Apollo 11

A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

Cast

Neil Armstrong

as Self (archive footage)

Buzz Aldrin

as Self (archive footage)

Michael Collins

as Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

as Self (archive footage)

Bruce McCandless II

as Self (archive footage)

Charlie Duke

as Self (archive footage)

Andy Aldrin

as Self

Patricia Mary Finnegan

as Self

Janet Armstrong

as Self

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Reviews

SWITCH.

With so much crystal-clear recorded footage of the moon landing available, the story of ‘Apollo 11’ feels more like a time-travelling thriller and less like a conventional documentary. It’s a virtuoso feat of editing, and awe-inspiring in a way that rescues that phrase from cliché. We're not so much...

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