Moon - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Moon or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Moon

[elmer]

Kevin Spacey read the script and agreed to voice GERTY, but only when the film was finished and if he liked it. Having loved it, he recorded his lines in half a day.

[fred]

The alarm that sounds when Sam 2 is boarding the helium-3 transport is the same as an alarm sound used on the iPhone.

[jesse]

Sam Rockwell would go on to play a character named John Moon in A Single Shot (2013).

[veronica]

When Sam is taking care of the small plants, he refers to one of them as "Ridley", while another one is labeled as "Kathryn", a likely reference to Ridley Scott and Kathryn Bigelow, who also directed science-fiction movies.

[clayton]

Mick Ward: first assistant director as Ward, Eliza rescue team member.

[ella]

Rosie Shaw ("Little Eve") is the daughter of Gary Shaw, the director of photography.

[ray]

The film takes place in 2035.

[ella]

The text on Sam's t-shirt at the opening of the movie reads "Wake me when it's quitting time." A similar t-shirt can later be seen inside a "dormant" clone's unit in the secret chamber. This can be a reference to Lunar Industries' policy of waking a new clone when the three-year contract ("quitting time") of a clone ends.

[oscar]

Outdoor moon scenes were shot using practical effects (small models). Shooting took place over 8 days according to Cinefex magazine July 2009.

[clayton]

The "Rescue Team" are crew members who made the film. They feature Concept Designer/VFX Supervisor Gavin Rothery as the captain on screen left, First Assist Director Mick Ward and Director of Photography Gary Shaw.

[violet]

Duncan Jones's directorial debut.

[fred]

According to director Duncan Jones, the film was shown to some NASA scientists who questioned why harvesting of He3 would not take place on the near side of the moon, where He3 is in more abundance. The explanation given was that the choice was made to harvest the far side so as not to affect wildlife.

[victoria]

Appeared on Entertainment Weekly's list of "The 50 Best Movies You've Never Seen," in the July 16, 2012 issue.

[kristina]

The five dots arranged in a quincunx (a single dot surrounded by four other dots), a motif that occurs at various points throughout the movie, in the criminal underworld represents prison, the central dot being the person while the other four represent the prison walls.

[stephanie]

The film opens with a line "Where are we now?". This also happens to be the title of a 2013 song by David Bowie, director Duncan Jones's father.

[jim]

Eve's age of 15 and the standard contract of three years, indicating that the Sam that began the film was clone #5 and the new Sam, the one who eventually escapes to Earth is clone #6. There are also 6 chambers in the "secret room" containing the clones of Sam which are lit red, denoting that they are now empty. It is confirmed in the news report audio that is played over the final few seconds of the film when a reporter is heard saying, "Clone 6, the clone of Sam Bell, has been giving evidence..."

[addison]

At around 13 mins, there is a shot of the magazine 'Take Off' on the shelf while the camera shows Sam in bed. This magazine was an episodic, collectors aviation magazine in the UK in the 1990s.

[javier]

The last word that the announcer says on the video shown before the return to Earth capsule is launched is "Annyeonghikyeseyo," which is Korean for "good-bye," but only if the speaker is leaving, and the listener is remaining put. It could therefore be more accurately construed as "you're not going anywhere." Seeing as Sam is a clone and the so-called "pod" is in reality an incineration chamber, the use of "annyeonghiKYEseyo" (as opposed to "annyeonghiKAseyo") is probably a deliberate in-joke. The director claimed to have been dating a Korean at the time he either wrote or shot this film, so the nuance is plausible.

[kim]

Within the first 10 minutes of the film, Sam receives a transmission from his wife. During the transmission, Sam's daughter is told what to say by his wife. This seems innocent until a few moments later when a figure wearing a suit appears on the right side of the television screen (though only slightly visible) and remains there until the transmission is complete. This is alluding to the fact that the transmissions were scripted and prerecorded to uphold the lie that the Sam clone is living on the moon base. The figure to the side was either overseeing the recording, or possibly the "real" Sam.