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First Man

First Man

Film · 2018

Original languageEnglish

Runtime2 hours 21 minutes

GenreHistoryDrama

Letterboxd average
3.7 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0079Last checked

Directed byDamien Chazelle
57 years
between the events and the release
1961 → 2018

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Project

The successor to Projects Mercury and Gemini that began the United States' development of human spaceflight at the dawn of the Cold War, the Apollo Program represented a high-water mark of the Space Race with the first humans successfully setting foot on the Moon in 1969 as part of Apollo 11.

filed under 1969

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Production Information

Written by
Josh Singer
Cinematography
Linus Sandgren
Production design
Nathan Crowley
Costume design
Mary Zophres
Music by
Justin Hurwitz
Production country
United States
Budget
$70 million
Box office
$105.7 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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