Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

5.8
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 40 min
  • Premiere: 2005. September 23.

Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on the surface of the moon -- are paid homage in this documentary. Using newsreel footage, rare NASA photographs, and digitally animated re-creations, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon examines the Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972 which put astronauts on the moon.

Discover

Tom Hanks

Narrator (voice)

Bill Paxton

Ed Mitchell (voice)

Morgan Freeman

Neil Armstrong (voice)

Scott Glenn

Charles Duke (voice)

Paul Newman

Dave Scott (voice)

John Travolta

Jim Irwin

Matthew McConaughey

Al Bean (voice)

Matt Damon

Al Shepard (voice)

Bryan Cranston

Buzz Aldrin (voice)

Rick Gomez

Alpha Station Commander (voice)

Colin Hanks

Conspiracy Neil Armstrong

Frank John Hughes

Future Houston Capcom

Neal McDonough

Reservoir Commander

Barry Pepper

John Young

Kevin Pollak

Director

Julie Shimer

Future Astronaut

Gary Sinise

Gene Cernan

Peter Scolari

Pete Conrad

Donnie Wahlberg

Helium 3 Commander

Rita Wilson

Beta Station Commander

Camera

Melinda Sue Gordon

Still Photographer

Crew

Karin Silvestri

Stunt Double

Directing

Mark Cowen

Director

Neal Allen

First Assistant Director

Frank Kostenko Jr.

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Jini Durr

Supervising Producer

Christopher G. Cowen

Associate Producer

Neal Allen

Production Manager

Sound

James Newton Howard

Original Music Composer

Blake Neely

Original Music Composer

P.K. Hooker

Sound Assistant

Writing

Tom Hanks

Writer

Mark Cowen

Writer