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Dark Side of the Moon is a french film of genre Drama released in USA on 16 october 2002 with Stanley Kubrick

Dark Side of the Moon (2002)

Dark Side of the Moon
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Released in USA 16 october 2002
Length 52minutes
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Documentary
Rating76% 3.8350353.8350353.8350353.8350353.835035

Dark Side of the Moon is a French mockumentary by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick. It features some surprising guest appearances, most notably by Donald Rumsfeld, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, Vernon Walters, Buzz Aldrin and Stanley Kubrick's widow, Christiane Kubrick.

Synopsis

The first part tells in an apparently neutral way the inception of the NASA lunar program, emphasizing the issues related to its funding and the necessary public support to the program. NASA regards Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey as the prototype of the show that the space program needs to be in order to gain this support, leading them to design the spacesuits and vessels in a "Hollywood" fashion and even to hire 700 Hollywood technicians, making all of Hollywood stop working on other projects. But the outcome of Apollo 11 is disappointing: although the landing is successful, Neil Armstrong makes a fool of himself and not a single shot of the moonwalk is usable.

Actors

Stanley Kubrick

(Self (archive footage))
Philippe Faure

(Narrator (voice))
Christiane Kubrick

(Self)
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