loved and lost during the eight years in Houston, an incomparably eventful life emerges into view. Director Mark Craig crafts a quietly epic biography that combines the rare insight of the surviving former astronauts with archival footage and otherworldly moonscapes.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Hunger
The Doors
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Miss Hokusai
Apollo 17: Final Footprints On The Moon
Factory Girl
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The Post
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts
Avicenna
Cromwell: Warts and All
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Emergency
Gorillas in the Mist
Milk
The Look of Silence
I Am a Dancer
The Hitler Gang
SIMILAR MOVIES
Hunger
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2008
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.The Doors
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 1991
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1993
This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.Miss Hokusai
IMDB 6.8 | May , 2015
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.Apollo 17: Final Footprints On The Moon
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2005
The Apollo 17 mission was the final opportunity to collect first hand information about the history and origin of the Moon. This film looks at this historic mission through the eyes of those who participated in it. Including Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ron Evans.Factory Girl
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2006
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King
IMDB 9 | Apr , 2016
Documentary telling the inside story of the plans by Louis Mountbatten to maneuver his nephew and heir to the Greek throne, Philip, into marrying the future queen Princess Elizabeth and the tensions that that unleashed.Gulpilil: One Red Blood
IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 2002
An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 2008
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.The Post
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2017
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.Raphael: The Lord of the Arts
IMDB 7.7 | Apr , 2017
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts is a documentary about the 15th century Italian Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio.Avicenna
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1957
The film is dedicated to the philosopher, doctor, scientist of the East and poet Abu-Ali Ibn-Sin, who lived in Bukhara in the 10th century and was known in Europe under the name of Avicenna. Bukhara. Eighteen-year-old doctor Ibn Sina saves the emir from a fatal illness. Refusing gold and honors, the young man only asks for admission to the emir's book depository as a reward. The study of the works of ancient scientists, philosophers, doctors, observations of nature, numerous experiments increase the knowledge of Ibn Sipa. The treacherous attack on Bukhara by the troops of the ruler of Ghazna Mahmud, who devastated the city and set the world's greatest book depository on fire, forced Ibn-Sina to leave his homeland. After many years of wandering, he, together with his student and assistant Juzjani, comes to the capital of Khorezm, Gurganj, to declare war on the plague raging here...Cromwell: Warts and All
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2003
Using drama and documentary this film tells the remarkable story of Cromwell, one of the most important characters of British history, yet revered and hated in equal measure. Charles I has been executed and an East Anglian farmer is about to become leader of all England.Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
IMDB 7 | Jun , 1988
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.Emergency
IMDB 2.6 | Jan , 2025
Based on true events that unfolded in 1975, the film chronicles incidents that took place under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, one of the most powerful women in Indian history.Gorillas in the Mist
IMDB 7 | Sep , 1988
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.Milk
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2008
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.The Look of Silence
IMDB 7.8 | Nov , 2014
An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.I Am a Dancer
IMDB 6 | Jun , 1972
Documentary about the dancer Rudolf Nureyev.The Hitler Gang
IMDB 6 | Apr , 1944
The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.