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7.6With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
Released: 2009-06-1297 minDir: Duncan JonesScience Fiction, DramaBudget: $5.0MBox office: $9.8MPart of: Moon Collection
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- Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell
- Kevin Spacey as GERTY (voice)
- Dominique McElligott as Tess Bell
- Rosie Shaw as Little Eve
- Adrienne Shaw as Nanny
- Kaya Scodelario as Eve
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Moon is a 2009 science fiction film directed by Duncan Jones (in his directorial debut), written by Nathan Parker from a story by Jones. It stars Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell, a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the far side of the Moon. Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart, and Kevin Spacey appear in supporting roles.
Moon premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was released in selected cinemas in New York and Los Angeles on 12 June 2009. The release was expanded to additional theatres in the United States on 10 July and to the United Kingdom on 17 July. A follow-up film containing an epilogue to the film's events, Mute, was released in 2018. A third installment, a graphic novel called Madi: Once Upon a Time in the Future, was released in 2020.
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