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- 1989
- Not Rated
- Columbia TriStar Home Video
- 1 h 20 m
- 1989
- Not Rated
- Columbia TriStar Home Video
- 1 h 20 m
Summary An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
Directed By: Al Reinert
- 1989
- Not Rated
- Columbia TriStar Home Video
- 1 h 20 m
- 1989
- Not Rated
- Columbia TriStar Home Video
- 1 h 20 m
For All Mankind
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Summary An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
Directed By: Al Reinert
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
79
100% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Remarkable...For All Mankind is a lovely film. Brian Eno's soundtrack is majestic without being overly sentimental, and Reinert's choice of images ranges skillfully from the ironically ordinary - astronauts eating, listening to country music and teasing one another about personal quirks - to the awe inspiring. [2 Feb 1990, p.3F]
It’s breathtaking on two fronts: Reinert unearths stunning footage—far removed from the fuzzy copies used as B-roll in other documentaries—that captures the full scale of NASA’s accomplishment. But he keeps that footage grounded in the image and voices of the modest men and women who made it happen.
The length and delay of the project is evident from Brian Eno's participation. He composed and produced the subtle, evocative musical score for the film. [31 March 1990, p.C08]
These are minor quibbles with a stunning achievement. For All Mankind rewrites history, creating a single glorious adventure from a generation of giant leaps for all mankind. [20 July 1990, p.7]
The astronauts playfully mug for the camera, and the footage is spectacular, from a fiery liftoff montage to familiar but lovely shots of the earth from space to the moon's mysterious gray surface. But it's telling that a description of the problems of defecating in zero gravity is more interesting than astronauts' trite musings on “out of this world” views, and the ahistorical editing is occasionally irritating.
For All Mankind is a beatitude of praise, a homesick look at a healthy nation. That's why this history of "all systems go" and "roger that" is Oscar-nominated instead of "Roger and Me." The closest it comes to controversy is when it tackles the question of how astronauts go potty in space.
If not the screen’s ultimate portrait of space travel, For All Mankind remains a peerless planetarium show.
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Production Company
Apollo Associates,
FAM Productions,
National Geographic Society
Release Date May 19, 1989
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline From 1968 til 1972, twenty-four human beings went to the moon. Their journey lives as the ultimate adventure story.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
