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Here is a list of movies about the moon made to entertain.
1. In Moon, Sam Rockwell is hired to work at a lunar station. He is supposed to be there alone, but
is he?
2. In the Shadow of the Moon lets the images and interviews with astronauts tell the stories.
Unfortunately, Neil Armstrong declined to take part.
3. Moonraker is perhaps too clumsily made to be taken seriously, but like most Bond movies, it is
entertaining to watch.
4. In a film adaptation of an H.G.Wells novel, two British men use an anti-gravity substance to fly
them to the moon.
5. Georges Méliès’ 14-minute film from 1902 is the first sci-fi movie (to have been) made / to be
made in the 20th century.
6. In case you run out of cheese and need restocking / to restock, the best place to go is the
moon. This Wallace and Gromit classic, A Grand Day Out, was nominated for an Oscar, only to lose
to another film by the same creators.
7. Many have heard Tom Hanks say, “Houston, we have a problem” in Apollo 13. The zero gravity
scenes were filmed aboard a simulation plane to achieve genuine weightlessness.
8. One of the first 3D movies made / to have been made / to be made is Magnificent Desolation
where actual footage, computer-created imagery (CGI) and interviews are used to create a more
compelling atmosphere.
9. Iron Sky is a story about Nazis who set up a base on the moon in 1945, and then decide to
return to a future Earth to take over the planet.
10. Despicable Me is a CGI comedy about a super-villain who decides to steal the moon. The movie
ranks among the best animated movies ever created / to have been created.