Talk:For All Mankind (film)

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Regarding the comment about the space walk footage being from a Gemini mission because there were no space walks on apollo missions -- This is incorrect. There were space walks on Apollo 9, 15, 16, and 17. The Apollo 9 spacewalk was to prove the suit and PLSS for the lunar landing, and the EVAs on Apollos 15 - 17 were to remove information from the SIM bay en route back to earth. Perhaps these EVAs weren't filmed, or the film wasn't as good as the very dramatic film of Ed White's spacewalk on Gemini 4.

--Voodude 19:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)


 * My fault - I stand corrected. I believe the director did say that the Gemini footage was too good to pass over. Cop 633 01:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

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Home theater releases
I changed description of the second subtitle track from "The second subtitle track contains the identifications plus subtitles for the hard of hearing." back to "The second subtitle track contains voiceover transcript, specifying the name of the person doing the narration." It is important to know that the film has behind-the-screen narration, which is done by different people, and also on-screen appearances. The people shown onscreen usually do not match people doing the narration, hence I believe that my version explains contents of the subtitle track clearer. The version I removed contained the word "subtitle" twice, also it contained the word "identifications", meaning of which may not be clear without specific context. Also "hard of hearing" does not strike me as a proper adjective, maybe "hearing-impaired" would suit better. Mikus (talk) 03:08, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Versions
The article on Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks has a long but sadly unreferenced paragraph that describes the film's genesis - "the original version of the film had no narration, and simply featured 35mm footage of the Apollo moon missions collected together roughly chronologically, and set to Eno's music as it appears on the album. Although the film had some limited theatrical runs at so-called "art house" cinemas in some cities, audience response was lukewarm. The filmmakers still felt the film could do better if it reached a wider audience, and so they re-edited the film, added narration, re-structured the music, and re-titled the film in the process. Various edits of the film were shown to test audiences for further refining. As all this was going on, the film's release was delayed until 1989. By that time several tracks on the album were omitted from the soundtrack and replaced by other pieces by Eno and other artists." It also mentions that it was going to be called Apollo instead. This raises the question of whether the narration-less edit still exists. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 19:04, 17 July 2014 (UTC)


 * FWIW I saw this movie in a theater in the late 1980's and found it memorable and particularly enjoyable for the lack of any narration - reminiscent of Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi. I remember it being titled simply "Apollo."  I also remember Eno's various Apollo musical tracks being overlayed or mixed in places, which I found irritating (i.e. two musical tracks from the album would be blended or mixed).  I was already in love with the Eno album by the time I saw the movie.  I've been wanting to see the movie again, but it sounds like I'll have a hard time finding the original version, judging from this wikipedia entry. -Retro cycler (talk) 00:38, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Title
Not from the Apollo 11 plaque "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."? 2001:56A:F414:D300:4822:CF82:579A:91CE (talk) 04:24, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 31 December 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Consensus to move, putting the dab at base name since no primary topic has been demonstrated. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  10:00, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

– With the prominence of the Apple TV series, this 1989 film is not the primary topic. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 21:57, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * For All Mankind → For All Mankind (film)
 * For All Mankind (disambiguation) → For All Mankind


 * Support but the justification given feels like RECENTISM over a very influential and multi-award winning documentary. This should not be used as a prelude to move the recent TV series to primary. -- Netoholic @ 11:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC)