For All Mankind
1989 · Movie · Not Rated · 80 min · ★ 7.8 · 87% critics
For All Mankind is a documentary built from authentic NASA footage and astronaut interviews, presenting the Apollo era as a shared, human journey to the moon and back. It weaves together missions into one continuous experience, letting viewers feel what it was like to travel through space, land, and return.
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-11-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (157 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy Apollo history told through real interviews and visuals, with an atmospheric, poetic mood and Brian Eno’s music; Not for you if you want a strictly mission-by-mission, fully explained documentary like Apollo 11 or In the Shadow of the Moon.
Pros: rarely seen NASA footage; human astronaut perspective; memorable Brian Eno score | Cons: missions feel bundled; light on orientation; mix of flights can confuse
Themes
- nasa
- space mission
- moon landing
- astronaut
- space exploration
- apollo program
- lunar mission
- rocket launch site
- to the moon
Awards & recognition
- Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary · 1989
- Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize — Best Documentary · 1989
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1990 · nominated
Cast & crew
Jim Lovell
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 8, Apollo 13 (voice)
Russell Schweickart
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 9 (voice)
- EC
Eugene Cernan
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 10, Apollo 17 (voice)
- MC
Michael Collins
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 11 (voice)
Charles Conrad
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 12 (voice)
- RG
Richard Gordon
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 12 (voice)
- AB
Alan Bean
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 12 (voice)
- JS
Jack Swigert
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 13 (voice)
- SR
Stuart Roosa
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 14 (voice)
- JI
James Irwin
as Self - Narrator - Apollo 15 (voice)
Directed by Al Reinert