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[dvandorn]

For those who maintain an interest in the Apollo moonwalks, Tom Hanks and the people he got to do the moonwalk sequences in his mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon" have put together an IMAX 3-D film called "Magnificent Desolation."

They have re-created highlights from the moonwalks, using the very effective techniques they developed for FTETTM, and filmed them in IMAX 3-D.

From what I've been able to tell, they shot in a "moon room" that provided very bright keylight and a properly dusty surface, with green screen all along the walls. In this film, moreso than in FTETTM, the *real* horizon features will show up in the backgrounds, as appropriate from the various portions of EVAs from different missions that they're using. (There is a very, very short shot in the trailer showing Jim Irwin falling down in front of Falcon, and Hadley Delta spun crazily in the background as the camera moved to get out of Irwin's way.)

Here's a link to the site. I am *really* looking forward to seeing this one -- it comes out in late September here in the U.S.

IMAX film "Magnificent Desolation"

-the other Doug