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First Man

2018 film directed by Damien Chazelle

Film · TMDB

7.0

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Released: 2018-10-10141 minDir: Damien ChazelleHistory, Drama

Cast

Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong
Claire Foy as Janet Shearon
Jason Clarke as Ed White
Kyle Chandler as Deke Slayton
Corey Stoll as Buzz Aldrin
Patrick Fugit as Elliot See

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

7.3/10

214,353 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

87%

Metacritic

84/100

Rated: PG-13
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 32 wins & 192 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: Damien Chazelle
Screenplay by: Josh Singer
Based on: First Man , by James R. Hansen
Produced by: Wyck Godfrey Marty Bowen Isaac Klausner Damien Chazelle
Starring: Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds
Cinematography: Linus Sandgren
Edited by: Tom Cross
Music by: Justin Hurwitz
Production companies: Universal Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Perfect World Pictures Temple Hill Entertainment
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release dates: August 29, 2018 ( 2018-08-29 ) ( Venice ) October 12, 2018 ( 2018-10-12 ) (United States)
Running time: 141 minutes

Key dates

Published: 18 October 2018

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Award: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Based on: First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Main subject: Neil Armstrong
Director: Damien Chazelle
Screenwriter: Josh Singer
Cast member

Article

First Man is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle from a screenplay by Josh Singer, based on James R. Hansen's 2005 book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong. The film stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, alongside Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Christopher Abbott, and Ciarán Hinds, and follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969, exploring the triumphs, and the cost on Armstrong, his family and his colleagues.

The project was originally announced in 2003, with Clint Eastwood slated to direct. After that rendition fell through, Chazelle, Gosling and Singer all signed on by 2015, and principal photography began in Atlanta in November 2017.