Stars On The Moon: Here Are 5 Movies To See As We Mark The First Trip To The Moon
On July 20, 1969, CommanderNeil Armstrong led the spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon. It was nothing short of an astronomical achievement that heralded the beginning of the continued probe into the vast reaches of outer space.
Today, we mark man’s first trip to the moon, bearing in mind how those brave souls risked it all to show the rest of humanity that nothing is impossible once we set our minds to it.
In commemoration of that feat years ago,TalkGlitz.tv has made a list of movies that touch on the subject of humans embarking on a lunar mission. They are a must-see for those who wish to get an insight into what it takes to make such an epic journey and the process involved.
FIRST MAN
A biographical drama released in 2018 and directed byDamien Chazelle,First Man is based on the 2005 bookFirst Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong byJames R. Hansen.
It starsRyan Gosling asNeil Armstrong and its script was written byJosh Singer.
APOLLO 13
StarringTom Hanks,Kevin Bacon,Bill Paxton,Ed Harris, andGary Sinise,Apollo 13 is a 1995 space docudrama directed byRon Howard.
It brings to life the abortedApollo 13lunar mission and is an adaptation of the 1994 bookLost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13.
HIDDEN FIGURES
Taraji P. Henson leads the cast of this 2016 American biographical drama film directed byTheodore Melfi and written byAllison Schroeder.
It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name byMargot Lee Shetterly about black female mathematicians who worked at NASA during theSpace Race.
OCTOBER SKY
October Skyis a 1999 biographical tale directed byJoe Johnston and starringJake Gyllenhaal,Chris Cooper,Chris Owen, andLaura Dern.
The screenplay was penned byLewis Collick and based on the memoir of the same name telling the true story ofHomer H. Hickam Jr., the son of a coal miner inspired by the launch ofSputnik 1in 1957 to take up rocketry against his father’s wishes and eventually become a NASA engineer.
THE LAST MAN ON THE MOON
Released in 2014,The Last Man on the Moon revolves aroundEugene Cernan who stepped off the moon in 1972, leaving his footprints and his daughter’s initials in the lunar dust.
40 years later, the story is told by the man himself, and it is one of fulfillment, love, and loss.