1959: Guy is an experienced British fighter pilot who is in command of Britain's first manned mission to space. He has trained for this for three years at the height of the Cold War and now he is alone in space, suffering Hypoxia, with a malfunctioning capsule. He has limited contact with the UK, some unusual communication with the US and some unorthodox communication with Tyuratam deep in Soviet Russia. Can he get home? Who will help him? Will he make the right choice?
Acting
Edmund Kingsley carries 90% of this alone, deteriorating in real-time.
Production
Period-accurate capsule built full-scale; you feel every rivet.
Director
Andrew Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The capsule interior was so cramped that cinematographer had to be contorted into a corner for every shot.
Released months before Hidden Figures and six months after The Man in the High Castle's success—part of a wave re-examining space race mythology through marginalized or alternate perspectives.
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