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*First Man* is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle, who also served as a producer alongside Ryan Gosling. The screenplay was written by Josh Singer, with cinematography by Linus Sandgren and music composed by Justin Hurwitz. The cast includes Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, and Kyle Chandler. Steven Spielberg is listed as an executive producer. The film was produced by Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, Temple Hill Entertainment, and Perfect World Pictures, and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Based on the book *First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong*, the narrative is set in Florida. The film has a runtime of 141 minutes and was released in the United States on October 10, 2018. It carries a PG-13 rating.
The film received a Metascore of 84 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 87%. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3 based on 217,237 votes. With a budget of 70,000,000, the film generated 105,713,218 in revenue. *First Man* won one Oscar, with 32 total wins and 192 nominations.
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7.0A 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.
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
Themes
- moon
- based on novel or book
- sacrifice
- nasa
- wife
- obsession
- space travel
- space mission
- biography
- engineer
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
214,353 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
84/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- 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
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $70 million (gross) $59 million (net)
- Box office
- $105.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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