![]() ![]() Stunt performer Jay Cohen re-enacts Gene Cernan's Gemini 9 EVA (spacewalk) during the filming of "Last Man on the Moon." (MSP) There is some great on board archive footage, but very little of that conveys the vastness and majestic spectacle of space." "As for Apollo 10, it was the first time Gene left the planet Earth and headed way out someplace where that few had ever been before. As it was such a defining and dramatic moment in his story, we needed to bring it alive for the audience so that they could see and understand his tremendous difficulties," said Craig of the re-staged EVA. "Very little footage of Gene's Gemini spacewalk exists. ![]() The one location the filmmakers could not take Cernan – back to space ("We would love to have taken him back to the Taurus-Littrow valley on the moon," Craig remarked) – is represented by archival NASA footage, where available, and Hollywood-style recreations, where not. ![]() And how could a visit to Arlington not leave a powerful and vivid impression?" "The derelict launch pad at the Cape certainly stirred some strong feelings for Gene, and that in turn affected us on the crew. "Every one of the film's locations had special significance for both Gene and for us on the small film crew, but in very different ways," Craig recalled. He visits the dormant launch pad where he left Earth for the moon, the museums where his spacecraft are on public display, and the Arlington National Cemetery, where some of his fellow astronauts were laid to rest. Poster for "The Last Man on the Moon." (Mark Stewart Productions)įive years in the making, "Last Man on the Moon" uses on- site shoots to bring Cernan back to the time and places where he made history. "It wasn't just his story, but the way he told it that made a real impact," commented Craig, referencing Cernan's 1998 autobiography, which shares the same title and served as the initial inspiration for the film. " The Last Man on the Moon" recounts that history, as other documentaries have, but in doing so injects Cernan's own unique perspective on his journey. He flew three times to space as a member of the Gemini 9A and Apollo 10 crews and commander of Apollo 17, the latter the final manned mission to land on the moon in December 1972. Though he aspired to and now owns a Texas ranch, a fact that the film not just points out but features, Cernan is one of just 24 men to have flown to the moon, one of just three to have done it twice, and the last out of only 12 astronauts to leave his bootprint on its surface.Ī naval aviator, Cernan was chosen as a NASA astronaut in 1963. "We don't just dwell on the past, but see plenty of Cernan's life today, and what he shares with us on a personal level is more than any other moonwalker has ever done previously."Ĭernan, suffice to say, isn't just another face at the rodeo. "It is basically the epic tale of one man's part in mankind's greatest adventure with quite a few laughs and tears along the way," Craig told collectSPACE. Enlarge and view the trailer in a new pop-up window. ![]()
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