First Man - Il primo uomo

Titolo originale: First Man
Regia: Damien Chazelle |
Anno: 2018
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Storia Dramma
Tag: moon | based on novel or book | sacrifice | nasa | wife | obsession | space travel | space mission | biography | engineer | based on true story | moon landing | space | cancer | astronaut | historical event | death of daughter | compromise | test pilot | 1960s | apollo program | america |
Cast: Ryan Gosling | Claire Foy | Jason Clarke | Kyle Chandler | Corey Stoll | Patrick Fugit | Christopher Abbott | Ciarán Hinds | Olivia Hamilton | Pablo Schreiber | Shea Whigham | Lukas Haas | Ethan Embry | Brian d'Arcy James | Cory Michael Smith | Kris Rey | Gavin Warren | Luke Winters | Connor Blodgett | Lucy Stafford | J.D. Evermore | Leon Bridges | Steve Coulter | Skyler Bible | William Gregory Lee | Choppy Guillotte | Braydyn Nash Helms | Edmund Grant | Callie Brown | Claire Smith | Brady Smith | John David Whalen | Matthew Glave | Rodney J. Hobbs | Kermit Rolison | Willie Repoley | Ben Owen | Jim Stearns | James H. Williams | Helen S. Jackson | Ambrit Millhouse | Mark Armstrong | Kevin Buttimer | Dustin Lewis | Robert Hatch | Anna Chazelle | Tyner Rushing | Myra Brown | Ronald Hicks | Lawrence Jonasson | Irina Labouz | Anthony Paolucci | Philip Boyd | Stephanie Turner | Timothy Batten | Aurelien Gaya | Todd Truley | Mark Kelly | Tim Olcott | Andrea Maria Hintermaier | Jamie Anne Allman | Charles Carroll | Brian Mahoney | Donald Watkins | Tess Oakland | Michael Lee Kimel | Ryan Clay Forbes | Joshua Powell | Thomas Clay Strickland | Brad Kitchen | Tim Harper | Andrew Armstrong | Kevin Johnson | Damian Lovello | Nelson Bonilla | Shawn Eric Jones | Andrew Stahl | Mark Kirkman | Brian David McCay | Mark Schlichting | Mark Yurgil | Andrew Buckman | Christopher Sgubin | Greg Puckett | Perry Zulu Jr. | Katelyn Davis | George Linkenback | Milton Saul | Aaron J. Brooks | Robert Tinsley |

Un film che narra l'avvincente storia della missione della NASA per portare un uomo sul luna. Il film si concentra sulla figura di Neil Armstrong e sugli anni tra il 1961 e il 1969. Resoconto viscerale in prima persona, basato sul libro di James R. Hansen, il film esplorerà i sacrifici e il costo che avrà per Armstrong e per l'intera nazione, una delle missioni più pericolose della storia.

