Moonshot (TV)

Plot: The story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.

Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4 -here's a vid of the actual moonlanding so you can compare

Starring: Daniel Lapaine ("Identity" & "Jericho"), 3X Saturn award winner James Marsters ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer" & "Smallville"), Andrew Lincoln ("Strike Back" & Wuthering Heights (TV)).

Written by: Tony Basgallop ("Worried About the Boy")

Directed by: Emmy nominee Richard Dale (Inside the Twin Towers & "When We Left Earth: The Last NASA Missions")

Review: A giant leap for TV movies. This documentary style historical drama takes you behind the scenes at the events of and leading up to the Apollo 11 mission interjected with actual behind the scenes filmed coverage, news reels, and audio recordings. Scenes containing actors were mostly taken from copied scenes from actual behind the scenes camera footage of the entire mission and from NASA transcripts. Even with this being a docu-drama, there was still a sense of cinematic story and character arch, with Masters delivering a powerful performance as Buzz Aldrin. The big budget big wigs could learn a thing or two from the History channel.

Fun Facts: When this movie was first aired on the History Channel (US), the moment when the character of Neil Armstrong puts his foot on the moon was timed to within a minute of the 40th anniversary of Armstrong actually stepping on the moon.

Awards:

Emmy Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Emmy	Outstanding Made for Television Movie
			Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special Peter Baldock (sound supervisor) Michael Feinberg (dialogue editor) Richard Todman (music editor)

Rating:

Writing-A

Acting-A

Directing-A

Music-A

Cinematography-A

Editing-A

Hair-B

Makeup-B

Costumes-A

Art Direction-A

Visual Effects-A

***1/2 Stars