Product Description

Sam Rockwell, Kevin SpaceyDirector: Duncan Jones

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #260 in DVD
• Brand: Blu-ray Science Fiction
• Released on: 2009-11-16
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Colour, Import, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Thai, Indonesian
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 97 minutes

Synopsis
Sam Rockwell (MATCHSTICK MEN) stars in this thought-provoking science fiction film. After spending three years on the moon as a solitary miner, Sam Bell (Rockwell) is almost ready to return home to his wife and daughter. But as his homecoming approaches, he begins to experience strange things that can't be explained and his employer may have a sinister plan in mind for him. MOON is the directorial debut of commercial helmer Duncan Jones.

Customer Reviews

Science Fiction finds its heart again...
And it just goes to show that all the CGI billion dollar budgets in the world can't save you if your film has no emotional centre. What a thrill it was to see this then, where for great swaths of screen time you never even see outside of the space moon-station and yet it never tires or drags.

Its hard to review the film without wandring into spoilers but suffice to say Sam Rockwell's performance is superb, and it's only as the film progreses that you really get a taste for how much effort he put in.

Since much of the story takes place inside, I can't really say that the blu version I've seen adds much in terms of crispness/clarity, but you'll have to decide for yourself.

Hats off, too, to one of the most 'blink and you'll miss it' endings I've ever seen - more of a stop-listening-and-you'll-miss-it. It was very brave of them to throw all the resolution of the story into a 20 second-ish half-heard voice-over just before the credits roll, but I liked that!

Well worth your time - put it on the DVD shelf next to 'Contact.'

Moon
A haunting and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition that pays homage to the great classic science fiction films like 2001 without ripping them off. Rockwell delivers an outstanding performance as the lonely, humbled and repentant astronaut trying to make sense of the confusion around him, Spacey's understated vocals as the voice of GERTY are perfectly pitched, and the music is superb - a mixture of icily repetitive and insistent electronica reminiscent of the best of the great 80's synth artists and heartbreakingly beautiful piano interludes. I bought the CD soundtrack immediately, and play it frequently. I can't wait for the DVD release of Duncan Jones' remarkable debut, and am very much looking forward to his next film.

A genuine thinking persons sci-fi film! (it's been a while)
I so enjoyed this at its (limited due to the average Harry Potter film) cinema release. Worth noting that despite the low budget it was made during the writers strike so despite the low budget it had some great people working on the visuals and sound and it looks and feels great. The music is also exceptional (by the requiem for a dream guy).

Sam Rockwell's acting performance is genuinely superb.

It's best to see this film without seeing any spoilers (like the 1 reveiw that has beaten me to it). There are no stunning new sci-fi ideas here (I haven't seen one for a long time) but it is so rare that a vision of the future is portrayed in such a human way, with character(s?) you genuinely like and care about. I was engrossed all the way through and genuinely moved.

I love sci-fi, I love the big budget lets blow s*** up sci-fi and I love the low budget thinking sci-fi, this falls into the later category and at 5th August it is the film I have enjoyed the most in 2009.

And my girlfriend liked it too!