The Space Movie

The Space Movie is a documentary film produced in 1979 by Tony Palmer at the request of NASA, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

"Space Movie" redirects here. For movies filmed in space, see List of movies filmed in space.
The Space Movie
The cover of the 2007 DVD release
Directed byTony Palmer
Written byTony Palmer
Produced byRichard Branson
Simon Draper
Edited byGraham Bunn
Music byMike Oldfield
Production
company
Distributed byInternational Harmony
Release dates
  • 1980 (1980)
  • February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) (DVD)
Running time
78 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

The 78 minute film was released theatrically in 1980, on VHS in 1983 and on DVD in 2007. Richard Branson and Simon Draper's Virgin Films produced the film. Ed Bishop provided some narration for the film.[1]

Soundtrack

The music for The Space Movie was produced by the English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield who was then signed to Virgin Records. 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.[2] The Space Movie soundtrack was also intended to be released as an album.[3]

A short section of The Space Movie featuring Incantations is available as bonus material on the 1993 video collection, Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield.

References
  1. "The Space Movie review". Michael DVD. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. "Not Totally Tubular". Goldmine (Dave Thompson) (hosted at Tubular.net). 18 July 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  3. "Mike Oldfield videos". Amadian.net. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008.


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