DVD & Blu-ray: ARMSTRONG (2019) - Documentary

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Product Description: Dramatic, moving and insightful, ARMSTRONG tells the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood in rural Ohio, through aerial combat in Korea, to his first steps on the Moon - and the unwanted celebrity status that ensued. It is the story of a quiet determined man who became an aviator, astronaut, husband, father and reluctant hero. Made with the full support of his surviving family, it includes previously unseen home-movie footage shot by Armstrong himself. Neil’s own words provide the narration based on his rare interviews, writings and speeches, which are delivered by renowned actor and aviation enthusiast Harrison Ford. The film includes major interviews with his family, an exceptional cast of fellow astronauts and aviators, those who knew him in his youth and later life, together with newly filmed sequences at some of the key locations from his life story.

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APOLLO 11 (2019) Documentary Trailers, Featurette, Images and Posters

"Apollo 11" is a documentary feature directed, produced and edited by Todd Douglas Miller ("Dinosaur 13") that chronicles the historical 1969 Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin. The film features previously unreleased 70 mm footage without any narration or interviews.

"Apollo 11" premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Editing Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It was released in select theaters on March 1, 2019.

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FIRST MAN Trailers, TV Spots, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

"First Man" is a biopic that chronicles the story of NASA's mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969. The film is directed by Damien Chazelle ("La La Land") from a script by Josh Singer ("Spotlight") based on the book by James R. Hansen.

Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon in 1969. The film also stars Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Pablo Schreiber, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, Lukas Haas and Shea Whigham.

"First Man" premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival and was released in theaters on October 12, 2018. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, and it's expected to debut with around $21 million at the box-office.

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Ryan Gosling to Star as Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle's Biopic FIRST MAN

Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle will team up once more following the success of the musical "La La Land", this time for a biopic that will chronicle Neil Armstrong's trip to the moon. Gosling's bid for the lead role has been a rumor floating in space since 2015, but now a deal has been reached and it's finally official. The film, titled "First Man", is based on the book "First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong" written by James Hansen, and it will follow the evolution of the space program between 1961 and 1969 that culminated with Armstrong's walk on the moon. The script will be written by "Spotlight" Oscar-winning co-writer Josh Singer. The film will be produced by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, better known for the "Twilight" and "Maze Runner" franchises.

And here's the synopsis for the book "First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong":

"Marking the forty-fifth anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing, First Man by James Hansen offers the only authorized glimpse into the life of America’s most famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong—the man whose “one small step” changed history. “The Eagle has landed.”

When Apollo 11 touched down on the moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the moon became a legend. In First Man, Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over fifty hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this “magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon.

Upon his return to earth, Armstrong was honored and celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also—as James R. Hansen reveals in this fascinating and important biography—misunderstood. Armstrong’s accomplishments as engineer, test pilot, and astronaut have long been a matter of record, but Hansen’s unprecedented access to private documents and unpublished sources and his interviews with more than 125 subjects (including more than fifty hours with Armstrong himself) yield this first in-depth analysis of an elusive American celebrity still renowned the world over.

In a riveting narrative filled with revelations, Hansen vividly recreates Armstrong’s career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space. These milestones made it seem, as Armstrong’s mother Viola memorably put it, “as if from the very moment he was born—farther back still—that our son was somehow destined for the Apollo 11 mission.”

For a pilot who cared more about flying to the Moon than he did about walking on it, Hansen asserts, Armstrong’s storied vocation exacted a dear personal toll, paid in kind by his wife and children. For the forty-five years since the Moon landing, rumors have swirled around Armstrong concerning his dreams of space travel, his religious beliefs, and his private life.

In a penetrating exploration of American hero worship, Hansen addresses the complex legacy of the First Man, as an astronaut and as an individual. In First Man, the personal, technological, epic, and iconic blend to form the portrait of a great but reluctant hero who will forever be known as history’s most famous space traveler."

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