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TPCD 192CD
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"'The invitation to make the film came from NASA in January 1978. I was invited to Washington and shown the mountain of film NASA had collected from the very beginnings with John Glenn, the first astronaut to orbit the earth in February 1962, until Apollo 17 December 1972. Use whatever I wanted, I was told, plus all the talk-back between ground control in Houston and the various space missions. NASA's extraordinary and spectacular images made me realise I had access to a treasure house beyond imagination. From the beginning, I wanted Mike Oldfield to write the music, and the soundtrack which emerged - a combination of hitherto unreleased recordings including the orchestral versions of Oldfield's early masterpieces, Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge - is remarkable, perfect in every way; evocative, powerful, an inspiring match for the images. At a Gala Screening in the Egyptian Cinema in Hollywood in 2008, the film was introduced by Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk upon the moon. He said: "It gives me enormous pleasure, and a thrill, to be able to introduce Tony Palmer's remarkable film about our space adventures. I say remarkable because at the time it was made, 1978/9, very little of the footage you are about to see had ever been seen in public, images which are now so familiar as to be truly iconic. I still get a chill hearing some of the talk-back which, like the footage, NASA had provided for Tony to use. So thank you Tony for what you did." The distinguished film critic Alexander Walker said: "The best British film screened at Cannes (in 1980) was Mike Oldfield and Tony Palmer's The Space Movie, with unique footage from NASA and music by Mike Oldfield. Palmer's film combines both in a wonderful, at times profoundly moving, tribute to the astronauts from Cape Kennedy. The film includes one of the finest space launches ever collated, with footage that is unbelievably spectacular. This version comes complete with Director's Cut bonus DVD of the movie."
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