AllMovie relies heavily on JavaScript. He encounters a power drain malfunction en route which tests his character and hinders radio contact. Audience Reviews for Countdown Oct 07, 2010 it may seem kinda silly now but the space race was a huge deal in the '60's when it seemed imperative that the u.s. reach the moon before the russians. Adventure Starting James Caan and Robert Duvall, the film realistically captures all tension, spite, personal rivalries, and excitement surrounding the first moon shot and NASA’s undaunted quest … He finds the crashed Russian lander on its side, the three dead cosmonauts sprawled around it. Was this review helpful to you? Read the full synopsis of Countdown, 1968, directed by Robert Altman, with James Caan, Joanna Moore, Robert Duvall, at Turner Classic Movies A February 1985 review in Malaysia's New Straits Times calls Countdown "dated" and complains that the characters have "no depth or direction".
An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.
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A red glow on his arm catches his attention. The Russians have also lost contact with their team.
Lee looks at his watch to see that he has just minutes of air left. Now all radio contact is lost. Art Director
With little air left and nowhere to go, Lee spins the toy mouse his son gave him.
He has only three weeks however to learn about the intricacies of the spacecraft and no one is sure if he will make it.
Just in time for Halloween season, Countdown brings us a horror/thriller film with a familiar feel. Screenwriter
Ross Duellan He can't return until Apollo is ready.
Some great directors are born; others are made. Mickey Stegler With the clock ticking and a figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out. Directed by Robert Altman. It's a movie that's fitfully interesting, often boring, and gives no hint at all of such riches to come as “MASH,” “Nashville,” and “Three Women." The moon program isn't ready to launch yet so they decide to send one man in a modified Gemini capsule that will be able to land on the moon. Desperate to reach the moon first, N.A.S.A. Lee takes the Soviet flag from a dead cosmonaut and lays it on a nearby rock with his own American flag. with the screening of Tassos Boulmetis acclaimed 1968, a unique blend of fiction and. Ehrman
Larson Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
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Certificate: Passed LEONARD MALTIN CLASSIC MOVIE GUIDE, COPYRIGHT 2005, 2010. He must find it to survive. The obvious choice for the mission is Chiz, who knows the Gemini inside out but the Soviets are sending civilians, not military men, so geologist Lee Stegler is asked to go. However, she has no intention of ever letting him leave again.
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Countdown 1968 film Gegae. A frustrated young man, separated from his younger girlfriend, gets involved in a juvenile gang. An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too.
Lee gets out of the Gemini lander and walks around with one hour of oxygen in his suit. The acting is what carries it for sure, but the special effects aren't bad either for the time period.Looking for some great streaming picks? 1968 3.1, 12 Ratings Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Robert Duvall ("Falling Down," "A Civil Action") and Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee James Caan ("The Godfather," "Misery") star in this science fiction thriller about the international race to put the first man on the moon. With only seconds left before he must abort and return to Earth, he lies about seeing it.