Space Station 3D
Space Station 3D | |
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Directed by | Toni Myers |
Produced by | Toni Myers |
Written by | Toni Myers |
Narrated by | Tom Cruise |
Music by |
Micky Erbe Maribeth Solomon |
Cinematography | James Neihouse |
Edited by | Toni Myers |
Distributed by | IMAX Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 47 minutes[1] |
Country |
Canada United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million[2] |
Box office | $127.6 million[3] |
Space Station 3D (simply known as Space Station in 2D format) is a 2002 Canadian-American 3D short documentary film about the International Space Station written, produced, edited and directed by Toni Myers.[4] Narrated by Tom Cruise, it is the first IMAX 3D production filmed in space.
Content
Space Station 3D was the first 3D live-action film to be shot in space. Using advanced 3D technology, the film tells the story of the greatest engineering feat since a man landed on the Moon; the on-orbit assembly of the International Space Station as it travels 220 miles above the Earth at 17,500 mph. The film included sequences that portray the force of a rocket launch, look into the depths of space, experience life in zero gravity and accompany astronauts on a space walk."[5]
Release
The film is the highest-grossing film never to have placed in the top 10 domestic box office, grossing $93,269,403 domestically and $34,463,670 overseas for a total worldwide gross of $127,733,073.[6]
Reception
Space Station 3D has received positive reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 87%, based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10.[7] Metacritic gives the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "SPACE STATION (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 2002-04-25. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- ↑ Space Station 3D at Box Office Mojo Retrieved June 7, 2015
- ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/space_station/
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Top Grossing Movies That Never Hit the Top 10 at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
- ↑ "Space Station". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Space Station 3D". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Space Station on IMDb
- Space Station at Box Office Mojo
- Space Station at Rotten Tomatoes
- Space Station at Metacritic