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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Paul Dickson
- book "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century" / written by
- David Hoffman
- written by
Cast
- Liev Schreiber
- Story Teller
- Gene Banucci
- Self - Participant
- Jay Barbree
- Self - Participant
- Paul Dickson
- Self - Participant
- Susan Eisenhower
- Self - Participant
- Thomas J. Fleming
- Self - Participant
- Eileen Galloway
- Self - Participant
- Homer H. Hickam Jr.
- Self - Participant
- Scott Hubbard
- Self - Participant
- Sergei Khrushchev
- Self - Participant
- Llewellyn King
- Self - Participant
- Robert Klein
- Self - Participant
- Mike Mullane
- Self - Participant
- Douglas Osheroff
- Self - Participant
- Richard Rhodes
- Self - Participant
- Roald Sagdeev
- Self - Participant
- Daniel Schorr
- Self - Participant
- John Williams
- Self - Participant
- Styles Bridges
- Self
- David Brinkley
- Self
- Walter Cronkite
- Self
- John Daly
- Self
- George DeWitt
- Self
- Walt Disney
- Self
- James Doolittle
- Self
- Douglas Edwards
- Self
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self
- Mamie Eisenhower
- Self
- Michael Fitzmaurice
- Self
- John Glenn
- Self
- Ed Herlihy
- Self
- Adolf Hitler
- Self
- Eddie Hodges
- Self
- Hubert H. Humphrey
- Self
- Chet Huntley
- Self
- Henry Jackson
- Self
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Self
- Joe King
- Self
- Henry Kissinger
- Self
- Laika
- Self - Space Dog
- Zedong Mao
- Self
- Frank McGee
- Self
- John B. Medaris
- Self
- Garry Moore
- Self
- Merrill Mueller
- Self
- Edward R. Murrow
- Self
- Val Peterson
- Self
- William H. Pickering
- Self
- Sam Rayburn
- Self
- Ronald Reagan
- Self
- Howard K. Smith
- Self
- Iosif Stalin
- Self
- Adlai Stevenson
- Self
- Estelle Taylor
- Self
- Edward Teller
- Self
- James Van Allen
- Self
- Wernher von Braun
- Self
- Charles von Fremd
- Self
- Mike Wallace
- Self
Produced By
- John Vincent Barrett
- producer
- Joseph Ferrera
- associate producer
- David Hoffman
- producer
- Eric Reid
- producer
- Jay Walker
- executive producer
Sound
- Victor Blandburg
- sound
- Greg Ephraim
- sound
- Chris Floyd
- sound
- Bill Groner
- sound
- Rich Joy
- sound
- Landon McCrary
- sound
- Tim Murray
- sound
- Juan Rocha
- sound
- Justyn Rowe
- sound
- Vince Sanchez
- post-production audio
- Mark Simon
- sound
- Shaun Varney
- sound effects editor
- John Zukowski
- sound
- Joe Miuccio
- recording engineer
Editing
Visual Effects
- David Trounstine
- graphics / titles
Animation
- Jason Beckwith
- 3d animator
Editorial
- Emily Bernhard
- post production
- Anton Bielecki
- post production
- Joey Brunelle
- post production
- Heeth Grantham
- post production
- Samantha Grove
- post production
- Marvin Hall
- post production
- Alex Jones
- assistant editor
- Sarah Katz
- post production
- Don Mack
- post production
- Maureen McCoy
- post production
- Corey Norman
- post production
- Jonathan Reid
- post production
- Roger Reid
- post production services: Modern Videofilm
- Bonnie Rowan
- post production
- Irina Sanchez
- post production services: Russian translator
- Vince Sanchez
- post production services: VSO Media
- Jihan Spearman
- post production
- Dan Turner
- post production
- Joni White
- post production
- Patrick Wilkes
- post production
- Sue Gates
- digital intermediate colorist
Other
- Amy Arvig
- acknowledgment: archival support: HD MovieSource
- Tim Bono
- acknowledgment: archival support: Bono Labs
- Preston Boomer
- thanks to: hs science teacher, Santa Cruz, CA
- Josh Braun
- special thanks to
- Peter Bregman
- acknowledgment: archival support: Fox News
- Kim Burrell
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Neil Calder
- thanks to: SLAC, Stanford University
- Chad Campbell
- acknowledgment: archival support: NPR Media Relations
- Vint Cerf
- thanks to: Google evangelist
- Yuien Chin
- acknowledgment: archival support: NBC News Archive
- Jay Conley
- acknowledgment: archival support: Media Research Associates
- Donna Coster
- acknowledgment: archival support: Historical Photo Research Associates
- Dale Cruikshank
- thanks to: scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
- Edna DeVore
- thanks to: director, SETI
- Steven J. Dick
- acknowledgment: NASA archival support
- Nancy Dickson
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Ara Dinkjian
- acknowledgment: additional music courtesy of
- Thomas Dolby
- acknowledgment: additional music courtesy of / special thanks to
- Sidney Drell
- thanks to: arms control expert
- Bonnie Dunbar
- special thanks to
- Skip Elsheimer
- acknowledgment: archival support: AV Geeks
- Colin Fries
- acknowledgment: NASA archival support: archivist / acknowledgment: archival support: NASA History Office
- C. Allen Giles
- acknowledgment: archival support: UCLA Film & Video Archive
- Phil Gries
- acknowledgment: archival support: Archival Television Audio, Inc.
