Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)

Director:

Mark Cowen

Writers (WGA):

Tom Hanks (written by) and
Mark Cowen (written by) ...
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Release Date:

23 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Animation | Short

Tagline:

Only 12 Have Walked On The moon. This Fall, You're Next!

Plot Keywords:

Lunar Lander | 3D In Title | 3 Dimensional | Astronaut | Space

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Narrator (voice)
John Corbett	...	Jack Schmitt (voice)
Andrew Husmann	...	Astronaut Scott
Bryan Cranston	...	Buzz Aldrin (voice)
Aaron White	...	Astronaut Irwin
Matt Damon	...	Al Shepard (voice)
Gary Hershberger	...	Astronaut Grace
Morgan Freeman	...	Neil Armstrong (voice)
Scott Wilder	...	Astronaut Wallace
Brandy Blackledge	...	Future Astronaut
Scott Glenn	...	Charles Duke (voice)
Rick Gomez	...	Alpha Station Commander (voice)
Colin Hanks	...	Conspiracy Neil Armstrong
Bo Stevenson	...	Conspiracy Grip
Frank John Hughes	...	Future Houston Capcom (voice)
Tim Matheson	...	Houston Capcom (voice)
Matthew McConaughey	...	Al Bean (voice)
Neal McDonough	...	Reservoir Commander (voice)
Paul Newman	...	Dave Scott (voice)
Bill Paxton	...	Ed Mitchell (voice)
Barry Pepper	...	John Young (voice)
Kevin Pollak	...	Director (voice)
Julie Shimer	...	Future Astronaut (voice)
Gary Sinise	...	Gene Cernan (voice)
Peter Scolari	...	Pete Conrad (voice)
John Travolta	...	Jim Irwin (voice)
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Helium 3 Commander (voice)
Rita Wilson	...	Beta Station Commander (voice)

Directed by
Mark Cowen

Writing credits (WGA)
Tom Hanks		(written by) and
Mark Cowen		(written by) and
Christopher G. Cowen		(written by)

Produced by
Christopher G. Cowen	....	associate producer
Mark Cowen	....	producer
Greg Foster	....	supervising producer
Gary Goetzman	....	producer
Tom Hanks	....	producer
Mark Herzog	....	executive producer
Mark Herzog	....	producer
Hugh Murray	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Blake Neely

Cinematography by
Sean MacLeod Phillips		(as Sean Phillips)

