Moon
Overview
Moon is a 2009 science fiction drama film directed by Duncan Jones, starring Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell, an astronaut who is working alone on a lunar base. He is harvesting helium-3, a source of energy for Earth. He is nearing the end of his three-year contract. He begins to experience strange events, and he discovers a clone of himself. The film is a tense, philosophical, and deeply emotional sci-fi drama. It was a critical and commercial success, earning over $9 million on a $5 million budget. The film explores themes of identity, memory, and the nature of humanity. Sam Rockwell gives a powerful, one-man-show performance. The film is a throwback to classic, cerebral sci-fi films like 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.
