Moon - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[cassandra]

The "rescue mission" Sam is expecting is named Eliza. ELIZA was a 1960's computer program created by M.I.T. which mimicked chatting with a human operator in the manner of a therapist or psychologist. This is an obscure reference but obviously one pointed toward GERTY in the film. Its banal responses to Sam's statements and questions are very much in the manner which ELIZA used to provide.

[cassandra]

The message containing the Eliza rescue crew manifest reads: "Lunar Industries rescue crews have your best intentions at heart. Please try not to panic until they arrive. Remain on-station and make sure you obey their instructions no matter how strange they may seem. After all, they're here to help! Thank you for helping us to help you."

[kristen]

Before making this film, Duncan Jones was more famous for being the son of David Bowie.

[jeffrey]

13 Going on 30 2004

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party Jenna Rink wants to just hide until shes thirty. With a little magic her wish is granted but it turns out that being thirty isnt as always as awesome as she thought it would be

13 Going on 30 features feel good, romantic, humorous, light and sweet style.

[Timothyfap]

Freaky Friday 2003

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears whom she likes and what she wants to do when shes older. In turn Anna detests Tesss fianc. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities they each get a peek ...

Freaky Friday features humorous, feel good, funny, light and entertaining style.

[TalkWithStranger]

The Family Man 2000

Jacks lavish fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...

The Family Man features feel good, sincere, inspirational, touching and sweet style.

[steve]

Vice Versa 1988

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son and vice versa.

Vice Versa features humorous, feel good, not serious, melancholic and clever style.

[sara]

Jack 1996

Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal so the 10-year-old looks like a 40-year-old man. After years of being tutored at home Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. ...

Jack features sentimental, touching, thought provoking, emotional and melancholic style.

[Michaelderne 2]

Splash 1984

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. Theres one big complication though hes fallen hook line and sinker for a mermaid.

Splash features humorous, feel good, touching, sentimental and sweet style.

[carla]

Like Father Like Son 1987

Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So hes completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a ...

Like Father Like Son features humorous, not serious, inspirational, sentimental and unusual plot structure style.

[CharlesVob]

Aquamarine 2006

Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid a sassy creature named Aquamarine is determined to prove to her father that real love exists and enlists the girls help in winning ...

Aquamarine features feel good, touching, humorous, fairy tale and sweet style.

[mishanob]

Simply Irresistible 1999

After her mothers death mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her familys restaurant. While shopping for ingredients she is given a magical crab by mysterious Gene OReilly. Afterward ...

Simply Irresistible features feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious and touching style.

[steve]

When Sam is transmitting a message to Earth from the rover, the image of the Earth is identical to a photo taken by the Apollo 17 crew.

[liam]

As part of the presentation of the movie at NASA, the director was asked about the sturdy, bunker-like design for the base. The director explained that he thought that astronauts would build the base using material dug out of the moon itself, instead of bringing a habitat with them and placing it on the surface. As it happened, one of the other audience members was working on "mooncrete", which as she explained to the director is a concrete-like material that could be made out of rocky "regolith" on the lunar surface.

[elmer]

Made on a 5 million dollar budget.

[ava]

The "Harvester NAV" screen into which Sam changes the track of the harvesters at the end of the film has a window with the following 2-line program: 20 GOTO 10; 10 GOTO 20. This is an infinite loop in BASIC.

[steve]

The symptoms Sam is showing, and the time of their onset, indicate he's suffering from acute radiation poisoning: starting with headaches, moving on to bleeding, paler skin, dizziness and fevers. This would suggest that exposing the clones to a large dose of radiation is how the company is making them ill.

[cassandra]

The film was written for Sam Rockwell, who Duncan Jones wanted to cast in a different film, but Jones and Rockwell could never come to an agreement on which part he should play. Because he wanted to work with Rockwell so much, he created this film for him.

[kenneth]

According to Duncan Jones, when Sam talks to Eve, the voice of the man in the background is that of the original Sam and the only time he is heard in the movie.

[cameron]

Producer Stuart Fenegan performed the stunt when Sam hits his head, because the stuntman was not present on that day and, as Fenegan put it in the DVD commentary, he was the only person who would not have sued the production in case of the stunt going wrong. Fenegan was quite proud of how his shot turned out.