![]() ![]() "The derelict launch pad at the Cape certainly stirred some strong feelings for Gene, and that in turn affected us on the crew. "Every one of the film's locations had special significance for both Gene and for us on the small film crew, but in very different ways," Craig recalled. He visits the dormant launch pad where he left Earth for the moon, the museums where his spacecraft are on public display, and the Arlington National Cemetery, where some of his fellow astronauts were laid to rest. ![]() Poster for "The Last Man on the Moon." (Mark Stewart Productions)įive years in the making, "Last Man on the Moon" uses on- site shoots to bring Cernan back to the time and places where he made history. "It wasn't just his story, but the way he told it that made a real impact," commented Craig, referencing Cernan's 1998 autobiography, which shares the same title and served as the initial inspiration for the film. " The Last Man on the Moon" recounts that history, as other documentaries have, but in doing so injects Cernan's own unique perspective on his journey. He flew three times to space as a member of the Gemini 9A and Apollo 10 crews and commander of Apollo 17, the latter the final manned mission to land on the moon in December 1972. Though he aspired to and now owns a Texas ranch, a fact that the film not just points out but features, Cernan is one of just 24 men to have flown to the moon, one of just three to have done it twice, and the last out of only 12 astronauts to leave his bootprint on its surface.Ī naval aviator, Cernan was chosen as a NASA astronaut in 1963. "We don't just dwell on the past, but see plenty of Cernan's life today, and what he shares with us on a personal level is more than any other moonwalker has ever done previously."Ĭernan, suffice to say, isn't just another face at the rodeo. ![]() "It is basically the epic tale of one man's part in mankind's greatest adventure with quite a few laughs and tears along the way," Craig told collectSPACE. Enlarge and view the trailer in a new pop-up window.
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