Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Moon [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics ; a Liberty Films production in association with Xingu Films and Limelight ; producers, Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler ; written by Nathan Parker ; directed by Duncan Jones.

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.

Description:

1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Astronaut Sam Bell is completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon: Helium-3. His declining health is causing headaches and hallucinations that lead to a near-fatal accident, rendering him unconscious. After recuperating, an unexpected discovery leads him to doubt his sanity, his identity, and the integrity of the company. Believing he is alone on his mission, his sole purpose is getting back home on his own.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for language.

Subjects:

Astronauts -- Drama.

Helium -- Drama.

Mining engineering -- Drama.

Headache -- Drama.

Hallucinations and illusions -- Drama.

Discoveries in geography -- Drama.

Science fiction films.

Action and adventure films.

Fiction films.