There's a interesting little sci-fi film on the horizon called Moon starring Sam Rockwell. We've actually mentioned it a few times before, but it remains under the radar, or at least it will until today. The guys over at Bloody Disgusting got their hand on a very impressive batch of photos from the film. Astronaut Sam Bell (Rockwell) has been mining Helium 3 on the moon three years alone. Just two weeks shy of his departure from the lunar base Selene, Sam starts seeing and hearing things and feeling strange. When a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that his employer has their own plans for replacing him and the new recruit is eerily familiar. If you're a sci-fi nut like me, you'll definitely want to check these out!

Click any of the photos below to see more of them. We've only just featured our own favorites below.


Moon is being directing by Duncan Jones, also known as Zowie Bowie, the son of David Bowie. Jones is a former ad exec turned filmmaker with only one film under his belt, a sci-fi short from 2000 called Whistle. I really love the look of this. I'm a big fan of anything sci-fi and an even bigger fan of independent sci-fi. Beyond that, the prospect of seeing Rockwell take on a solo role is very exciting. He's an incredibly underrated actor and roles like this will only put him in the spotlight even more. Moon doesn't yet have a US distributor just yet and only recently seems to have finished shooting.





http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
full synopsis from imdb



i saw a movie poster and searched for more info on this movie, this is what i found. it looks cool, sam rockwell and kevin spacey as the voice of the computer he has for company while stuck on the moon, looking forward to a trailer and then the flick.

Release dates for
Moon (2009) More at IMDbPro »

USA 23 January 2009 (Sundance Film Festival)
Germany 7 February 2009 (European Film Market)
USA 27 March 2009 (Philadelphia International Film Festival)
USA 29 March 2009 (Cleveland International Film Festival)
USA April 2009 (San Francisco International Film Festival)
USA 30 April 2009 (Tribeca Film Festival)
USA 26 May 2009 (Seattle International Film Festival)
USA 12 June 2009 (limited)
UK 20 June 2009 (Edinburgh Film Festival)
UK 17 July 2009
Australia 3 September 2009

It's out over here, I guess it's just limited showings though.

...there is a big diference between a film festival showing dates (which you listed) and a genaral release which is listed as mid july...

...its imposible to sneak a cam into a festival screening...

yea this is definately a movie i have been waiting for. I am curious as to how it will be. I hear a lot of good things and the trailor looks pretty cool but what wheni see it i'll obviously decide then. It looks like it has a 2001: a space odessey feel with that robot they showed, i wonder if thats what they were going for, and will it turn on him in some way?

I understand that.

i see him as a clone with implanted memories. his replacement is him. another clone with memories of a wife and daughter to go home to. maybe he has a expiration date genetically stored in him, so he dies when his contract is up? but something went wrong this time and he didnt die? idk but my movie sounds pretty good too =D

Sounds like something I'd watch. I'll keep my eyes open for this. THe lunar lab and vehicles have that model look. I wonder if this is intentional or shots of them before the special effects guys get to work on them. Nice designs though.

Edit:

Just watched the trailers. Looks great actually. This limited release business is pretty annoying though. Not a single theater in town is showing it. It's also only made $136,046 so far. I hope the hype picks up.

If it's only being shown on limited release in the US, then I'm forced to find a copy online somewhere. I was fully prepared to go to the theater to see this one, but alas "limited" showing in the US. fooey. I was hoping to erase that Terminator 4 charade from my memory banks.

ps that trailer is on Hulu in high-res for those who can view hulu that is

http://www.hulu.com/watch/68114/movie-trailers-moon

Please go see this movie, I posted in another thread about how much I loved it. The person I was with commented on the fact that it was only showing on one screen at the theater we attended, however Transformers 2 was showing on 8. Appalling. I didn't know until afterward that it was directed by David Bowie's son.

Any luck peoples?? I can't find it anywhere.

you live in san diego, a city where it certainly is showing, please go support the movie by actually purchasing a ticket and watching it in the theater. you wont be disappointed.

You kidding me? support it? I just wanna see it for free as you can see in my posts.

Does anyone know where i can get a copy of this? I would go watch it in cinema but where i live its not being showed

I dont mind if its a bad copy either

I went to see this on Saturday after waiting months to see it.
It lived up to expectations.

It's only showing at a handful of cinemas in the UK, which is sad.

