See "In the Shadow of the Moon," I don't care if you wait to see it on the Discovery Channel or in a theatrical release, but see this movie.
I am 40-years-old and don't remember the first moon launch though I do have images in my head of the later launches. Like so many people my age I have a small disappointment that there aren't colonies on the Moon and people haven't set foot on Mars yet. This film reminded me of what the future used to be and maybe can be again.
This really amazing documentary has very little to do with the science and technology of the NASA Apollo program, it's all about the people, the men who went to the moon.
"In the Shadow of the Moon" is the story of a group of modest, soft spoken mostly Midwestern and Texan Air Force test and fighter pilots who knowingly did one of the coolest and most potentially dangerous things ever. We've all seen footage, read text books, watched TV specials on the moon landings, but I've never seen it presented so well.
Using NASA footage and interviews with the surviving astronauts, David Sington made a film which reminds us that once upon a time everyone could be proud to be an American and member of the world community.
"In the Shadow of the Moon" is hands down the best movie I saw at Sundance this year, even if I saw it as a "Best of Fest" screening after the festival was over.
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