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Space Forum / Space History / March 2004From Reuters: Tom Hanks to produce IMAX 3D documentary based on the ALSJ
Sorry if this is old news - but this will be really cool! Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hanks to blast off for moon - again By Jeffrey Hodgson TORONTO (Reuters) - "Apollo 13" star Tom Hanks is set to return to the Moon, teaming up with big-screen movie firm Imax to produce a 3D documentary about NASA's historic lunar voyages. Imax said on Wednesday the two-time Oscar winner would co-produce and likely narrate "Magnificent Desolation", which will use never before seen photographs and previously unreleased NASA footage. Hanks and Imax first announced plans for the project in December 2002, but said the 45-minute movie is now on track for a 2005 release. The idea for the film was reportedly conceived by the star of "Forrest Gump" and "Philadelphia" after he saw a version of "Apollo 13" that had been reformatted for Imax theatres, where the screens can soar up to eight storeys high. "Exploring the Moon was humankind's most incredible roadtrip. Our film will bring along anyone who wants to take that giant leap for themselves," Hanks said in a statement. "Magnificent Desolation" will be based on "The Lunar Surface Journals", an archival database that chronicles the Moon walks as recounted by the astronauts. Imax said the film would include computer-generated renditions of the Moon's surface. It will be directed by Emmy-nominated Mark Cowen. > "Magnificent Desolation" will be based on "The Lunar Surface Journals", > an archival database that chronicles the Moon walks as recounted by the > astronauts. "Based on"? Great, here we go again :( >> "Magnificent Desolation" will be based on "The Lunar Surface Journals", >> an archival database that chronicles the Moon walks as recounted by the >> astronauts. > > "Based on"? Great, here we go again :( Yeah, based on, what's your problem. Do you have something against paper machie sets? :/ > > "Magnificent Desolation" will be based on "The Lunar Surface Journals", > > an archival database that chronicles the Moon walks as recounted by the > > astronauts. > > "Based on"? Great, here we go again :( Am I missing something? Why the frown? > > > "Magnificent Desolation" will be based on "The Lunar Surface Journals", > > > an archival database that chronicles the Moon walks as recounted by the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Am I missing something? Why the frown? Often "Based on" = "unrecognisably mangled version of". >"Greg D. Moore (Killfiled Idiot)" wrote this rare sign of some semblance of intelligence: >> Am I missing something? Why the frown? > >Often "Based on" = "unrecognisably mangled version of". ...Except in this case, we're dealing with Tom Hanks, who's had a pretty f.cking good track record so far. The only Apollo-related stuff I ever had issue with was the E2M A13 episode(*) and the Whining Wives episode, which mangled Pat White quite a bit more than history would state was truth. (*) And that's only because we didn't get to see Brett Hutchings get caught using the glory holes in an adult theater like a lot of those "pretty boy" newsfaces were caught in the act at in the 80's. OM  Signature"No bastard ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb bastard die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr > > > > "Magnificent Desolation" will be based on "The Lunar Surface > Journals", [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Often "Based on" = "unrecognisably mangled version of". Given his work on From The Earth to the Moon, I'm not too worried. > TORONTO (Reuters) - "Apollo 13" star Tom Hanks is set to return to the > Moon, teaming up with big-screen movie firm Imax to produce a 3D > documentary about NASA's historic lunar voyages. How does one get a 3-D, 15-perf image from a 2-D Hasselblad image? On second thought, don't tell me, I don't want to know. SignatureKevin Willoughby kevinwilloughby@acm.orgNoSpam.invalid Imagine that, a FROG ON-OFF switch, hardly the work for test pilots. -- Mike Collins |
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