Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Original title: Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
12K
YOUR RATING
A coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.A coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.A coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.
- Awards
- 1 win & 23 nominations
Jack Black
- Grown Up Stan
- (voice)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaParts of the filming were done in front of a green screen, and everything the characters did not interact with or touch was animated in post-production. Parts of the film, which were shot in live-action, were animated during post-production using a technique similar to the rotoscoping used in Linklater's Waking Life (2001) and A Scanner Darkly (2006).
- GoofsWhen Stan's sister Jana puts the Monkees self-titled debut album on the turntable, it is shown to have been released on the Sundazed label, which was a reissue edition marketed in 1996. The original 1967 album was released in the U.S. on the Colgems label.
- Quotes
Grown Up Stan: I guess I was what you'd call a fabulist, which is just a nicer way of saying persistent liar.
- Crazy creditsThe credits start rolling while the camera spans over the surface of the Moon and reveals the Earth in the background.
- ConnectionsFeatured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Howard & Grant (2020)
- SoundtracksBarabajagal
Written by Donovan (as Donovan Leitch)
Performed by Donovan with The Jeff Beck Group
Courtesy of Epic Records and The state51 Conspiracy
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Featured review
Very charming and a mostly entertaining watch
A new Richard Linklater movie got dropped onto Netflix about a month ago with little promotion or fanfare, which is a shame, because it was an enjoyable watch and there's quite a lot of good stuff in it.
It's a very, very nostalgic look back at being a kid in the late 1960s, and how it felt to grow up at the time of the Apollo space missions. It mixes comedy, animation, some documentary/historical footage (that's been animated over), voiceover, and even a little bit of fantasy to make for a breezy and largely entertaining watch.
It is more of a hangout/mood sort of movie, and whether it would've necessarily been better with a more focused story is hard to say. I didn't really mind, and it was only towards the very end where I felt like they started to stretch the fairly simple premise about as far as it could go.
And shortly after that point, it wraps up, coming in at about 90 minutes. There was a little repetition throughout, but most of it was really charming and enjoyable. It's a good watch- I think it's another overall solid film in Linklater's extensive, very strong filmography.
It's a very, very nostalgic look back at being a kid in the late 1960s, and how it felt to grow up at the time of the Apollo space missions. It mixes comedy, animation, some documentary/historical footage (that's been animated over), voiceover, and even a little bit of fantasy to make for a breezy and largely entertaining watch.
It is more of a hangout/mood sort of movie, and whether it would've necessarily been better with a more focused story is hard to say. I didn't really mind, and it was only towards the very end where I felt like they started to stretch the fairly simple premise about as far as it could go.
And shortly after that point, it wraps up, coming in at about 90 minutes. There was a little repetition throughout, but most of it was really charming and enjoyable. It's a good watch- I think it's another overall solid film in Linklater's extensive, very strong filmography.
helpful•200
- Jeremy_Urquhart
- May 8, 2022
- How long is Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content