Movies - Moonfall : Discover the keywords of the film

By Mulder, 06 january 2022

Moonfall is an upcoming science fiction action disaster thriller film, co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Charlie Plummer, Michael Peña, and Donald Sutherland. Moonfall is scheduled to be released on February 4, 2022, by Lionsgate.

Apollo 11 Moon Landing: 2 Minutes of Radio Silence
On July 20, 1969, NASA’s Apollo 11 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the lunar surface. Many conspiracy theorists question whether the Moon landing actually happened/was real in part due to 2 minutes when Apollo 11 went radio-silent.
Background: Shortly after the Lunar Module “Eagle” landed on the Moon, communications were cut short, leading to a 2 minutes gap in radio transmissions. The loss of signal between the astronauts and NASA has been widely speculated, controversially debated and talked about, fueling, as well as leading to numerous conspiracy theories of what might have transpired/occurred during that time.

Artemis Program
Artemis is the name of NASA's program to return astronauts to the lunar surface. During the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. NASA will use their research and findings on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap – sending astronauts to Mars.

Artemis I
Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1, is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration to the Moon and Mars. The uncrewed test flight for NASA's Artemis program is expected to launch in 2022. In total, there are 3 Artemis missions scheduled with Artemis II carrying a crew of astronauts around the Moon and Artemis III landing astronauts on the lunar surface.

Dyson Sphere
A Dyson sphere, also known as a Dyson Shell, is a type of megastructure and refers to a structure or mass that completely surrounds a star to make use of its solar energy. KC Houseman (John Bradley) refers to the Dyson Sphere in the film as follows: “Have you ever heard of a Dyson Sphere? Every megastructure has a rigid shell built around a power core. Most likely a captured white dwarf that’s being harnessed for energy. Something obviously happened to the one inside our Moon, that’s why it’s veering off course.”

Megastructure
The solid structure or rigid shell of matter built around a star. In Moonfall, the Moon is a megastructure created by our Ancestors.

“The Moon Rang Like A Bell”
The Hollow Moon hypothesis proposes that Earth's Moon is either wholly hollow or otherwise contains a substantial interior space, however no scientific evidence exists to support the idea. Seismic observations and other data collected since spacecrafts began to orbit or land on the Moon indicate that it has a thin crust, extensive mantle and small, dense core, although overall it is much less dense than planet Earth.
Background: Between 1969 and 1972, Apollo astronauts placed seismometers as part of their missions at their landing sites around the Moon. Those seismometers recorded moonquakes, and the Moon was described as "ringing like a bell" during some of those quakes. The phrase was brought to popular attention, when Apollo 12 deliberately crashed the Ascent Stage of its Lunar Module onto the Moon's surface. NASA reported that the Moon rang like a bell for almost an hour, leading to arguments that it must be hollow like a bell. Lunar seismology experiments since then have shown that the lunar body has shallow moonquakes that act differently from quakes on Earth, due to differences in texture, type and density of the planetary strata, but there is no scientific evidence of any large empty space inside the body. The Apollo 12, 14, 15, and 16 instruments faithfully radioed data back to Earth until they were switched off in 1977. In Moonfall, Holdenfield (Donald Sutherland) makes the following reference, explaining to JoFowler (Halle Berry): “July 20th, 1969-- Apollo 11. One giant leap-- yadayada. The world was watching history being made. Right? Wrong. The world only saw what the powers that be wanted them to see. You learned as ‘an historical fact’ that Apollo 11 ‘lost contact’ with mission control for two whole minutes. Yes? Not true. They didn’t lose contact. Mission Control cut the feed to the world. Our guys were reporting strange lights pulsing out from under the Moon’s crust and Control was told to pull the plug, told that the public mustn’t know about that. So we signed NDAs and they hid it. In STS 136A. All the Apollo missions after that ran tests that pointed to only one possible conclusion-- The Moon is a hollow object.”

SpaceX
An American aerospace manufacturer (building Moon and Mars ships), space transportation services and communications company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk. The company currently has contracts with NASA as well as the U.S. government, and is bringing satellites to orbit while also launching astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in their reusable Dragon capsules, which are capable of sending both humans and cargo into space.

Space Shuttle Endeavour
Built to replace Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final operational vehicle manufactured to join the shuttle fleet. Endeavour first launched on May 1992 and successfully completed 25 missions into space. For its final mission, in May 2011, Endeavour delivered spare parts to the International Space Station (ISS). The Endeavour is currently on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Star
In astrology, a star is an astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun.

Synopsis :
A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Halle Berry) is convinced she has the key to saving us all – but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson) and conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley) believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is.

Moonfall
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Written by Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser, Spenser Cohen
Produced by Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich
Starring Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Donald Sutherland
Cinematography : Robby Baumgartner
Music by Harald Kloser, Thomas Wander
Production companies : Centropolis Entertainment, Street Entertainment, Huayi Brothers, AGC Studios
Distributed by Lionsgate (United States), Metropolitan FilmExport (France)
Release date : February 4, 2022 (United States), February 9, 2022 (France)