Film Editing by
Billy Schinski

Casting by
Chris Bustard

Production Design by
Charles Dwight Lee

Set Decoration by
Jon Danniells

Makeup Department
Kathleen Crawford	....	makeup department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Neal Allen	....	assistant director
Frank Kostenko Jr.	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Gustavo R. Ferreyra	....	digital set designer
Matt Hausmann	....	art production assistant
Brook Mansbridge	....	general foreman
Thomas Meikle	....	sculptor
Eric P. Paczkowski	....	set dresser
Charles Jason Randolph	....	set dresser
William Small	....	set dresser
James Torvinen	....	property master
Butch West	....	construction coordinator
Matt Hausmann	....	graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Joe Beachy	....	boom operator
Steve Bedaux	....	sound mixer
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
James Morioka	....	adr editor
James Morioka	....	dialogue editor
Jerry Ross	....	supervising sound editor
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound designer
Rob Scott	....	sound mixer
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cory Mandel	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Michael Adkisson	....	digital compositor
Romulo Adriano Jr.	....	visual effects coordinator
Johnathan R. Banta	....	digital supervisor: Sassoon Film Design
Barry Berman	....	lead artist
Robert Bloom	....	DMR artist: Imax
Tatjana Bozinovski	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Erik Bruhwiler	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Jim Carbonetti	....	stereoscopic supervisor: Digital Dimension
Michael Cashore	....	digital effects artist
Jason Crosby	....	cg supervisor
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Colin Feist	....	digital compositor
Mitch Gates	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
Jack Geist	....	visual effects producer
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dimension
Neil Greenberg	....	visual effects editor
Christopher Hagerthy	....	digital artist: Live Wire Productions
Paul Haman	....	digital artist
Eric Hanson	....	lead digital artist: Sassoon Film Design
Mike Harris	....	digital effects artist
Travis Wade Ivy	....	digital artist
Michael G. Jackson	....	digital effects artist
Brandi Johnson	....	digital effects artist
Jason Jue	....	digital compositor
Taryn P. Kelly	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dimension
Val Kharitonashvili	....	digital artist
John Knoll	....	visual effects supervisor: Apollo 15 landing sequence
Anthony Kramer	....	visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension
Fred S. Kuentz	....	model maker
Peter Lehrack	....	digital artist
Alan G. Markowitz	....	titles & credits design
Landon Medeiros	....	visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension
Justin Mitchell	....	digital artist
Jerome Morin	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Jeremy Nicolaides	....	digital compositor
Peter Pelisek	....	DMR artist: Imax
Sean MacLeod Phillips	....	visual effects supervisor
Tom Piedmont	....	digital artist: Sassoon Film Design
Chad Ridgeway	....	rotoscope artist: Digital Dimension
Andy Roberts	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
D. Eric Robinson	....	DMR artist: Imax
Matt Rosenfeld	....	digital artist
Daniel Rubin	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Tim Sassoon	....	visual effects supervisor: Sassoon Film Design
Erick Schiele	....	compositor
Paul Schneider	....	software support
Kristen Simmons	....	visual effects producer: Live Wire Productions
Scott Simmons	....	visual effects supervisor: Live Wire Productions
Brian Smallwood	....	lead digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Ryan T. Smolarek	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Marion Spates	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
Tammy Sutton	....	rotoscope and paint supervisor: Digital Dimension
Alexandre Thiery	....	visual effects production intern
Phi Tran	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
Tong Tran	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
Leandro Visconti	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Wendy Whaley	....	digital stereoscopic artist
Melissa Widup	....	DMR artist: IMax
Travis Yohnke	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
Christian Zurcher	....	visual effects
Sean Looper	....	pipeline technical director: Digital Dimension (uncredited)
Federico Rivia	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Damon Caro	....	stunt performer
Marvin Francis	....	stunt rigger
Denney Pierce	....	stunts
Rex Reddick	....	stunts
Karin Silvestri	....	stunt double: Brandy Blackledge
Xuyen Valdivia	....	stunt performer
Marcus Young	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Wayne Baker	....	first assistant camera
Steven Bentley	....	electrician
Brian Cantrell	....	best boy electric
Pete Escobar	....	grip
Melinda Sue Gordon	....	still photographer
Jesse Jaraczewski	....	electrician
Jim McEachen	....	gaffer
James M. Wykoff	....	grip

Editorial Department
Claudia Huerta	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Kory Kruckenberg	....	scoring assistant engineer
Elizabeth Neely	....	music studio manager
Robert Puff	....	additional music preparer
Robert Puff	....	music librarian
David Sabee	....	orchestra contractor
Patrick Spain	....	assistant score engineer

Other crew
Deborah Bacquel	....	production accountant
Wes Ball	....	pre-visualization artist
Justin Barber	....	pre-visualization artist
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Kaylene Carlson	....	production coordinator
Brandon Carroll	....	assistant: Mark Cowen
Michael Coons	....	stand-in: "Astronaut"
John Crockett	....	stand-in: "Astronaut"
Jessica Franks	....	key set assistant
Cory Johnson	....	office production assistant
Lizette Kilmer	....	production secretary (as Lizette Jaimes)
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Brad Wilder	....	production assistant
Paul Young	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• IMAX
• Playtone
• Herzog-Cowen Entertainment

Distributors

• IMAX (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen (2006) (Denmark) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  color processing
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances

Also Known As:

Magnificent Desolation (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:40 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Sonics-DDP

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Australia:G | Malaysia:U

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

IMAX

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the surface emergency sequence, when one astronaut's portable life support system fails, he activates his OPS (Oxygen Purge System), i.e., emergency oxygen supply. But he fails to open the purge valve that lets the oxygen flow through and out of his suit. The valve is unlocked by pulling a pin attached to the red ball ("red apple") hanging from the lower right front of the suit.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#35.2)" (2006)

Otherworldly

I saw this movie at our local IMAX theater at the Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, which has a screen that is about 30 feet high. The scenes of the Moon were so detailed that it was a sensory overload for me. So, I had to restrict my vision (and attention) to just a small section of the screen to avoid dizziness and vertigo. It must take a strong constitution to be an astronaut, due to an inevitable sensory overload. I get dizzy just climbing up a ladder. I know I would get a severe case of vertigo if I actually witnessed the Earth rising above the wasteland of the Moon. But, this film is excellent for young adventurers, who aspire to travel to the Moon. I am sure that vacations to the Moon will be as numerous in coming centuries as cruises to the Caribbean are today. The numerous scientific skills associated with space travel are endlessly fascinating to developing young minds. Tom Hanks, however, does a good job of warning us of the dangers of space flight and the heroism of American astronauts, who, quite literally, gave their lives to the pursuit of the dangerous vocation of space travel and exploration.