Moonshot (2009 film) explained

Director:	Richard Dale
Starring:	James Marsters, Andrew Lincoln
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Producer:	Tim Goodchield
Runtime:	79 minutes
Network:	History

Moonshot is a 2009 television film depicting the story leading up to the landing of Apollo 11's Lunar Module Eagle on the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969.^[1]

Cast

• James Marsters as Buzz Aldrin
• Andrew Lincoln as Michael Collins
• Ursula Burton as Marilyn Lovell
• Daniel Lapaine as Neil Armstrong
• William Hope as Psychologist
• Anna Maxwell Martin as Janet Armstrong
• Colin Stinton as Bob Gilruth
• Michael J. Reynolds as Gene Aldrin
• Nigel Whitmey as Deke Slayton
• Richard Dillane as Tom Stafford
• Ian Porter as Bill Anders

Production

The film utilizes actual footage taken during the time period known as the Space Race.

See also

• Apollo 11 in popular culture

Notes and References

1. News: Moonshot. The New York Times.