Apollo 10 and a half - the animated film of 2022
Apollo 10 and a half (original title: Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood) is a 2022 American animated film set during the events preceding the Apollo 11 space mission, loosely based on the childhood of writer, director and producer Richard Linklater. It features the fictional story of a fourth grade child who becomes the first person to land on the moon and stars Glen Powell, Jack Black, Zachary Levi and Josh Wiggins.
Apollo 10 and a half (Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood) premiered at South by Southwest on March 13, 2022 and was released in select theaters on March 24, 2022, before premiering on Netflix on April 1. The film received positive reviews, with praise for its writing, visuals and nostalgic feel.
History
The film tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two different and intertwined perspectives. The film captures both the vision of the astronaut, in mission control and his triumphant moment, and the perspective from below from the perspective of an excited child, who lived close to NASA, but mainly watched it on TV as hundreds of millions. of other people. In the end, it's both an accurate recreation of this special moment in history and a child's fantasy of being ripped from his average suburban life to secretly train for a secret mission to the moon.
Characters
Stanley
Bostick, NASA officer
Kranz, a NASA officer
Steve
Mom
Father
Vicky
Jana
Greg
Stephanie
Production
Richard Linklater came up with the idea for the film in 2004. In February 2018, it was announced that Richard Linklater would direct the film from a screenplay he had written. In July 2020, it was announced that Glen Powell, Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Josh Wiggins, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L'Amoreaux, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Sam Chipman and Danielle Guilbot had joined the cast of the film. , with the Netflix distribution.
Richard Linklater was planning to create the film in live action, but instead decided to follow an animation style influenced by Saturday morning cartoons due to the playful nature of the animation. Home movies created in Houston, Texas in the 60s were used for research, some even included in the film.
Principal shooting began in February 2020 at Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas and wrapped in March 2020. Linklater spent much of his time editing the film during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The film is set in Houston in the 60s, during the Space Race. [10]
Parts of the shoot were taken in front of Texas's largest green screen, and anything the characters didn't interact with or touch was animated in post-production. Portions of the film, which were shot in live-action, were animated during post-production using a rotoscoping-like technique used in Linklater's Waking Life (2001) and A Scanner Darkly (2006).
Technical data
Original title Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
Original language English
Country of Production United States of America
Year 2022
Duration 98 min
Gender animation, science fiction, adventure
Regia Richard Linklater
Film script Richard Linklater
Producer Richard Linklater, Mike Blizzard, Bruno Felix, Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting
Executive producer Melissa Cobb, John Sloss
Production house Minnow Mountain, Submarine, Detour Filmproduction, Netflix Animation, Soundcrafter
Distribution in Italian Netflix
Photography Shane F. Kelly
Editor Sandra adair
Music Alan Tyler
Set designersto Bruce Curtis
Beachwear Kari Perkins
Original voice actors
Milo CoyStan
Jack Black: Adult Stan
Zachary Levi: Kranz
Glen PowellBostick
Josh WigginsSteve
Lee Eddy: mother
Bill Wise: father
John Kaler: NASA mission control
Italian voice actors
Valeriano CoriniStan
Fabrizio Vidale: Stan as an adult
Nanni Baldini: Kranz
Francesco PezzulliBostick
Fabrizio Manfredi: father
Valerio Sacco: NASA mission control
