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Armstrong (2019)
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Armstrong (2019)

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
July 12, 2019
Studio
Gravitas Ventures
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
July 12, 2019
MPAA Rating
-
Duration
100 minute(s)
Production Budget
-
Studio
Gravitas Ventures
Official Site
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Director
David Fairhead
Producer
Gareth Dodds, Keith Haviland
Starring
  • Harrison Ford as Narrator (voice)
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Dave Scott
  • Gerry Griffin
  • Christopher Kraft

Through a deeply personal lens of never-before-heard audio recordings, Armstrong offers an intimate portrait of the first man to walk on the moon. This compelling documentary, directed by David Fairhead, strips away the iconic hero to reveal the quiet and intensely private engineer, Neil Armstrong. Narrated by Harrison Ford, the film weaves together rare archival footage and candid interviews with key figures like fellow astronaut Dave Scott and flight directors Gerry Griffin and Christopher Kraft, who stood beside him during humanity's greatest adventure. The narrative explores the immense weight of history placed upon one reluctant man's shoulders, tracing his journey from a modest midwestern childhood through the harrowing trials of the Gemini program to the climactic and perilous mission of Apollo 11. More than a chronicle of a technological triumph, it is a poignant human story of sacrifice, obsession, and the profound cost of becoming a global symbol, capturing the solitary figure behind the visor who changed our view of our world forever.