- John H. Hargenoder
- acknowledgment: NASA archival support: archivist / acknowledgment: archival support: NASA History Office
- Bill Hickman
- acknowledgment: archival support
- Caroline Hoffman
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Davey Hoffman
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Heidi Hoffman
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Henry Hoffman
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Jeanne Hoffman
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- A.P. Hogan
- acknowledgment: archival support: University of Maryland
- Linda Hunt
- thanks to: CNN anchor
- Sarah Jessen
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Bob Kann
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Barak Kassar
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Sergei Khrushchev
- acknowledgment: archival support: home movie footage of Nikita Krushchev
- Llewellyn King
- acknowledgment: archival support: White House Media
- Paul Kotseff
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Chad R. Kreikemeier
- acknowledgment: archival support: The Eisenhower Institute
- Jason Krieger
- acknowledgment: archival support: BBC Motion Gallery
- Jennifer Kurlley
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Andrei Linde
- thanks to: physicist, Stanford University
- Paul Lowman
- thanks to: Goddard Space Flight Center
- Alan Ludwig
- thanks to: senior policy analyst, NASA
- Fred MacDonald
- acknowledgment: archival support: MacDonald & Associates, Chicago IL
- Maddie Madsen
- acknowledgment: archival support: 5 Alarm Music
- Doug McAdam
- thanks to: sociologist, Stanford University
- Bruce McCaw
- special thanks to
- David Morrison
- thanks to: NASA - Ames Research Center
- Gerard Penning
- acknowledgment: archival support: Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
- Gerhard Peters
- acknowledgment: archival support: The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
- Kevin Rice
- acknowledgment: archival support: Historic Films
- Burton Richter
- thanks to: physicist, Stanford University
- Gayle Riggsbee
- acknowledgment: archival support: Charlotte Amateur Astronomers Club
- Joyce Riggsbee
- acknowledgment: archival support: Charlotte Amateur Astronomers Club
- Pierre Schwob
- special thanks to / thanks to: education activist
- Mark Shields
- thanks to: political analyst, Washington D.C.
- Charles Shollenberger
- thanks to: space collector
- Mark Snyder
- acknowledgment: archival support: Smithsonian Institution
- Robert Stone
- acknowledgment: archival support: The Satellite Sky
- Kathy Struss
- acknowledgment: archival support: the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
- Eileen Walker
- David Hoffman would like to personally thank: for their physical & moral support during production
- Claire White
- acknowledgment: archival support: Sanctuary Group
- Neville Young
- acknowledgment: archival support: Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
Camera Department
- Victor Blandburg
- camera operator
- Greg Ephraim
- camera operator
- Chris Floyd
- camera operator
- Bill Groner
- camera operator
- Rich Joy
- camera operator
- Landon McCrary
- camera operator
- Tim Murray
- camera operator
- Juan Rocha
- camera operator
- Justyn Rowe
- camera operator
- Mark Simon
- camera operator
- John Zukowski
- camera operator
Script Department
- Rebecca Goldman
- script consultant
- Lindsey Palatino
- script coordinator
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