#54: REINERT, Al: For All Mankind (1984)

REINERT, Al (United States)
For All Mankind [1984]
Spine #54
DVD


In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy's challenge of "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth." No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert's documentary For All Mankind is the story of the twenty-four men who traveled to the moon, told in their words, in their voices, using the images of their experiences. Forty years after the first moon landing, it remains the most radical, visually dazzling work of cinema yet made about this earthshaking event.

80 minutes
Color
Stereo
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2009

Director


Al Reinert was 37 when he directed For All Mankind.

The Film

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Twenty-four page booklet featuring an essay by Terrence Rafferty and Reinert.

Commentary

Featuring Reinert and Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon.

An Accidental Gift

The Making of For All Mankind, a documentary featuring interviews with Reinert, Apollo 12 and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, and NASA archive specialists.

On Camera

A collection of excerpted, on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.

Video program

About Bean’s artwork, accompanied by a gallery of his paintings.

NASA audio highlights and liftoff footage

Optional on-screen identification

Of astronauts and mission control specialists.

Theatrical trailer


Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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