In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)

I am a huge fan of the space program. In a world full of fantasy outer space adventures, man's real-life quest to venture beyond our planet is a terrific story. I have always been fascinated by the events and the people involved in this most heroic phase of human exploration.

Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft travelled to the moon. The men who occupied those vehicles were gathered together to give their recollections of the time in the documentary - 'In the Shadow of the Moon'.


From the initial training to standing on the surface of the moon, they men tell stories that are funny, touching, tragic and above all, inspirational. This time was truly America's and man's finest hour. There was hope and a belief that we could do anything if we set our mind's to it. It's sad that spirit is all but dead these days and has been replaced by personal destruction over societal enrichment.

The astronauts they interview are old men now but they still have the same glint of adventure in their eyes. I dare anyone to look at them and say that man never went to the moon - that is was all one big hoax. They have that look of men who truly did something special.


You get a real sense in the documentary of the sheer scale and complexity of the Apollo program. I was constantly impressed with how complicated these machines were that carried men to another celestial body and then brought them safely back to Earth. No team was ever lost in space.

There is much footage of President John F. Kennedy who rightly deserves a lot of the credit for inspiring his nation to achieve the major goal of landing on the moon before the end of the 60s.


I loved how this documentary used fresh footage that I had never seen before. New angles and slow motion shots of blast-off and landing really kept me focused on how beautiful the whole adventure was. The music was also inspiring. The film lets the incredible images speak for themselves. Beautiful.

10/10