World Famous Comics: Magnificent Desolation - Walking on the Moon (IMAX)
Magnificent Desolation - Walking on the Moon (IMAX)
Starring: Tom Hanks, John Corbett, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman Directed By: Mark Cowen Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Hbo Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 06, 2007 Running Time: 40 minutes Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 2005
Product Description: Only 12 have walked on the moon. You're next! Presented and narrated by Tom Hanks Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon is an IMAX documentary film that transports the viewer to lunar surface where they can walk alongside the 12 extraordinary astronauts who have been there experiencing what they saw heard and felt.Running Time: 40 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 026359332128
Amazon.com: Tom Hanks continues his love affair with space that began with Apollo 13 and his miniseries From Earth to the Moon with this compelling IMAX adventure, Magnificent Desolation. Fans of space fact and fantasy will not want to miss this engaging docudrama, which combines actual footage of lunar walks and interviews of the few men who've trod there with dramatizations of scenarios both exciting and terrifying.
The true way to experience this film, of course, is in its IMAX splendor, but home-theater buffs won't be disappointed. The footage takes the "lunar visitor" along moon's craters and potholes, with nothing but the vastness of space all around. Unseen film shows close-ups of terrain as well as technical infrastructure that may well be models for future moon-living. One particularly scary scene thankfully has never happened on a moon mission, and involves the sudden loss of breathing apparatus. Scuba divers will recognize the "buddy system" of sharing a single air source--and viewers with any kind of claustrophobic issues may want to fast-forward. But overall, the thrills of space travel are made as real as possible for us mere mortals who will only experience it from our comfy chairs. Roger that.--A.T. Hurley
The closest I have come to actually being on the Moon! I have dreamed about space travel and going to the Moon for much of my life. This film is quite imaginative and exhilirating.
I took my kids to see the IMAX version- we all were stunned silent by the drama that unfolded. You can read about this story many times, but actually feeling it is different.
-Tahir Rahman, author of We Came in Peace for all Mankind: the untold story of the Apollo 11 silicon disc
Disappointing I saw this at an IMAX theater. I was hoping for real film of real astronauts. But it is almost all computer graphics which are not even all that good in a rather contrived 'docudrama' format. In addition the science is 'gradeschool' level stuff. You would be better off spending your money on 'Full Moon'. Its a book but the images are the real deal.
Glad to see it available on DVD I went to see this movie at the pink palace IMAX in memphis and it was fantastic, I remember commenting after the show how it would be great on dvd and worthy of purchase. It was educational and had some great humor as well.
Great Movie For all those who "believe" that man didn't go to the moon, see this movie and get educated. This is the best documentary on the moon missions that I have see and I really admire Tom Hanks and Mark Cowen for making this DVD possible. I also recommend "In the Shadow of the Moon".
CGI Promo Film Disappointing. I had hoped for actual photos and images from the Apollo missions, but found mostly computer generated images. The best real stuff, and the majority of it, is in the end credits. The bonus material is anemic. If you are looking for something to get pre-teens excited about going back to the moon, show them this. If you are someone that grew up in the early days of space travel, as I did, don't waste you time or money.
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