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Moon - Sam Rockwell, Matt Berry, Dominique McElligott, Duncan Jones

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Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. He's been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Selene, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3. The precious gas holds the key to reversing the Earth's energy crisis.

Isolated, determined and steadfast, Sam has followed the rulebook obediently and his time on the moon has been enlightening, but uneventful. The solitude has given him time to reflect on the mistakes of his past and work on his raging temper. He does his job mechanically, and spends most of his available time dreaming of his imminent return to Earth, to his wife, young daughter and an early retirement.

But two weeks shy of his departure from Selene, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange. And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him and the new recruit is eerily familiar.

Before he can return to Earth, Sam has to confront himself and the discovery that the life he has created, may not be his own. It's more than his contract that is set to expire.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film science fiction thriller moon Luna base mystery astronaut future solitude mining

Persons of interest

Matt Berry .... Overmeyers
Robin Chalk .... Sam
Dominique McElligott .... Tess Bell
Sam Rockwell .... Sam Bell
Kaya Scodelario .... Eve Bell
Kevin Spacey .... Robot
Malcolm Stewart .... The Technician
Benedict Wong .... Thompson
Duncan Jones .... Storywriter
Nathan Parker .... Screenwriter
Duncan Jones .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2009: Commended: Best Overseas Film

Studios and distributors:

Sony Pictures Releasing

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Theatrical report

Moon starts out like the space journey of 2001: a space odyssey: full of silence and solitude; people really don't talk much when they're on their own. The sparsity of dialogue is refreshing. The action comes when everything starts to go wrong: nothing is as it seems. Fortunately for us, the wrongness is real-world rather than the general weirdness of 2001. There are mysteries, intrigues and shenanigans as Sam fights his way through the plot twists which I won't detail here because then they would be straights.

Sam Rockwell is gritty and raw yet delightfully understated, taking me back to his first movie appearance in Lawn dogs. I like Sam and it's good to see him getting a lead role that's almost a feature-length solo performance. On top of that, there's some good hard science fiction (ie rockets and stuff): meat and potatoes for your inner geek.

Moon is a small but rewarding film for anyone who likes sci-fi. My only quibble is the casting of Kevin Spacey as the voice of the computer. It should've been a nobody but they went for the name value. Bastards.

The science fiction, thriller movie Moon is directed by Duncan Jones and stars Sam Rockwell, Matt Berry, Dominique McElligott.