Moon [Blu-ray]

Director: Duncan Jones Duncan Jones

Overview

An astronaut miner extracting the precious moon gas that promises to reverse the Earth's energy crisis nears the end of his three-year contract, and makes an ominous discovery in this psychological sci-fi film starring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey. For three long years, Sam Bell has dutifully harvested Helium 3 for Lunar, a company that claims it holds the key to solving humankind's energy crisis. As Sam's contract comes to an end, the lonely astronaut looks forward to returning to his wife and daughter down on Earth, where he will retire early and attempt to make up for lost time. His work on the Selene moon base has been enlightening -- the solitude helping him to reflect on the past and overcome some serious anger issues -- but the isolation is starting to make Sam uneasy. With only two weeks to go before he begins his journey back to Earth, Sam starts feeling strange: he's having inexplicable visions, and hearing impossible sounds. Then, when a routine extraction goes horribly awry, it becomes apparent that Lunar hasn't been entirely straightforward with Sam about their plans for replacing him. The new recruit seems strangely familiar, and before Sam returns to Earth, he will grapple with the realization that the life he has created may not be entirely his own. Up there, hundreds of thousands of miles from home, it appears that Sam's contract isn't the only thing about to expire.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/12/2010
UPC:	0043396323940
Original Release:	2008
Rating:	R
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	18,502

Special Features

Commentary with writer/director Duncan Jones, director of photography Gary Shaw, concept designer Gavin Rothery and production designer Tony Noble; The making of Moon; Creating the visual effects

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sam Rockwell	Sam Bell
Dominique McElligott	Tess Bell
Matt Berry	Overmeyers
Robin Chalk	Sam
Benedict Wong	Thompson
Kaya Scodelario	Eve Bell
Kevin Spacey	Gerty
Malcolm Stewart	The Technician
Rosie Shaw	Little Eve,Nanny
Gavin Rothery	Eliza Rescue Captain
Mick Ward	Ward, Rescue Team Member
Clint Mansell	Composer

Technical Credits

Duncan Jones

Nathan Parker

Duncan Jones	Director,Screenwriter
Nathan Parker	Screenwriter
Stuart Fenegan	Producer,Stunts
Alex Francis	Producer
Justin Lanchbury	Producer
Nicky Moss	Producer
Trudie Styler	Producer
Julia Valentine	Producer
Jeremy Zimmerman	Casting
Manuel Puro	Casting
Michael Henry	Executive Producer,Producer
Bill Zysblat	Executive Producer,Producer
Trevor Beattie	Executive Producer,Producer
Bil Bungay	Executive Producer,Producer
Molinare Ltd.	Special Effects
Trevor Bungay	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Moon is a suspenseful and haunting science fiction drama, a promising feature debut by Duncan Jones, self-consciously modeled after classic films like 2001, Alien, Outland, and especially Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running. It's cleverly conceived, and executed with heart and economy. The production design, with a layer of dirt and grit over everything (including, it almost seems, Sam Bell [Sam Rockwell] himself, with his sloppy caveman look), quickly conveys the idea of a bare-bones mining operation, designed to deliver the greatest financial rewards for a minimal investment. And while Moon, in the best speculative tradition, is about many things, on one level it's a scathing critique of late capitalism, and our participation in our own exploitation. There's a heartless corporation behind everything, but beyond that Moon compellingly examines the compromises and choices we make for ourselves, and how they impact us in ways we rarely see. When, after nearly three years of working in solitude on the moon, Sam Bell awakens from a mining accident to find a younger, angrier version of himself waiting, he does get to see the impact of those choices, clearly and dramatically. Both Sams do. As good as Moon's story, script, and technical credits are, it's hard to imagine it working so well without Sam Rockwell in the lead. Rockwell's grit as an actor does as much as the excellent production design and old-school effects to put us there with him on that mining station. Moon's storyline may take a fanciful leap or two, but Rockwell plays with such passion and wit that he makes the suspension of disbelief easy. Moon is a small-scale film, but, thanks in no small part to Rockwell, its mix of thematic grandeur and human drama makes it a worthy successor to those 1970s science fiction films that inspired it.