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- 2020
- Not Rated
- Neon
- 1 h 53 m
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Neon
- 1 h 53 m
Summary Spaceship Earth is the true, stranger-than-fiction, adventure of eight visionaries who in 1991 spent two years quarantined inside of a self-engineered replica of Earth’s ecosystem called BIOSPHERE 2. The experiment was a worldwide phenomenon, chronicling daily existence in the face of life threatening ecological disaster and a growing cr...
Directed By: Matt Wolf
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Neon
- 1 h 53 m
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Neon
- 1 h 53 m
Spaceship Earth
73
8.0
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Summary Spaceship Earth is the true, stranger-than-fiction, adventure of eight visionaries who in 1991 spent two years quarantined inside of a self-engineered replica of Earth’s ecosystem called BIOSPHERE 2. The experiment was a worldwide phenomenon, chronicling daily existence in the face of life threatening ecological disaster and a growing cr...
Directed By: Matt Wolf
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
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23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
73
77% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
23% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
As cinema, it's not trying to reinvent any wheels. But it's an impressive example of basic storytelling techniques refined for maximum impact, each element reinforcing and feeding off every other element, as in the enclosed ecosystem that it depicts.
A documentary as inspiring as it is flat-out bizarre.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
8.0
69% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
19% Mixed
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13% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
8.0
69% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
13% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
I absolutely love this documentary, these people are so passionate, visionary, heartfelt adventures. It says at one point in the documentary that it is an experiment and it will take two or three times before something like this will be successful. I don’t understand why the media attacked them so much for being brave enough to try.
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What Spaceship Earth makes clear is that before booking a ticket, the devil is in the details.
The film offers a refuge of idealism and intellectuality in an age that’s actively hostile to both of those qualities.
Viewed under quarantine, Spaceship Earth has a visceral kick.
Spaceship Earth is an interesting look at the origins of one Arizona’s most interesting tourist attractions.
Like the project itself, Spaceship Earth winds up caught in the gulf between rigor and showmanship. As entertaining as it can be, it is also disappointingly deferential to its subjects — the work of a filmmaker in thrall to characters who have welcomed him inside the bubble.
My choice for the Academy award for Best documentary this year. A beautifully made film that is a multi-dimensional experience about a multii-dimensional event - the creation of the extraordinary experiment in closed-system living in Tucson's Bioshere 2 during the 1990s. Absolutely gripping and fresh from start to finish. Simply not been a film like this. The people are in many ways as remarkable as the event itself, providing a prism on the highest human aspirations for sane creative living that might make a tremendous difference to humankind, while at the same time showing up with the human flaws that created the conditions they sought to address. So there's beauty, inspiration, wisdom, vision, heart, plenty of drama and a chunk of self-realization ignited by the Biosphere 2 tribe and the sweet art of filmmaker Matt Wolf.
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A complex and surprising story that would be hard to believe if there wasn't so much actual archival footage spanning decades. Biosphere 2 may have been ahead of its time, but is critically relevant now. A magnificent project that evoked small-minded criticism from some who do not see the big picture for insignificant flaws. See this film to see the stunning history.
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Thinking about embarking on a project of fundamental relevance to humanity and planet earth?... watch Spaceship Earth. Even if not, Spaceship Earth will change your mind. Those who built Biosphere 2 in 1991, clearly heard scientists predicting dire effects of climate change with foresight denied even today. Quarantined voluntarily, unknowing then the threat of future pandemics, they demonstrated what could (can) be accomplished with a small group of practical and future thinking people.
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Remember BIOSPHERE 2? This doc explores that great experiment in1991 where 8 people lived for 2 years inside a giant structure meant to replicate Earth's ecology. The story starts with a group of hippies that formed a commune in the 70s and follows them thru their other endeavors, which culminated in this mostly-failed experiment. As documentaries go, this one is average. The subject is fascinating, but the structure and style is rudimentary and the pacing is too self-indulgent. It's an interesting look back at that unique event, but this telling could be trimmed more tightly.
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Not a very good documentary. Doesn't deal with the more interesting parts i.e. design, construction, finance, personalies etc. Spends a large amount of time on a uninteresting backstory. I think that there is a very interesting story here just a poorly made doc that doesn't focus on what is important. Skip it.
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Production Company
Impact Partners,
RadicalMedia,
Stacey Reiss Productions
Release Date May 8, 2020
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Awards
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Miami Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
