MoonPop: Sam Rockwell as a Helium-3 Miner in "Moon" (2009) March 8, 2009
Posted by Nick Azer in : Helium-3, MoonPop, private sector , trackback
It’s time for another in my running series of features on the Moon and lunar colonization in pop culture, and today’s is as related as pop culture could possibly be: the upcoming film “Moon“.
Having premiered at the 2009 Sundance Festival and slated for wide release June 12th, “Moon” stars Sam Rockwell (IMDB) as a helium-3 miner (!) stranded at his private-industry mining outpost for three years.
To have a wide summer release than even mentions helium-3, never mind is largely about it, is going to be some amazing PR for the base race.
The movie is directed by Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie; Bowie’s first big hit was, of course, Space Oddity (a previous MoonPop feature here itself).
Below is a clip from the film (via a Teaser-Trailer.com Youtube video), involving an accident Rockwell has with his helium-mining vehicle:
Keep an eye here for coverage of the film, and the impact it has as a landmark of the Moon in pop culture.
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