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February 1968 (USA) moreTagline:
The motion picture that puts a man on the moon ... and you will follow him every terrifying second of the way ... morePlot:
Desperate to reach the moon first, NASA sends a man and shelter separately, one-way. He must find it to survive; he can't return until Apollo is ready. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
More Real Than You Might Think moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | James Caan | ... | Lee Stegler |
 | Joanna Moore | ... | Mickey Stegler |
 | Robert Duvall | ... | Chiz |
| Barbara Baxley | ... | Jean |
| Charles Aidman | ... | Gus |
| Steve Ihnat | ... | Ross Duellan |
 | Michael Murphy | ... | Rick |
| Ted Knight | ... | Walter Larson |
| Stephen Coit | ... | Ehrman |
| John Rayner | ... | Dunc |
| Charles Irving | ... | Seidel |
| Bobby Riha | ... | Stevie Stegler (as Bobby Riha Jr.) |
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This film centers on a flight to the Moon in a Gemini spacecraft modified for a lunar landing. In fact, there were several proposals in the mid-1960s to use modified Gemini craft for lunar orbital and even lunar landings, in lieu of or complementing the Apollo flights. They were rejected for various technical, budgetary, and political reasons. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: When explaining the medical telemetry to Mickey Stegler, the doctor says one plot is respiration and another is breathing, even though both words mean the same thing. Also, several of the plots have completely different shapes from what they should. moreFAQ
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It's interesting that I initially had the same reaction as "anonymous" did to the lunar lander depicted in the movie. Sure, it looks like a Gemini capsule stuck on top of a descent stage, but guess what? When Altman made this movie, NASA actually had already planned the "Countdown" mission AND the Gemini lunar lander, although it was never used.
BTW, I read Hank Searl's book "The Pilgrim Project" while I was in eighth grade and loved it.