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This was the first film directed by Damien Chazelle to not be music-based. D
Jason Clarke, who plays Edward H. White II, was 3 days old in Queensland, Australia on the actual la [...] D
To prepare for his role, Ryan Gosling unearthed Lunar Rhapsody, a piece for theremin that Neil Armst [...] D
When Neil talks about taking his daughter to Saskatchewan to try to have her treated by the man who [...] D
The "1201" and "1202" alarms that sounded during the lunar descent was an indication that the comput [...] D
The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August 2018. D
The exact personal items that Neil Armstrong took on the Apollo 11 mission - his Personal Preference [...] D
The Apollo 11 LEM actually landed with much more fuel than was originally thought. NASA did a post-m [...] D
Damien Chazelle was approached to stage the film once Whiplash (2014) completed, while he had not ye [...] D
Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle visited the Armstrong Air and Space museum in Neil Armstro [...] D
Of the three top billed stars, none is from the United States. D
Jason Clarke appears in the film as Edward H. White II. Clarke had previously starred as Sen. Ted Ke [...] D
This was the first Universal Pictures film to use IMAX cameras. D
As indicated in the film, the Apollo I fire was caused by abrasion of some of the Teflon insulation [...] D
The film won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. D
Director Damien Chazelle was particularly concerned with making his film as authentic as possible. T [...] D
On February 28, 1966, Elliott See, a former Navy aviator, was piloting a T-38 trainer with his Gemin [...] D
All of the residential scenes were filmed in the "Saddle Creek" neighborhood in Roswell, Georgia in [...] D
The film revived international interest in Neil Armstrong's first wife Janet Armstrong, who plays a [...] D
Leon Bridges has a small role in the film. Ryan Gosling hosted Il Saturday Night Live (1975) (Il Sat [...] D
The scene where Neil Armstrong finally opens up to Edward H. White II about missing his late daughte [...] D
At 2:10:51 the image with the quote "In the beginning God..." is the actual design of a 6 cent posta [...] D
James R. Hansen, biographer of Neil Armstrong, co-produced the film. It is thanks to him that the pr [...] D
Jason Clarke and Kyle Chandler also co-starred in Zero Dark Thirty (2012). D
The original music composed by Justin Hurwitz featured various instruments, including theremin (whic [...] D
The production was able to obtain actual NASA tech and equipment used during the 1960s. According to [...] D
Moments before the Apollo launch, one can see Armstrong's hand being placed on a T-shaped handle. Th [...] D
James R. Hansen, the author of First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong (Simon and Schuster, 2005, 2012 [...] D
The film was shipped to cinemas under the pseudonym "Sputnik." D
Pablo Schreiber played Jim Lovell, another pilot of the Gemini program and Apollo programs, a charac [...] D
When the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, it faced controversy for not featuring the icon [...] D
Actor Jason Clarke, who played Apollo 1 astronaut Edward H. White II (Ed White), was born on July 17 [...] D
The film is based on James R. Hansen's book "The First Man: Discovering Neil Armstrong" (Robert Laff [...] D
William Safire, one of Richard Nixon's speechwriters, had prepared a statement to be delivered by th [...] D
Linus Sandgren and Damien Chazelle used 16mm film for scenes on land and 35mm for scenes in space to [...] D
Damien Chazelle's first choice to play the role of Neil Armstrong was Ryan Gosling. Gosling was even [...] D
The dialogue in the Apollo 204A fire (the correct designation for Apollo I) in which Gus Grissom, Ed [...] D
Of the twelve men who have walked on the moon throughout the Apollo program, only two were civilians [...] D
This was director Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz's fourth collaboration together, with the first [...] D
During the final moments of the landing, the controllers were afraid that they would have to abort a [...] D
Apollo astronauts were considered government employees, with most at the rank of Captain. Regardless [...] D
The opening scene shows Armstrong's infamous mishap when flying the X-15 supersonic vehicle, but mer [...] D
The communication heard from Mission Control is the real voice coms from archival audio of astronaut [...] D
Although it is not shown in the film, the spacecraft was set to slowly rotate as it traveled. This i [...] D
During the Apollo 11 Eagle landing sequence, the actual historic recordings of CAPCOM Charles Duke ( [...] D
This was Damien Chazelle and Ryan Gosling's second collaboration, the first being La La Land (2016). D
The Adler Planetarium in Chicago gifted Ryan Gosling certificates for two stars named after his daug [...] D
Janet Armstrong really did drive down to Mission Control after they cut off her "squawk box" during [...] D
The intermittent beeps heard during dialogue between Houston and the various spacecraft are known as [...] D
Some of the voices heard in the film are actual recordings from the space program. For example, [...] D
A prominent character in this film is Donald K. Slayton aka Deke Slayton. He was one of the original [...] D
Buzz Aldrin mentions his Personal Preference Kit (PPK), which was a small pouch in which the astrona [...] D
After separation from the Agena there is a report of a rate approaching 270. This refers to how many [...] D
There are two deleted scenes in the film: ''Apollo 8 Launch'' and ''House Fire." D
During the re-entry of Apollo 10, Walter Cronkite can be heard (in the actual broadcast tape) referr [...] D
In the film Apollo 13 (1995) there is mention of Mount Marilyn, which is a mountain that Apollo 8 as [...] D
The lunar sequence was shot on 70mm IMAX cameras and would have expanded aspect ratio during select [...] D
Damien Chazelle keeps up his signature style of closing a movie with lead actors tangibly looking at [...] D
Segments from the last voice transmission from the space shuttle Challenger, sent just before it exp [...] D
Neil Armstrong's real son Mark Armstrong plays the mission control worker who turns off the squawk b [...] D
One of the issues with the Apollo I fire was that the hatch did not have explosive bolts and, as dep [...] D
The film had a four-minute IMAX preview that played before Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018). Thi [...] D
Neil Armstrong's detour to Little West Crater in the film was accurate and not part of the mission p [...] D
The Apollo 11 crew eat steak and eggs before their launch. This has been the traditional launch day [...] D
The song "Whitey on the Moon" during the protest sequence is a cover of the famous song by singer/po [...] D
The film brought together several Academy Award winners: director Damien Chazelle, screenwriter Josh [...] D
The depiction of the astronauts' quarantine in the finale is accurate. Most of their time was spent [...] D
According to Ryan Gosling, his lines while Neil Armstrong is on the moon were recorded live on-set w [...] D
Actor Ryan Gosling first discovered Neil Armstrong's love of the theremin during his background rese [...] D
Clint Eastwood was originally going to direct the movie. D
The tumble rate of the Gemini capsule, while extreme, never exceeded 296° per second. For dramati [...] D
In addition to serving as a docking target, the Agena was used to test a number of functions and pro [...] D
The movie included an excerpt of an educational film about the planned lunar mission, as well as an [...] D
In the breakfast scene just before Apollo 11 launched, NASA sketch artist Paul Calle was played by h [...] D
Contrary to popular belief and its depiction in many feature films, oxygen is not flammable. Instead [...] D
Common errors were avoided in this film: Earth and the moon are always lit by the sun at the same an [...] D
This was the first film directed by Damien Chazelle where he did not write the script. D
Neil Armstrong's famous quote as he stepped on the moon is the subject of historical controversy. Th [...] D
The filmmakers used the original blueprints of Neil Armstrong's house to replicate the look of his h [...] D
Anna Chazelle: Damien Chazelle's sister plays a White House staffer. D
Not content with training them at NASA, Damien Chazelle sent each of his actors YouTube videos of th [...] D
Mark Armstrong and Rick Armstrong said that this film contained the most accurate portrayal of their [...] D
The third consecutive film by Damien Chazelle to be Oscar-nominated. However, as of 2019, this movie [...] D
While Neil Armstrong was the LEM "commander" and Buzz Aldrin the "pilot," Armstrong was the one at t [...] D
On July 16th, 2019, which was the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, CBS rebroadcast the [...] D
After extensive research on the history of NASA, Damien Chazelle initiated operations at the Kennedy [...] D
Alan Bean was the fourth man to walk on the moon and a technical advisor for this movie. He sadly di [...] D
The Apollo I astronauts survived the fire for only 17 seconds. D
Jon Bernthal was cast but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. He was replaced by Christopher Ab [...] D