Movie Night - The Last Man on the Moon

The past and the future of the U.S. space program come in for some thoughtful assessment in this look back at the celebrated moon missions. Eugene “Gene” Cernan, the last of the twelve Apollo astronauts to walk the surface of the moon, tells it like it was in a revealing look at the glory days of the U.S. space program and the less-than-glorious tragedies, politics, and family neglect that went into the making of a space hero. A masterful storyteller, 81-year-old Cernan doesn’t gloss over the risks, doubts, and near-misses that were downplayed to the public, as a handful of single-minded, driven men were selected to fulfill John F. Kennedy’s dream of Americans beating the Soviets to the moon. DCP digital. (BS) 99 minutes. NR

"Take a pinch of Top Gun, stir in a generous dollop of The Right Stuff, add a light sprinkling of Mad Men and you have the formula for this uplifting documentary portrait of former Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan. A real-life space cowboy in the Clint Eastwood mold, Cernan's epic story is a gift to any filmmaker." - Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter