★★★★★

Empire

“The movie redefines what space travel is — the way it lives inside our imaginations — by capturing, for the first time, what the stakes really were… Chazelle’s audacious strategy is to make a movie so revelatory in its realism, so gritty in its physicality, that it becomes a drama of thrillingly hellbent danger and obsession… turbulently spectacular and enthralling.”

Variety/Owen Gleiberman

UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK

Invites London ACM SIGGRAPH members to attend a screening of

FIRST MAN

Saturday 6 October

Doors at 12:30 for a 1:00pm film start

Cineworld Leicester Square (IMAX screen), London WC2

“A beautifully made film, with an impeccable lead performance from Ryan Gosling.”

Screen International/Fionnula Halligan

“A show-stopping turn from Claire Foy.”

Total Film/James Mottram

★★★★★

BBC

On the heels of their six-time Academy Award^®-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar^®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ First Man, the riveting story of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969.  A visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the movie will explore the sacrifices and the cost—on Armstrong and on the nation—of one of the most dangerous missions in history. The cast also features Jason Clarke, Claire Foy, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Ciaran Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit and Lukas Haas.

Written by Academy Award^® winner Josh Singer (Spotlight), the drama is produced by Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen (The Twilight Saga, The Fault in Our Stars) through their Temple Hill Entertainment banner, alongside Chazelle.  Steven Spielberg, Isaac Klausner, Adam Merims and Singer executive produce.  DreamWorks Pictures co-finances the film.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES Presents. In Association with DREAMWORKS PICTURES and PERFECT WORLD PICTURES. A TEMPLE HILL Production. A DAMIEN CHAZELLE Film. RYAN GOSLING, CLAIRE FOY, JASON CLARKE, KYLE CHANDLER, COREY STOLL, PATRICK FUGIT, CHRISTOPHER ABBOTT, CIARÁN HINDS, OLIVIA HAMILTON, PABLO SCHREIBER, SHEA WHIGHAM, LUKAS HAAS, ETHAN EMBRY, BRIAN D’ARCY JAMES, CORY MICHAEL SMITH, KRIS SWANBERG. Executive Producers STEVEN SPIELBERG, ADAM MERIMS, JOSH SINGER. Produced by WYCK GODFREY, p.g.a., MARTY BOWEN, p.g.a., ISAAC KLAUSNER, DAMIEN CHAZELLE. Based on the Book by JAMES R. HANSEN. Screenplay by JOSH SINGER. Directed by DAMIEN CHAZELLE.

Running time: 2h21

Certificate: 12A

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