Sentences with phrase «filmed by astronauts»

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The free - flying robots are called Astrobees, and they might prowl around the ISS, film astronaut activities, power new science experiments, and help NASA locate lost items by the end of 2017.

Next up was NASA's Dryden Center, where camera crews once filmed a scene for the opening credits of the 1960s hit sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, in which astronaut Tony Nelson (played by Larry Hagman) walks into the center's main building.

Introduced by Steven Spielberg, the astronauts joined in a salute to George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, who received an award for consistently high standards of film production.

Featuring footage of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) and narrated by actress Jennifer Lawrence, images of our magnificent blue planet demonstrate the effects humanity has had on it over time in this film captured by the astronauts aboard the ISS.

The story of two astronauts (George Clooney and Sandra Bullock) struggling to return to Earth after debris cripples their space shuttle is the first film shot in 3D by Cuarón's frequent collaborator, Emmanuel Lubezki (Tree of Life).

«Hi Glenn: You said «Literal types looked for a concrete meaning for the mysterious monolith, while, inspired by Kubrick's visual pyrotechnics, impassioned art film adepts claimed to have accompanied astronaut Bowman «beyond the infinite».

Literal types looked for a concrete meaning for the mysterious monolith, while, inspired by Kubrick's visual pyrotechnics, impassioned art film adepts claimed to have accompanied astronaut Bowman «beyond the infinite».

This new film is directed by Julius Onah and revolves around astronauts on a space station, featuring an ensemble cast that includes David Oyelowo, Ziyi Zhang, Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki, and Gugu Mbatha - Raw.

Based on the book by Andy Weir, the film centers on «an astronaut who becomes stranded on Mars and must figure out how to stay alive long enough to get back home.»

Based on the novel of the same name by Andy Weir, Scott's latest science fiction film sees Damon as Mark Watney, an astronaut who's presumed dead and left behind by his crew on the red planet.

The performances are solid with most of the weight of the film on McConaughey, but nice turns by Anne Hathaway, Wes Bentley, David Gyasi, and Matt Damon as astronauts, Michael Caine and John Lithgow as a scientist and Cooper's grandfather respectively, and Jessica Chastain and Casey Affleck as Cooper's grown children.

The film is written by Cuarón along with his son Jonas Cuarón and tells the story of surviving astronauts in a damaged space station.

Directed by Julius Onah with a script by Oren Uziel, the film's synopsis originally suggested a film about group of astronauts stranded aboard an international space station after performing a dangerous experiment.

Until the point when the film begins, he's been entirely home - schooled by his parents (Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts), and seeks refuge from staring eyes within an astronaut's helmet.

The probability of something like the movie's course of events actually taking place, however, is quickly debunked by NASA astronaut David Scott in a brief «conversation» featurette with him; however, he's just as quick to defend the film's flights of factual fancy in the name of old - fashioned entertainment.

But the inclusion of three films — Alfonso Cuarón's «Gravity,» which stars Sandra Bullock opposite George Clooney as astronauts detached from their space shuttle by a mission disaster, «All Is Lost,» director J.C. Chandor's account of an unaccompanied sailor (Robert Redford) stuck in a sinking boat, and «Tracks» featuring Mia Wasikowska as a young explorer on a 1,700 - mile trek — suggests this year's festival will make some moviegoers appreciate the roofs over their heads just a bit more.

Based on the 2011 novel by Andy Weir, the film stars Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney, who during a manned mission to Mars is presumed dead and left behind by his crew.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening September 2, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Apollo 18 (Unrated) Found - footage horror flick, set in 1974, shedding light on a government cover - up of a NASA space mission on which the crew of astronauts were attacked by parasitic life forms they discovered on the moon.

That is, until the film's third act rolls around and the plot takes an inexplicable turn into slasher territory, an act that reeks of either desperation by the screenwriter or interference by ignorant producers («the audience must be growing restless by now, how about throwing in a deranged serial killer for the astronauts to cope with as well!»)

Apparently the expression was popularized by Tom Wolfe's 1979 book The Right Stuff, and the subsequent 1983 film adaptation, which recounts the story of the first seven astronauts selected for the NASA space program.

In the film, HAL learns the astronauts are plotting against him by watching them talk in a soundproof pod and reading their lips.

A science fiction and fantasy based film, «The Martian» is directed by Ridley Scott and features actor Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney.