Moon Page #2

Synopsis: Sam Bell has a three year contract to work for Lunar Industries. For the contract's entire duration, he is the sole employee based at their lunar station. His primary job responsibility is to harvest and periodically rocket back to Earth supplies of helium-3, the current clean and abundant fuel used on Earth. There is no direct communication link available between the lunar station and Earth, so his only direct real-time interaction is with GERTY, the intelligent computer whose function is to attend to his day to day needs. With such little human contact and all of it indirect, he feels that three years is far too long to be so isolated; he knows he is beginning to hallucinate as the end of his three years approaches. All he wants is to return to Earth to be with his wife Tess and their infant daughter Eve, who was born just prior to his leaving for this job. With two weeks to go, he gets into an accident at one of the mechanical harvesters and is rendered unconscious. Injured, he awak
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Duncan Jones
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 26 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
2009
97 min
£4,785,434
Website
753 Views


- I don't want to try another test.

Please, Sam.

Hey, Gerty.

You know about this?

Matthew's got

no velocity readout. He's completely still.

He must have stalled.

Well, he's obviously stalled.

Don't you think

we should tell Central?

Unlock the doors and I'll go fix it.

I'll pass on your message.

Message received

from Earth via Jupiter link.

Sam, we appreciate the offer,

but you concentrate on feeling better.

Hey, we don't want you to take

any unnecessary risks.

- You're too important to us.

- You're to stay put.

That is an order.

Is an order, Sam. From Lunar.

And what we're

going to do is send a rescue unit

to tend to the stalled Harvester

and get the base back on its feet.

What the f*** is...

What the f***...

- I'm sorry, Sam.

- What?

Sam, I'm under strict orders

not to let you outside.

I don't appreciate that.

Being treated like a child.

I don't appreciate it.

Gerty!

Gerty! Gerty, come here!

What happened?

I don't know. Meteorites.

There have been

no meteorites, Sam.

Micro-meteorites maybe, I don't know.

Either way,

there might be damage to the exterior shell.

I think you'd better... You'd better let me

go outside and take a look.

There is no damage

to the exterior shell.

Well, is not that

I don't believe you, Gerty,

but I mean, you know,

this thing is springing leaks

like an Acme fire hose.

You need to let me

go outside and fix this problem, Gerty.

I can't let you go outside, Sam.

Gerty, if you don't

let me go outside, we can't fix this leak.

I'm not permitted

to let you go outside.

Just let... We'll keep it between

you and me. Okay, pal?

This thing

is springing gas, les go. Come on.

Just to check the exterior shell.

- Yeah, of course.

- Okay, Sam.

Thank you.

Gerty.

Searching for long-range comms.

Signal failure

on long-range comms.

Gerty! Gerty!

I found him outside.

By the stalled Harvester.

Who is he? Who is he?

We need to get him to the Infirmary.

You tell...

You tell me who that is.

You tell me who that is!

Sam Bell.

We need to get him

to the Infirmary immediately.

Hello, Sam.

How are you feeling?

Where... Where am I?

The Infirmary.

You had an accident out

by one of the Harvesters.

- Do you remember?

- I'm...

I'm thirsty.

I could get you some water.

I saw someone out there, Gerty.

I saw someone out there.

Sam, you suffered

a slight concussion in the crash

and have incurred

minor injuries.

But all in all,

the prognosis is good.

I'm happy to see you again.

- Gerty.

- Yes, Sam.

Is there someone in the room with us?

Sam, get some sleep.

You're very tired.

Spoke to Thompson today. Now that

you're up there, he's promising the world.

I think it was the right thing.

But...

Is just such a long time.

But I suppose there are things...

You know, that needed to happen.

I... I need time to think.

Listen, Sam,

be safe, and I'll talk to you soon.

Bye.

Gerty...

Gerty, what the... What...

What the hell's going on?

Who's the guy...

Who's the guy in the Rec Room?

Where did he come from?

Why does he look like me?

Sam, you're out of bed.

Yeah, Gerty, I'm out of bed.

Who's the guy...

Who's the guy in the Rec Room?

