'' Lunarcy!'' is a 2012 Canadian
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
directed by Simon Ennis. The film draws from a cast of astronauts, entrepreneurs and dreamers who each have a unique connection to the Moon.
The film premiered at the
2012 Toronto Film Festival on September 8, and screened at
South by Southwest
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in m ...
on March 13, 2013, It was picked up for distribution in Canada by Films We Like.
Participants
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Alan Bean
Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astron ...
, astronaut and one of the twelve people to have walked on the Moon
* Christopher Carson, hopes to be the first person ever to leave Earth with the intention of never returning
* Matthew Goodman, author of ''The Sun and the Moon''
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Joseph Gutheinz
Joseph Richard Gutheinz (born August 13, 1955) is an American attorney, college instructor, commissioner, writer, and former Army intelligence officer, Army aviator, and Federal law enforcement officer. He is known as the founder of the "Moon Ro ...
, founder of the Moon Rock Project
* Dennis Hope, claims personal ownership of the Moon.
* Peter Kokh, secretary of the Moon Society and editor of the ''Moon Miners’ Manifesto''
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Jaymie Matthews
Jaymie Mark Matthews (born 1958 in Chatham, Ontario) is a Canadian astrophysicist, asteroseismologist, and popularizer of science.
Education and career
Matthews received, from the University of Toronto, in 1979 his bachelor's degree and from, the ...
, astrophysics professor at the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...
.
Release
The film received generally favorable reviews. Phil Brown for ''ThatShelf'' called the film "a hilarious, sweet, and oddly touching depiction of the joys and fulfillment of obsession."
''NOW Magazine'''s Norman Wilner wrote that the film "feels like it could have been filmed by a young Errol Morris." Daniel Pratt for
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 ...
praised the film, writing "With its quirky soundtrack, fun animation and equally enjoyable stock footage, ''Lunarcy!'' is a unique documentary infused with comedy, yet it presents some visionary ideas that can't be completely disregarded."
See also
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Colonization of the Moon
Colonization of the Moon or Lunar settlement is a process, or concept employed by some proposals, for claiming robotic or human exploitation and settlement on the Moon.
Laying claim to the Moon has been declared illegal through international ...
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Moon tree
Moon trees are trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the Moon. The idea was first proposed by Edward P. Cliff, the Chief of the United States Forest Service, who convinced Stuart Roosa, the Command Module Pilot on the Apollo 14 mi ...
*
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
*''
Sex on the Moon''
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Stolen and missing Moon rocks
*''
The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks''
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 2319002
2012 films
2012 documentary films
Canadian documentary films
English-language Canadian films
Documentary films about outer space
2010s English-language films
2010s Canadian films