The Apollo space program was started in the 1960’s to take men to the moon, and ended with Apollo 17 in December, 1972. Apollo 18, 19, and 20 were cancelled because of budget cuts. Director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s film “Apollo 18′ contends that Apollo 18 was actually launched in December, 1974, and never returned to Earth because of attacks by extraterrestrial life on the moon.
This conspiracy theory is the premise for the film, with Lopez-Gallego using the “mockumentary” filming style, in which fictitious events are presented in a documentary format. The grainy footage inside the capsule and outside on the moon’s surface actually can make a person believe that it came from NASA’s archives. The director and writer Brian Miller put good production values in their project, making it at least a watchable film.
The small cast includes Warren Christie, Ryan Robbins, and Lloyd Owen as the astronauts, Andrew Airlie as the voice of mission control, and Michael Kopsa as the Deputy Secretary of Defense. “Apollo 18” is an independent production from Timur Bekmambetov and his company Bazelevs, distributed by Dimension Films. It made a modest profit at the box office.
Apollo 18 (2011)
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The Apollo space program was started in the 1960’s to take men to the moon, and ended with Apollo 17 in December, 1972. Apollo 18, 19, and 20 were cancelled because of budget cuts. Director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s film “Apollo 18′ contends that Apollo 18 was actually launched in December, 1974, and never returned to Earth because of attacks by extraterrestrial life on the moon.
This conspiracy theory is the premise for the film, with Lopez-Gallego using the “mockumentary” filming style, in which fictitious events are presented in a documentary format. The grainy footage inside the capsule and outside on the moon’s surface actually can make a person believe that it came from NASA’s archives. The director and writer Brian Miller put good production values in their project, making it at least a watchable film.
The small cast includes Warren Christie, Ryan Robbins, and Lloyd Owen as the astronauts, Andrew Airlie as the voice of mission control, and Michael Kopsa as the Deputy Secretary of Defense. “Apollo 18” is an independent production from Timur Bekmambetov and his company Bazelevs, distributed by Dimension Films. It made a modest profit at the box office.