Sam Bell.

Come on, come on, come on.

You are Sam Bell.

Sam, what is it?

It might help to talk about it.

Gerty, I don't understand

whas happening.

I'm losing my mind.

We could run some tests.

I haven't let Sam contact Lunar.

They don't know you were recovered alive

from the accident...

Recovered alive?

What do you mean... What are you talk...

Why didn't you report it

to Central? What are you talking about?

I'm here to keep you safe, Sam.

Are you hungry?

Two weeks, two weeks, two weeks...

Two weeks, two weeks, two weeks, two

weeks, two weeks, two weeks...

Just getting my slippers.

- I'm using them. I'm using them.

- No. What?

These are mine.

These are mine.

Gerty says you're Sam Bell.

I'm Sam Bell, too.

What?

We've got that going for us.

Why...

How long have you...

What?

How long have you been here?

About a week.

So, how you doing?

- What?

- How are you doing?

How am I... How am I doing?

How do you think I'm doing?

Good job.

They locked all the exits.

Who's looking after the Harvesters?

Harvesters are fine.

Is affected them.

Here, talking to a clone,

thas slightly troubling.

I'm not a clone.

You're the clone.

Okay, Sam, you're not a clone.

Hey. Hey, Ridley,

you're not looking too good.

Butt out of this.

Davey, I'm talking

to Ridley. How you doing, pal?

Hey, I think Kathryn

likes you. I think she likes you, pal.

You're not looking too good, my friend.

Sorry you're not feeling too well.

You talking to yourself?

- I'll just get you all fixed up.

- How long have you been here?

Oh, I guess about three years.

Almost three years.

Listen, I...

I wanted to thank you.

I wanted to thank you for...

If it wasn't for you,

I guess I'd still be

in that crashed rover.

You saved my life and...

Hey, I know this is weird, you know.

I'm real lonely, you know...

I just want to shake your hand.

Will you shake my hand?

Maybe later.

What are you looking at?

You look just like me. Is incredible.

Why do I look like you?

Why don't you look like me?

We look like each other,

I guess. Hey, you know...

Is weird for me, too, you know.

F***.

Hey.

Hey, you wanna play some Ping-Pong?

No.

Come on, I'll teach you.

Ill help you relax.

- Whas the score?

- 2-18.

Okay.

Do you want me

to show you how to hold that?

No. No, I...

I don't need you to show me how to hold it.

- Okay. Okay.

- Yeah. Okay.

- Should we, uh... Should we play?

- Yeah.

God! Sh*t!

- 19-2.

- Yeah.

Do you want a stick of gum?

You know, we could

approach this in a different way.

Remember when we went

to flight school...

What are you doing?

I'm fixing the net.

Is very Zen, Ping-Pong.

You have to just relax.

How long did it take you to do that?

Well, I don't remember doing all of it.

I remember

doing the church, and the Salvation Army,

and a few of the people.

My mins been acting kind of weird lately.

Thas Fairfield, right?

There's the Town Hall.

Fairfield? Of course,

you know about Fairfield.

Yeah, there's Tess and Eve.

Do you know Tess?

Yeah. I know Tess.

- You know about Eve, right?

- What?

I had a... We had a girl.

Eve.

Isn't she beautiful?

She's my little monkey.

She's our little monkey.

High-five.

She might be the milkman's,

but she's beautiful.

Sam, a new message

has arrived from Earth.

Oh, sh*t.

- Greetings, Sam.

- How's our man?

You feeling better?

You have enough rest?

Okay, you resting up, Sam?

You better be, you bastard.

Well, enjoy it while

it lasts. We've got some good news.

The Jupiter Program

had to be put on hiatus,

so we got a few pairs

of hands for you.

So, what we've managed to do is secure you

a Rescue Unit ahead of schedule.

Rescue Unit Eliza.

Now, Eliza has been stationed on Goliath 19

for the last two months.

Now we expect them

to reach you in approximately 14 hours.

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Duncan Jones

Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the science fiction film Moon (2009), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He has also directed Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016) and Mute (2018). more…

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