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in the U.K., Voiceprint continue to astound with a batch of 2007 releases
including the full 80 minutes directors cut DVD of The
Space Movie, Tony Palmers film
classic from 1979. Made by Palmer in 1979 at the request of NASA to
celebrate the 1969 lunar landing by Neil Armstrong, the film is also
a tribute to the late President Kennedy, as it was his vision that
was clearly intrinsic to man landing on the moon. Filmed with breathtaking
outer space footage culled from the NASA archives, The Space Movie
also features an excellent soundtrack by guitarist Mike Oldfield,
who blends unreleased orchestrations from Tubular Bells, Hergest
Ridge and his then, 1979 album Incantations. Palmers
excellent video history of man venturing into space won best British
film of the year back then and its still a fascinating look
back at JFKs early vision of landing a man on the moon. He would
have loved it. www.mvdvisual.com