First Man (2018)
- Directed by
- Damien Chazelle
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 5,705 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a biographical film about astronaut Neil Armstrong before and during the Apollo 11 moon landing. It focuses on the personal and professional pressures he faced, including the risks of space flight and the toll on his family.
tenseintrospectivesombervisceralmethodicalgroundedbittersweetrestrainedclaustrophobic
What happens
First Man is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle from a screenplay by Josh Singer, based on James R. Hansen's 2005 book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong. The film stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, alongside Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Christopher Abbott, and Ciarán Hinds, and follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969, exploring the triumphs, and the cost on Armstrong, his family and his colleagues. The project was originally announced in 2003, with Clint Eastwood slated to direct. After that rendition fell through, Chazelle, Gosling and Singer all signed on by 2015, and principal photography began in Atlanta in November 2017. First Man had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2018, and was released in the United States on October 12, by Universal Pictures. The film received critical acclaim, particularly regarding the direction, Gosling and Foy's performances, musical score, and the Moon landing sequence, but it underperformed at the box office, grossing $105.7 million worldwide against $59 million production budget. It received numerous accolades, including four nominations at the 91st Academy Awards (winning Best Visual Effects). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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