Apollo 11

70mm Hasselblad cameras with both color and black/white film.

Amazing photos here
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/

And yes, I believe that the space footage in the For all mankind documentary is from 16mm film and in the 1.33 framing.

I hope that they keep that ratio or that they just crop a wee bit if they need the widescreen.
It looks great for 16mm I think. So no worries about poor quality. Just poor editing/cropping choices perhaps..

 

I am sold. I hope it plays everywhere.

 

Imax and theatrical release in early March according to thedigitalbits.
I hope we get to watch it overseas in the theatre as well

 

Fingers crossed it's coming to austria - I have to see this on the big screen!

 

Don’t the Apollo guys always use Hassleblads? they look like them.

 

Yep!

Hasselblad in space

Walter Schirra bought one, stripped the leatherette off and painted it black to minimize reflections. He took it with him on his Mercury 7 ship Sigma 7. After that success, NASA had Hasselblad make them customized cameras that could be used on the Moon and on spacewalks.

 

Unfortunately it's more than four-year-olds and senile men who believe that crap, or that the moon landings were faked. Complete imbeciles.

Can't wait for this film. The moon missions still fill me with awe.

 

I told myself I would not do this, but after going through this thread I watched a not seen by me British documentary on Apollo 13(at least I thought it was not seen by me. I probably did many years ago though). It was on Amazon Prime. This was very good and if I remember it's a BBC production. Just as amazing and fascinating as it was the other million times I've seen a documentary on Apollo 13.

I was born in 61 and grew up with the space program. I too am in awe of all of it. IMO, successful or not, American or all the other countries involved along with the private ventures, this is the highest technical achievement people have made. I wish we could spend as much on the care and survival of our people and countries.

 

Has anyone here seen First Man yet? I really enjoyed it.

 

I thought the first half was very boring and heavy-handed. Once they actually get in the rocket, the movie takes off (no pun intended), and it becomes pretty interesting. It's tough to make a compelling film about a guy like Neil Armstrong, who was a relatively unemotional, cold, distant guy. Still a very bright man and one of the bravest people who ever lived, but it's hard to empathize with his character. I was surprised but understood why it only made $102 million and received very few awards. It was nominated for Oscars for production design, sound editing, sound mixing, and VFX, but I'm sure the filmmakers were disappointed it got nothing in the creative areas.

I'm a huge fan of the NASA space program and witnessed half a dozen launches back in Florida, and I can say this film felt extraordinarily realistic in terms of how a Saturn V "feels" when it lifts off. I also thought their depiction of the moon landing was amazingly good -- and I had no idea it was shot outside at night at a rock quarry in Atlanta. And I also was struck by the horror of the Apollo I disaster, which is (as far as I know) the only time this was shown on film.

 

Yes, it's a cold movie without any joy. But the the whole moon sequence was spectacular and stunning. I got a tear in my eye.
Definitely worth seeing once and on a big screen.

I've been on a space/NASA buzz ever since First Man. Looking forward to rewatching
For all mankind, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, 2001 on my 114" screen. It aint like a movie theatre but it's pretty damn impressive going from a 25" TV from 1980..

 

and I'll add the excellent HBO production on DVD "From The Earth To The Moon"

Will that get upgraded to Blu-Ray?

 

Right. I have the DVD...

 

I don't disagree with your assessment. As a young boy I was obsessed with the space program and dreamed of being an astronaut. The Apollo I tragedy really affected me. I was just happy to see so much information about the trip to the moon and the whole Apollo program and seeing so many of my boyhood heroes brought to life. But in terms of story telling and filmmaking, not the most compelling, but I guess that was the result of being historically accurate. I never knew about the death of his daughter.

 

This article I saw today indicates an IMAX exclusive release March 1st, then theatrical release March 8th.

‘Apollo 11’ Documentary Gets Exclusive Imax Release

 

There was an "additional scene" on the First Man Blu-ray that I thought was very interesting: through an electrical wiring problem, Neil Armstrong's house catches on fire in the middle of the night and burns down, and he barely gets his wife and kids out to safety. I have no idea why they left the scene out, because I thought he showed the most emotion in that scene than anything else in the movie.

 

Select IMAX screenings start
Thursday February 28th
Theatres ​

 

Vickie is seeing it tonight at the Navy Pier IMAX, already has her ticket via AMC Stubs A*List. I wish I was there with her, as I lived and breathed the space program when I was a child.

This is one of the genuine IMAX theaters, monstrously huge screen and giant sound system.



We once saw a 70 mm print of 2001 A Space Odyssey on this screen. It was, as you might imagine, awesome.

 

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Just left a screening tonight, imagery was breathtaking on IMAX sized screen. It's a pretty methodical 90 min step-by-step of the trip to the moon.

A great document of the mission to land on moon from July 1969. I will buy a Blu-Ray or deluxe package if available.

What did anyone who saw it think of the documentary?

 

My wife Vickie Tweeted:

92) Apollo 11 @ Navy Pier IMAX. WOW, this was great. Every second a breathless journey, even mundane details you never get to see elsewhere. Many tears of awe. Give me a day-long marathon w The Right Stuff, First Man (not nominated for Best Picture, tragic!), this and Apollo 13.​

 

throw in HBO's "From The Earth To The Moon

 

For all those who love Space launches!
SpaceX Crew Dragon launch: How to watch the historic test flight tonight

2:49am ET early Saturday, Mar. 2, about
2 hours away now

The broadcasting starts on NASA TV starting at 11pm PT Friday evening.
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Watching it now. Pretty cool that is taking off from Pad 39A, the same one that Apollo 11 took off from.

 

Nice article by Digital Bits Bill Hunt
See Todd Douglas Miller’s remarkable Apollo 11 documentary in IMAX while you can ​