A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Sound
Those rattling spacecraft sequences are pure anxiety engineering.
Cinematography
16mm and IMAX shifts make space feel both intimate and vast.
Acting
Gosling's micro-expressions do heavy lifting; Foy absolutely breaks your heart.
Director
Damien Chazelle
Ryan Gosling
Neil Armstrong
Claire Foy
Janet Shearon
Jason Clarke
Ed White
Kyle Chandler
Deke Slayton
Corey Stoll
Buzz Aldrin
Patrick Fugit
Elliot See
Christopher Abbott
David Scott
Ciarán Hinds
Robert R. Gilruth
Olivia Hamilton
Patricia White
Pablo Schreiber
Jim Lovell
Shea Whigham
Gus Grissom
Lukas Haas
Michael Collins
Ethan Embry
Pete Conrad
Brian d'Arcy James
Joseph A. Walker
Cory Michael Smith
Roger B. Chaffee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The moon surface was built practically on a giant LED screen stage—a first for filmmaking, not CGI.
Chazelle deliberately avoided flag-planting imagery to focus on Armstrong's interior journey, sparking absurd political controversy about patriotism.
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