Magnificent Desolation - Walking on the Moon (IMAX)
starring: Tom Hanks, John Corbett, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
directed by: Mark Cowen
directed by: Mark Cowen
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359332128
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2007
Running Time: 40 minutes
Sales Rank: 8240
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 2005
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Only 12 have walked on the moon. You're next! Presented and narrated by Tom Hanks Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon is an IMAX documentary film that transports the viewer to lunar surface where they can walk alongside the 12 extraordinary astronauts who have been there experiencing what they saw heard and felt.Running Time: 40 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 026359332128
Amazon.com:
Tom Hanks continues his love affair with space that began with Apollo 13 and his miniseries From Earth to the Moon with this compelling IMAX adventure, Magnificent Desolation. Fans of space fact and fantasy will not want to miss this engaging docudrama, which combines actual footage of lunar walks and interviews of the few men who've trod there with dramatizations of scenarios both exciting and terrifying.
The true way to experience this film, of course, is in its IMAX splendor, but home-theater buffs won't be disappointed. The footage takes the 'lunar visitor' along moon's craters and potholes, with nothing but the vastness of space all around. Unseen film shows close-ups of terrain as well as technical infrastructure that may well be models for future moon-living. One particularly scary scene thankfully has never happened on a moon mission, and involves the sudden loss of breathing apparatus. Scuba divers will recognize the 'buddy system' of sharing a single air source--and viewers with any kind of claustrophobic issues may want to fast-forward. But overall, the thrills of space travel are made as real as possible for us mere mortals who will only experience it from our comfy chairs. Roger that.--A.T. Hurley
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- The closest I have come to actually being on the Moon! I have dreamed about space travel and going to the Moon for much of my life. This film is quite imaginative ... Read More
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- DisappointingI saw this at an IMAX theater. I was hoping for real film of real astronauts. But it is almost all computer ... Read More
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- Glad to see it available on DVDI went to see this movie at the pink palace IMAX in memphis and it was fantastic, I remember commenting after ... Read More
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- Great MovieFor all those who "believe" that man didn't go to the moon, see this movie and get educated. This is the best ... Read More
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- CGI Promo FilmDisappointing. I had hoped for actual photos and images from the Apollo missions, but found mostly computer generated ... Read More
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