Countdown (1967)

Directed by

William Conrad, Robert Altman

Genre

drama film, adventure film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

U

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two astronauts compete for the chance to be the first American on the moon in an emergency mission to beat the Soviets. The film follows the training and the personal stakes involved in the race to space.

tenseunderstatedgrittyrealisticgroundedclaustrophobicmatter-of-factserious

What happens

Countdown is a 1967 American science fiction film directed by Robert Altman, based on the 1964 novel The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls. The film stars James Caan and Robert Duvall as astronauts vying to be the first Americans to walk on the Moon as part of an accelerated program to beat the Soviet Union. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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