Rocketmen (film)

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Rocketmen
Directed byRichard Dale
Produced by Tim Goodchild
Michael Kemp
Peter Parnham
Narrated byMichael J. Reynolds
Edited by Peter Parnham
Music by Richard Blair-Oliphant
Production
company
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Release date
  • 21 August 2009 (2009-08-21)
(Japan)
Running time
1 hour 32 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Rocketmen is a 2009 documentary directed and written by Richard Dale. The film is narrated by Michael J. Reynolds. [1]

Contents

This was BBC Worldwide's first science film release [2] and it grossed $1.2 million from being shown theatrically on 104 screens in Japan in 2009 (performing at number 16 nationally on its opening weekend), [3] in addition to subsequent release on various international television outlets and on Netflix.

Synopsis

Using archival footage, this film explores the American space program, from the Mercury program through Gemini program through the return to space after the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rocketmen". IMDb . 21 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Sales & Distribution". Annual Review 2009/10. BBC Worldwide . Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rocket Men". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "45th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing". Arizona Public Media. Retrieved 16 May 2015.


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