Why are there no stars visible from the moon?  It is a conspiracy!

Magnificent Desolation:
Walking on the Moon 3D

directed by Mark Cowen (The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files)
written by Christopher G. Cowen, Mark Cowen, Tom Hanks (That Thing You Do!)

produced by Mark Cowen (Who Made Roger Rabbit), Gary Goetzman (The Polar Express), Tom Hanks (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Mark Herzog (Are You Hip-Hop's Biggest Fan?)

voices Tom Hanks (The Polar Express), Neil Armstrong (A Walk on the Moon), Buzz Aldrin, Paul Newman (Super Speedway), Rita Wilson, Donnie Wahlberg, John Travolta, Matt Damon (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron), Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Barry Pepper, Morgan Freeman (March of the Penguins), Scott Glenn, Peter Scolari (The Polar Express), Matthew McConauhey, Kevin Pollack, Alan Bean, James Irwin (For All Mankind)

lowdown:  3D IMAX film about the moon landing.

low expectation:   
    There is a big conspiracy theory that the moon landings were faked, filmed in a studio somewhere in the desert.  To show how easy it would have been (unintentionally), NASA has allowed IMAX to stage the events for this documentary.  Now do you really think we've been in outer space? 

con:  This is nothing more than an ad for Lockheed-Martin.

website:  IMAX.com/MagnificentDesolation

official synopsis:  
      Only 12 have walked on the moon. This Fall, you're next!

The IMAX® space legacy continues with "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D," which will take audiences to the surface of the Moon to walk alongside the extraordinary Apollo astronauts who have stepped upon its surface. With never before seen photographs, CGI renditions of the lunar landscape and previously unreleased NASA footage, audiences will be immersed in the life-changing experiences of these astronauts by showcasing what they saw, heard, felt, thought and did while on the lunar surface.

Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman of Playtone and by IMAX Corporation, "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D" is directed by Mark Cowen, Emmy Award nominee for the documentary film "We Stand Alone Together: The Men Of Easy Company," and executive produced by Mark Herzog and Hugh Murray. The film's content is based on "The Lunar Surface Journals," a massive archival database compiled over the last decade by Dr. Eric Jones, which chronicles the moon walks as recounted by the astronauts.

"Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D" is sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation and filmed with the cooperation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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there's no possible way I will ever see this

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anticipating the release of this one but I'm sure to be left unsatisfied

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