MOON Showing As Part Of The Filmhouse ‘What is Human Dignity?’ Season 26th November

Posted on November 20, 2011 by unklerupert

Good News for fans of seeing MOON on the big screen in Edinburgh. Filmhouse includes a screening of Duncan Jones’ award winning feature debut as part of the short ‘What is Human Dignity?‘ season beginning Friday 25th November.

MOON itself will screen on Saturday 26th November at 18:00 and includes a post screening discussion with a panel of bioethics and medical law specialists covering some of the issues raised in the film.

They may be taking a DNA sample on the way out, but this is nothing to worry about, just part of the “the experience”, there is no truth in the rumour that the screening is sponsored by Lunar Industries.

Thanks to Lilly Hunter & Lynne Henderson for the heads up

German MOON & Source Code Duncan Jones Edition Steelbook Blu-Ray

Posted on November 12, 2011 by unklerupert

Well here’s one we hadn’t heard of. Seems you people lucky enough to live in Germany can get a MOON / Source Code Blu-Ray Steel Book from STUDIOCANAL. And not just any steelbook, not a Limited Edition, not a Special Edition. A ‘Duncan Jones Edition’ no less!

Thanks to MovieC0llect0r for popping up the unboxing

And you can buy it here on Amazon.de

Joe Hill Has Exquisite Taste In Movie Posters

Posted on November 11, 2011 by unklerupert

Author Joe Hill thinks there’s something kind of cool about having the Moon rise over his staircase, in fact that’s nearly exactly what he said on Twitter earlier to MOON Director, Duncan Jones.

Joe tweeted the beautifully framed poster to Duncan after hanging it over his staircase. Duncan for his part, was truly honoured. And who wouldn’t be honoured to receive such recognition from the incredibly popular author of 20th Century Ghosts, Heart-Shaped Box, Horns, and comic book series Locke & Key.

Of course mounting such a valuable piece of work can be a risky, and dangerous business, but Joe has assured everyone:

(Note: no lunar objects were damaged in the hanging of the aforementioned movie poster)

MOON & Source Code Double At The New Beverly LA With Duncan Jones November 18th & 19th

Posted on November 1, 2011 by unklerupert

As Michael Palin would say, if he were hanging from a cell wall right now, talking to anyone in LA, or the surrounding area “You lucky, lucky…” you know the rest

And he’d be right, because situated on 7165 West Beverly Blvd,Los Angeles, CA. The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles will be hosting a double bill of MOON & Source Code on Friday the 18th, and Saturday the 19th November. That’s two double bills of critically acclaimed, award winning Sci-Fi. Not only that, but the Director of both films, Duncan Jones, will be there in person as well, on both nights!

So get yourselves over to the New Beverly site, get in touch, and get those tickets before they’re all gone! Have fun!

Happy Halloween: Sam Bell Whittles A Lunar Industries Pumpkin

Posted on October 31, 2011 by unklerupert

Always great to come across an out take from MOON, and here we have the result of a bit of pumpkin whittling from Lunar Industries employee Sam Bell while up on Sarang one Halloween, either that or it’s the result of some very handy carving from our own Sam Bell, Charles Kline from Colorado, USA.

Charles is an old friend of the blog, check out his amazing Sam Bell uniform if you’ve not seen it already.

Have a great Halloween everyone, and rest assured, if you are unable to get out Trick or Treating, Lunar Industries will be able to provide someone to do it for you, as you, while you have a…sleep…

MOON Screenings In The UK & France This Weekend

Posted on October 13, 2011 by unklerupert

If you are in Leeds, UK or Nantes, France over the next few days, then you have the chance to see Duncan Jones‘ multi award winning, debut feature MOON starring Sam Rockwell on the big screen.

The Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds gets the ball rolling with a fantastic Sam Rockwell double bill of Galaxy Quest & MOON on Saturday 15th October beginning at 23:00 through to the early hours of Sunday morning at 02:30. Head over to their site now to pick up your tickets, and see the facebook event page for further details. Wonder if anyone will dress up?…

Now, I’m stretching the weekend to include the following Monday, 17th October when you can see MOON at Université de Nantes, France at 19:30. This will hopefully be an especially nice treat for our friends in France, as MOON was never released there theatrically, only on DVD & Blu-Ray. Have fun you lot!

Lunar Apple Industries – Siri V GERTY

Posted on October 5, 2011 by unklerupert

As soon as Apple introduced their latest voice recognition system Siri for iOS 5 yesterday, it drew immediate comparisons with the AI assistants present in Sci-Fi films.

HAL from Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey‘ was an obvious one, with some commenting that each request to the new iPhone 4S could be greeted with “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

But by far the most popular request I noticed, was to get Kevin Spacey to voice Siri, reprising his role as GERTY from Duncan Jones’ MOON. What would it look like? What would he say? You don’t have to wait too long on the internet to find out, we just got this brilliant mock up from Twitter friend @morguendor

CNN Features MOON In Odd Energy Sources In Film

Posted on September 18, 2011 by unklerupert

CNN has this slidehow on odd energy sources in the movies, and while some may seem completely impossible (Dilithium crystals) , nice to see MOON there as a representative of future energy solutions through nuclear fusion that may actually be possible within our lifetime… Continue reading →

Clapham Picturehouse Presents MOON 13th November As Part Of CineSci6

Posted on September 16, 2011 by unklerupert

If you are in or around the Clapham area of London at 14:30 on Sunday 13th November, then you might like to treat yourself to a screening of Duncan Jones’ MOON at the Clapham Picturehouse.

Being shown as part of the CineSci6 season, other films you may want to go along to are Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, Weird Science, Robocop & Momento.

Each film will be followed by drinks & discussion, with expert input in to help get the most out of each film.

Pop over to the CineSci site and follow the #CineSci6 hashtag & @PubSci on Twitter for further details.

Poll: Would You Like To Be Able To Buy MOON Merchandise?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by unklerupert

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Since the release of MOON in 2009, there has been the odd request for a MOON merchandise. Unfortunately, there is no official merchandise available at the moment.

No official t-shirts, posters, badges, patches, mugs, robotic assistants, flowbees or sealed bags of beans exist. We occasionally manage to find some promotional bits & bobs to send out to competitions winners, or auction off for charity. But nothing you can actually order online, or go buy from a shop.

BUT WAIT! For MOON Director Duncan Jones has just told this:

There’s a CHANCE we may finally get to sell Moon posters & Collectors toys.

Basically we need to show there are at least 500 fans out there who would buy a Gerty desktop toy or a collectors Sam piece.

So, we’d like to get an idea of how many of you would be interested in buying some MOON gear, and what you’d like to be able to buy if it were possible. Please complete the poll below, and leave a comment, because I’ll be doing a random draw on the comments on Friday 16th at 23:00, and sending the winner a MOON promo T-Shirt (S/M or L) and a set of 4 MOON patches.

Many thanks in advance, I’m sure there are at least 10 of you out there, hopefully more

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