• Nov 05
• Duncan Jones MOON heading for R2 DVD/BD
• Posted by Deljhp - 05/11/09 at 04:04 PM

Duncan Jones Low-Budget - multi award winning - Sci-Fi, Moon, is set for release on DVD/BD in the UK next week. We’ll put our hands up to say we haven’t seen (soon be changing that) it yet, but we’ve heard nothing but good things about this debut feature by the young Brit director. Moon stars Sam Rockwell as an isolated lunar astronaut begins to lose his grip on reality in a cerebral sci-fi thriller, with apparently, one heck of a twist. Looking through the discs specs it seems Sony have done the release proud, with a fairly decent stack of extras. Moon goes on sale November 16th.

Synopsis: Sam Bell is just two weeks away from finishing a lengthy, lonely contract mining Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3, on the dark side of the moon. Thanks to a glitch in the communications satellite, Sam's only companion on this trip is Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey), the base's unsophisticated computer, and the odd recorded message sent from home. As his contract nears termination, Sam starts suffering from crippling headaches and vivid hallucinations, which lead to a near-fatal accident in a lunar rover. But while he's recovering back at the base, he makes a shocking discovery: a younger version of himself has arrived to fulfill the same contract Sam started all that time ago. Is the second Sam just another hallucination or something altogether more sinister?

Moon official site

Disc extras:

Commentary with Writer/Director Duncan Jones, Director of Photography Gary Shaw, Concept Designer Gavin Rothery and Production Designer Tony Noble.

"Whistle" a Short Film by Duncan Jones. Commentary with Writer/Director Duncan Jones and Producer Stuart Fenegan.

The Making of Moon.

Creating the Visual Effects.

Science Center Q&A with Director Duncan Jones.

Filmmaker's Q&A at the Sundance Film Festival.