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For All Mankind (1989)

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For All Mankind (1989)

For All Mankind (1989) [The Criterion Collrction #54] [2000]
DVD9 | ISO | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | 01:19:56 | HQ Cover | 5,42 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps + Commentary track | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary, History | Nominated for Oscar | USA

In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s documentary For All Mankind is the story of the twenty-four men who traveled to the moon, told in their words, in their voices, using the images of their experiences. Forty years after the first moon landing, it remains the most radical, visually dazzling work of cinema yet made about this earthshaking event.

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For All Mankind (1989)

For All Mankind is a truly unique piece of cinema, combining the functions of film as record, film as entertainment and film as art, but perhaps most intriguingly of all, film as memory. The efforts of Reinert and his collaborators bring alive the true spirit of those pioneering missions, allowing us to follow in the footsteps of the brave explorers who captured those experiences on camera. Film is a medium which thrives on being a shared experience rather than a solitary pursuit and in the case of this one; the sentiment has never been truer. This is film for all citizens of the world, whether you watch this from the comfort of your armchair wishing you'd been there or sitting back and reflecting on the times when you were lucky enough to go.
L.K. Weston, DVD Outsider
For All Mankind (1989)

"For All Mankind" follows the Apollo space missions throughout their incredible endeavors launching into space and following through to the moon landings. Filmmaker Al Reinert culls thousands of hours of NASA footage into a well paced 80 minutes that miraculously takes us through the program and immerses viewers with first hand accounts from the astronauts that were apart of these historical achievements. The footage features some awe-inspiring footage of space and also taken from the surface of the moon.

For All Mankind (1989)

The footage is what truly makes this documentary worth the price of admission, Reinert does the tedious job of cutting it together into some sort of narrative, an impossible task considering the sheer amount of footage taken, but he manages it. There's no voice-over narration, no talking heads, by most accounts it's a unique presentation. The astronauts original recording and radio communications are played over the mission footage from inside the capsules, to outside and also at mission control. There are no indications that this was an "American" achievement, this sort-of anonymity lends to the film's themes and to the overall achievement as belonging to all of mankind. I was impressed with the level of access on display here, for space enthusiasts it's an absolute must watch experience.

For All Mankind (1989)

"For All Mankind" was simply a pleasurable viewing experience, a well structured and presented documentary, if you saw the moon landing originally in 1969 this film will reignite your sense of wonder and awe with space travel, if not then it will more than likely generate a new sense of awe. I for one have a newfound admiration and respect for those astronauts who risked their lives so that humankind could take that one giant leap into the stars and beyond. "For All Mankind" comes highly recommended, whether you're a conspiracy theorist or not…
Noor Razzak, DVD Compare
For All Mankind (1989)

In his 1989 film For All Mankind, journalist-turned-filmmaker Al Reinert focuses squarely on the wonder of that achievement. Raiding NASA’s film vaults, Reinert patched together the most amazing footage from each of the Apollo missions to the moon into one synthetic journey from Houston to a place where, until 40 years ago, no one had gone before. It’s breathtaking on two fronts: Reinert unearths stunning footage—far removed from the fuzzy copies used as B-roll in other documentaries—that captures the full scale of NASA’s accomplishment. But he keeps that footage grounded in the image and voices of the modest men and women who made it happen. A shot of Africa from space, dotted by the campfires of desert nomads, is soundtracked by an astronaut’s philosophical contemplation of what it means to look down on such a sight. A demonstration of the engineering might needed to put a rocket into orbit comes accompanied by footage of the brush-cut, pipe-clenching eggheads who made it happen.

For All Mankind (1989)

Reinert’s approach shaves off any elements that don’t work as an adventure tale, but he gains a lot by excluding pesky facts and figures. Letting the voices of 13 astronauts provide the narration over an enveloping Brian Eno score, the film glides from one lyrical moment to the next. The lunar landscape rolls out in all its glory while an awestruck traveler recalls a dream in which he follows a set of lunar-rover tracks, only to encounter himself waiting at the end. In that single moment, the film captures the awesomeness and oddness of traveling farther from home than anyone had ever traveled before, stuck all the while in fragile human skin.
Keith Phipps, A.V. Club
For All Mankind (1989)

I won't reiterate all of the praise of this film except to say that if I had just few more spare dollars when it was released on laserdisc, I would have bought a laserdisc player just for this title (and 2001). Fortunately years later I've already purchased a DVD player and For All Mankind has finally been released on that format.

For All Mankind (1989)

To me the defining moment of this film is the lunar lander slowly returning to the command module. At first we only see the cratered surface of the Moon moving below at incredible speed. Then we see a tiny motionless speck above it. Was it a defect in the lens? Of course not. It's the lunar lander slowly returning from the surface. It seems to take much longer than it really does because there are no cuts and no narrator explaining what we already know we're seeing. There's only a dot turning into a space ship. What more could you add to this amazing sight?
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For All Mankind (1989)

Features:
- Audio commentary by producer-director Al Reinert and Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cernan, the last man to set foot on the Moon
- Paintings, with audio commentary, by Apollo 12 and Skylab astronaut Alan L. Bean
- NASA audio highlights and liftoff footage
- Optional onscreen identification of astronauts and mission control specialists
For All Mankind (1989)

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