FIRST MAN (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ryan Gosling (Drive), Claire Foy (Unsane), Jason Clarke (Everest), Kyle Chandler (Manchester By The Sea), Corey Stoll (Black Mass), Christopher Abbott (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Patrick Fugit (Almost Famous), Lukas Haas (Inception), Shea Whigham (Kong: Skull Island), Brian d’Arcy James (Spotlight), Pablo Schreiber (Lords of Dogtown), Cory Michael Smith (Wonderstruck), J. D. Evermore (12 Years A Slave), John David Whalen (Casino Jack), Ethan Embry (Blindspotting), Skyler Bible (Kept Boy), Ben Owen (Good Grief Suicide Hotline), Olivia Hamilton (La La Land), Kris Williams (Present Company), Ciarán Hinds (Road To Perdition), Shawn Eric Jones (Adira), William Gregory Lee (Blood of Beasts), Steve Coulter (The Conjuring)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Damien Chazelle (La La Land), director, producer; Josh Singer (Spotlight), writer; Marty Bowen (The Fault In Our Stars), Wyck Godfrey (I, Robot) and Isaac Klausner (Love, Simon), producers; Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash), composer; Linus Sandgren (American Hustle), cinematographer; Tom Cross (The Greatest Showman), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the 1960s, Neil Armstrong (Gosling) becomes a leading figure in NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon, eventually fronting the historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Damien Chazelle, fresh from his enormous awards success with La La Land, is now behind this thrilling biopic of Neil Armstrong and the historic mission that made him a household name, with Ryan Gosling reuniting with the director in a tour-de-force performance that’s sure to earn him some awards attention.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2018

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