Product Details

• Actors: Andrew Lincoln, Daniel Lapaine, James Marsters, Anna Maxwell Martin
• Directors: Richard Dale
• Format: Color, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (PCM Stereo)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002KGREEM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,251 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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MOONSHOT - Blu-Ray Movie

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the Documentary with Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, January 2, 2010

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Michael Burton (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moonshot [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This wasn't what I expected.

There is a documentary with the same name, based on the book by astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. The cover art is almost identical, too. The documentary is available here in VHS.

This disc is a dramatization of the Apollo 11 mission done for the History Channel. It mixes in a good bit of actual hi-def footage from NASA. The result looks great. It's mostly entertaining, and fairly informative. You should take some of the events shown with a grain of salt, due to filmmakers' continual tendency to try to crank up the drama -- in particular, you might want to look at a map of the moon, and at footage of the actual descent and landing of Apollo 11 -- but this film seems to stay a lot closer to reality than Hollywood's "Apollo 13" did.

The product description says both "widescreen" and "1.33:1". The program is actually widescreen, 1.85:1.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational motion picture with a powerful soundtrack, November 26, 2011

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J. Davoust - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moonshot (DVD)

From dictionary.com, Apollo is defined as the ancient Greek and Roman god of light, healing, music, poetry, prophecy, and manly beauty. There's a running debate on this page about whether Moonshot's producers over-dramatized the history portrayed in the movie. I have some advice to offer to those who are not "doc" purists: this film is a "must see". If you've not already seen every other documentary and read every book on the Apollo program, and thus have your expectations already set, you'll find this an impressive, awe-inspiring story. The director captured the breathtaking trajectory of the U.S.'s space program in the 1960's. The film editing created a terrific interplay between actual footage and live action that I found disjointed in only one or two sequences. Most of us watch movies for the acting, naturally. Without careful casting and authentic roles, I see that the movie might have easily fallen flat. It doesn't, however: the casting is "spot on" and the actors' performances are simply outstanding. So much so that halfway through the movie, I found myself riveted to the dialogue. I agree with the reviewer who said he's very impressed by Daniel Lapaine as Neil Armstrong. Cerebral, soft spoken, and thoughtful, but always ready to take the logical course, and driven to succeed. To digress, I was trained as an engineer, and I suppose that may just make me a bit more understanding of the man. I was a boy, just four years old, on July 20, 1969, the day the Eagle landed on the moon. I certainly don't have a memory of this historic landing. However, I do remember watching the later Apollo missions on black and white TV, which my mother (a stay-at-home mom) had running all morning and afternoon while my brothers were at school. So, while watching Moonshot, I did appreciate the scenes in which the world watched the week's events and was visibly energized by what it witnessed. The crescendo-reaching performance for me, however, were the scenes when Armstrong and Aldrin first faced the lunar landscape, hearts pumping, in what must have been a mix of fear and mercurial anticipation, clearly realizing that they were the first humans ever to "lay eyes" on its beauty. A final thought: To this day I fear the music mostly goes unheralded, but I found it a deeply inspiring soundtrack that complemented the action well. In time it will become recognized by future viewers who share my deep appreciation for outstanding movie music.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Good!, April 4, 2010

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Alexander (Va, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moonshot (DVD)

'MoonShot' is about the Apollo 11 mission...from training, astronaut selection, to the landing itself. The acting was very well done for being a tv movie. For scenes with the Apollo spacecraft the filmmakers mixed real NASA footage with CGI - really making the film seem real. The script was well written.

A fellow reviewer gave this movie a one-star review for historical inaccuracies...sure, there are inaccuracies, but what movie doesn't have them? It was unfair to give this movie one-star for this reason alone. Despite the few inaccuracies this movie was a treat to watch.

I rate this movie four stars because it is not 'Apollo 13' calibre, however it is entertaining to watch and, as with any NASA based movie, it fills you with a sense of pride that America accomplished the impossible.

FYI: I bought a digital copy from itunes for $1.99 and it was WELL worth it...if you decide to buy this, I recommend you save $15 and buy it from itunes. If you are willing to spend $17 (as of April 2010 on Amazon) on 'MoonShot', I recommend buying From the Earth to the Moon - The Signature Edition - shell out a few more dollars and get a five-star 12 hour movie.

4/5

Also recommended:
Apollo 13 (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
In the Shadow of the Moon