This sucks that in this day what looks like a real science fiction movie gets released so poorly and then to top it off I can't even watch it here.

This title will be released on November 16, 2009.

I'm very anxious myself to watch this film. Thanks for the release date Jayflix. Marking it on my blackberry calendar now.

This is too weird. I looked at this thread 2 days ago and was convinced that this movie was DOA somewhere and we'd never see it. So is the Nov release date for UK or US?

So it's going to actually get a proper release?

Well on some googling I'm curious as to where you got that info because from what I've read it's already completed it's run. Where did you see this?

google "moon 2009 dvd release"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moon-DVD-Matt-Berry/dp/B002KCO6QA

Ah, DVD release I thought you where talking about a new run in theaters. Gotcha.

That's good news though I'll definitely be picking this up on blu-ray.

I've got a cam copy of this and it's in english but there's Russian audio also running throughout.... so it's really hard to hear the english

Is there anyway of turning off the Russian audio?

Dust bunny if you truly have this, upload it to megaupload and post it in the divx foreign section PRETTY PLEASE! Otherwise, I call shinanigans.

hahahahah SEB!

Done!

http://ipb.quicksilverscreen.com/index.php?showtopic=171141

:Woot !

it's really hard to hear the actors speaking english because of the darn Russian guys voice over

If someone could remove the Russian it would be an okay cam copy

Download ,then play it back on gom player ,turn on voice remover.U can only hear english sound track.

thank you. (never looked in the settings. you learn something new every day)

It's a shame it can't remove it completely, a distracting crackle remains for the voice over. I've tried messing with the equalizer and the other settings to try and remove it but came up with nothing. any joy for anyone else?

Thanks a million for the tip about gomplayer. Been wanting to watch this.
Although the audio isnt perfect sure beats waiting till mid november.

There is supposedly a dvd screener with spanish audio floating around. We may be in luck.

Thanks for that tip about the gom player to remove the russian audio. It worked great and I didn't care about the hiss. Awesome movie. Thanks.

Yep, here is the spanish audio dvd screener....

http://ipb.quicksilverscreen.com/index.php...st&p=828652

Enjoy!

I thought I posted a link to the spanish screener yesterday just below my previous post. Was it deleted? wondering if I did something wrong?

No MZ3, you did nothing wrong, besides posting it in this thread instead of the divx foreign section. I couldn't get the link to work so I archived it. Then I found the one I posted in the proper thread. If it wasn't for you we wouldn't have known about the screener at all yet. So Bravo! I'm hoping someone is able to sync up some english audio to it soon. Or at least somehow record the audio from GOP player and do it with that. Man I am psyched to see this flick.

we finally have R5 of MOON!! YAY!

Excellent..thankyou.

Mega Cheers SEB!! Props to everyone else as well!

Thanks SEB!!it was good enough as far as i'm concerned.Thanks for the hard work seb!!

thanks to everyone!!

Thank you, so much! I've been looking forward to this for months!

thanks

Worth the Wait! Audio is a little in & out but supremely watchable. I think i will have to watch it again to really get the full impact. Overall an excellent Sci-Fi film.

To be honest, I was little disappointed. I've been wanting to watch this film for so long, and when I finally do, well... It's not a bad film. In fact, it's a very good film, but I think it's a little bit weaker than a lot of people are making out.

Thanks was looking forward to this one!

If Sam2 is in his Helium3 transporter traveling back to earth, where does he land that Lunar Industries don't discover him inside and go: eh-up? - you're not supposed to be in here sonny - BANG!

sam isn't just traveling back to earth, He makes it back, if you listen just before the credits roll you hear a Tv station talking about a sam clone giving evidences at a trial!

Over all this movie was grate, and i fully recommend you see it in theaters for the full effect.

The chances are that Sony isn't probably going to put a whole lot of money into campaigning to get Sam Rockwell a Best Actor Oscar nomination, but that's not stopping director Duncan Jones from trying to get a grassroots campaign going to try and get the Academy's attention. If you feel he should get a nomination, sign the petition at the link.
sign the petition here

Yeah I heard that, so where did his transporter dock that Lunar Industries didn't stop him? You'd think they'd have their complex locked down fairly tight. Praps if they do a sequel (jones is talking about a trilogy) they'll explain it.