Moon (2009 film)

Moon is a 2009 British-American <a href="/facts/Science_fiction_film/cNsrPn3y">science fiction film</a> directed by <a href="/facts/Duncan_Jones/LelpraEz">Duncan Jones</a> (in his directorial debut) and written by <a href="/facts/Nathan_Parker_(writer)/PzdJ1efx">Nathan Parker</a> from a story by Jones. The film follows Sam Bell (<a href="/facts/Sam_Rockwell/foXnUXzz">Sam Rockwell</a>), a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining <a href="/facts/Helium-3/SmPC5oT3">helium-3</a> on the <a href="/facts/Far_side_of_the_Moon/aUgDPTzj">far side of the Moon</a>. <a href="/facts/Kevin_Spacey/uCIJmxIM">Kevin Spacey</a> voices Sam's robot companion, GERTY. Moon premiered at the 2009 <a href="/facts/Sundance_Film_Festival/30mSTkES">Sundance Film Festival</a> and was released in selected cinemas in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York</a> and <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a> on 12 June 2009. The release was expanded to additional theatres in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> on 10 July and to the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> on 17 July. A follow-up film containing an <a href="/facts/Epilogue/haNT1P53">epilogue</a> to the film's events, <a href="/facts/Mute_(2018_film)/IEnnh732">Mute</a>, was released in 2018. A third installment, a graphic novel called Madi: Once Upon A Time in the Future, was released in 2020.
Moon was modestly budgeted and grossed just under $10 million worldwide but was well-received by critics. Rockwell's performance found praise. The movie won numerous film critic and film festival awards and was nominated for the <a href="/facts/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_British_Film/1hxHCPg7">BAFTA Award for Best British Film</a>, and won the <a href="/facts/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Dramatic_Presentation/3SzMdNxv">Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation</a> in 2010.

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