“You are my moon, you are my son” *
Crikey, already ten years since MOON received its first showing. Here’s a piece reflecting that fact from our good friend, Unkle Rupert.
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MOON Celebrates 10th Anniversary - by @Unklerupert
It’s 10 years to the day that Duncan Jones’ debut feature MOON premiered at the Sundance Festival in Utah screening at the Eccles Theatre in Park City on Friday 23rd January 2009.
In attendance were cast and crew including; Writer / Director - Duncan Jones, Producers - Trudie Styler & Stuart Fenegan, Star - Sam Rockwell, Writer - Nathan Parker, and special guests Sting and Duncan’s proud father - David Bowie.
MOON was very well received by film critics in attendance, here’s a sample of those first reactions.
“Not only does it look wonderful, but Sam Rockwell is flawless yet again.” - Alex Billington - First Showing
“Moon is yet another impressive work of independent science fiction. In which we have a young director with an ambitious vision, a perfectly cast lead and the creativity to bring it to life without having to work on a Michael Bay-sized budget.” - Neil Miller - Film School Rejects
“I’m convinced that Moon is at the beginning of a new renaissance of indie sci-fi feature films which will challenge Hollywood’s big budget computer generated spectacles.” - Peter Sciretta - Film
MOON continued to garner high praise from the film community and wider film going audiences around the World as further festival screenings occurred and upon general release starting in the US on the 10th July 2009, it also picked up many award nominations and awards including a BAFTA for Duncan Jones for Outstanding Debut by a British Director. Over the last 10 years MOON has become a much loved Sci-fi classic with regular screenings still occurring around the World and of course through home release on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming services. High praise has come from all quarters, but none more so than from one of Duncan’s Directorial heroes, Terry Gilliam, during a Little White Lies interview published in April 2011
“I think MOON is a really brilliant example of contemporary Sci-fi because it has a message, it has strong visuals but it also has a proper science-fiction core. It’s the closest thing to a modern-day 2001 I have seen.”
This day though, this was the day that MOON received its premiere. A premiere attended by a first time feature Director, and his proud Father. Happy 10th Anniversary, MOON x
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If you’ve yet to see MOON for some insane reason, it’s probably best to correct that situation, pronto.
*Yes, we know it’s sun, not son. But that wouldn’t have really worked.
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