The Space Movie

Infobox Film
name = The Space Movie


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caption = The cover of the 2007 DVD release
director = Tony Palmer
producer = Virgin Films (Richard Branson, Simon Draper)
writer = Tony Palmer
narrator =
starring =
music = Mike Oldfield
cinematography =
editing = Graham Bunn
distributor = International Harmony
released = start date|1980
February 26, 2007 (DVD)
runtime = 78 mins
country = UK
USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
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website = http://mikeoldfieldspacemoviedvd.com/
amg_id = A45860
imdb_id = 0079936

"The Space Movie" is a documentary film produced in 1979 by Tony Palmer at the request of NASA, to celebrate the tenth anniversay of Neil Armstrong's "Apollo 11" moon landing. The film was released theatrically in 1980, on VHS in 1983 and on DVD in 2007.

Music

The music for "The Space Movie" was produced by the English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. The film included pieces from Oldfield's released works, including "Tubular Bells" and "Hergest Ridge", "Ommadawn" and "Portsmouth".

It also featured excerpts from what was Oldfield's then-new album, "Incantations". The film also made use of the orchestral arrangements of Oldfield's first two albums, "The Orchestral Tubular Bells" and notably "The Orchestral Hergest Ridge", which has never been released [cite web |url=http://tubular.net/articles/97_07.shtml |title=Not Totally Tubular |publisher=Goldmine (Dave Thompson) (hosted at Tubular.net) |date=1997-07-18 |accessdate=2008-04-15] . "The Space Movie" soundtrack was also intended to be released as an album [cite web |url=http://www.amadian.net/videos1.htm |title=Mike Oldfield videos |publisher=Amadian.net |accessdate=2008-04-15] .

A short version of "The Space Movie" is available on the "Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield" video.

References

External links

* [http://mikeoldfieldspacemoviedvd.com/ "The Space Movie" DVD site]
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