Movies: Snap Judgment

Newsweek, September, 2007 by David Ansen

In the Shadow of the Moon

Directed by David Sington

When you've traveled to the moon and looked back at Earth, it tends to change the way you look at the world. For Alan Bean, who was part of the Apollo 12 expedition, he finds that he no longer complains about the weather, or traffic. For Gene Cernan (Apollo 10 and 17) the experience "stands outside religion ... It's spiritual, not religious." These are two of the 10 astronauts interviewed in the stirring documentary "In the Shadow of the Moon," which retells the history of the Apollo program. Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft journeyed to the moon, and 12 men walked upon it. The first, Neil Armstrong, declined to be interviewed. But here, among others, are Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins, Charlie...

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