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Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

A coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.

Director

Richard Linklater

Year

Genre

animation, adventure, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

Detour Filmproduction,Submarine

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

http://netflix.com/title/81161042

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Stan

Grown Up Stan

Mom

Dad

Vicky

Natalie L'Amoreaux

Steve

Jana

Jessica Brynn Cohen

Greg

Stephanie

Danielle Guilbot

Kranz

Bostick

Grandfather

Larry Jack Dotson

Grandmother #1

Grandmother #2

Jennifer Griffin

Sam the Rocket Man

Tony

Reese Armstrong

Music Teacher

Science Teacher

Suzanne Deal Booth

Principal Cowan

Pinball Buyer

Statue-Maker Kid

Bales

Brian Villalobos

Jack

Kid on Astroway

Young Lady on Astroway

Mr. St. George

Drive-In Employee

Mindy

Emanuel

Xavier Patterson

SIMSUP

Abominable Snowman

William Carroll

Snack Shack Atendee

Self

Self

Exterminator

AstroWorld Kid

Neighbor Kid

Black Haired Hippie

NASA Mission Control

Stan's Neighbor

Self

Self

Pinball Wizard

Cinema Attendee

Self

Arthur C. Clarke

Self

Michael Collins

NASA Mission Control

Self

Walter Cronkite

Housewife

Julie Cude-Eaton

Lisa

Avery Joy Davis

Self

Baseball Player

Steve

Eyland Gaddy-Brewer

Neighborhood Kid

Neighborhood Kid

Neighborhood Kid

Madeleine Guilbot

Neighborhood Kid

Niesha Renee Guilbot

SIMSUP

P. Michael Hayes II

College Student

Helen Hostetter

Black Pride College Student

Neighborhood Kid

Self

Self

Self

John F. Kennedy

Neighborhood Kid

College Student

Neighbor Friend

Mr. Patek

Lynn Miller Jr.

Self

Hoodlum

Christian Moran

Square

Laughing Boy

Flint Nattinger

Self

Michael Nesmith

Self

NASA Controlman

Nicholas Andrew Rice

Service Station Attendant

Engineer

Alonso Sandoval

Neighborhood Mom at the Beach

Paddling Mom

Neighborhood Kid

Long Haired Hippie

Self

Theater Patron

NASA Scientist

NASA Scientist

Baskin-Robbins Customer

Neighborhood Kid

Haylee Rose Yeager

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Bostick Stan Grown Up Stan

The time is spring 1969. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

The time is spring 1969.

And it was always just a little higher
than was comfortable, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

And it was always just a little higher than was comfortable,

So that's me. Stanley. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

So that's me. Stanley.

We're impressed with… - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We're impressed with…

We've selected you
as the perfect candidate for this mission. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We've selected you as the perfect candidate for this mi...

We accidentally built the lunar module - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We accidentally built the lunar module

We are this close,
but we need to test this… - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We are this close, but we need to test this…

And we need a kid like you to help us out, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

And we need a kid like you to help us out,

Because you speak
more actual words of the English language. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Because you speak more actual words of the English language.

Great. Secret training starts
end of school year. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Great. Secret training starts end of school year.

Summer camp.
You were recommended, accepted, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Summer camp. You were recommended, accepted,

You went up in late May
and stayed through almost all of June. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

You went up in late May and stayed through almost all of Jun...

I'm not gonna lie, the weather and bugs
were arduous, but you had a great time. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

I'm not gonna lie, the weather and bugs were arduous, b...

Okay, pause! - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

And they may well ask, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

And they may well ask,

We choose to go to the moon in this decade
and do the other things, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other ...

The Space Center was relocated
to the outskirts of town in 1962. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

The Space Center was relocated to the outskirts of town in 1...

And this was the place
that first had Astroturf. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

And this was the place that first had Astroturf.

It was the coolest. No more dialing. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

It was the coolest. No more dialing.

Sure, our country was at war. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Sure, our country was at war.

He was sick of commuting an hour each way.
Got it? - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

He was sick of commuting an hour each way. Got it?

Got it. Um, Mom, is that one a hippie? - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Got it. Um, Mom, is that one a hippie?

And in those new suburbs
expanding south of Houston, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

And in those new suburbs expanding south of Houston,

There was no sense of history here, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

There was no sense of history here,

We'd concentrate on the games
we'd mastered, like Aquarius. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We'd concentrate on the games we'd mastered, like ...

Maybe part of the allure
of the bowling alley - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Maybe part of the allure of the bowling alley

We'd been one of the first houses
completed on our street, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We'd been one of the first houses completed on our stre...

Well, the way I figure it, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Well, the way I figure it,

I'm still not sure
if my dad was in the frugal, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

I'm still not sure if my dad was in the frugal,

But it was clear our family's sole mission
was to save as much money as possible. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

But it was clear our family's sole mission was to save ...

You're not finished.
Put the nozzle back in my gas tank. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

You're not finished. Put the nozzle back in my gas tank...

Even though my dad was in charge
of shipping and receiving at NASA… - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Even though my dad was in charge of shipping and receiving a...

…and apparently made a good enough living - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

…and apparently made a good enough living

He's the guy that when the countdown
finally gets to blast off, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

He's the guy that when the countdown finally gets to bl...

When I was walking home from school… - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

When I was walking home from school…

That's when I realized - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

That's when I realized

I was hoping I could bring him here today, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

I was hoping I could bring him here today,

You know, I just did the "tell" part,
hoping they'd imagine the "show" part. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

You know, I just did the "tell" part, hoping they&...

She says you told the entire class - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

She says you told the entire class

Your father has worked very hard
to make it to the top of his department. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Your father has worked very hard to make it to the top of hi...

He's in charge of everything
that goes into that place, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

He's in charge of everything that goes into that place,

I was just wondering why he couldn't be
an astronaut or something actually cool. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

I was just wondering why he couldn't be an astronaut or...

Honey,
not everyone gets to be an astronaut. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Honey, not everyone gets to be an astronaut.

Everyone does their part,
and it takes a lot of people. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Everyone does their part, and it takes a lot of people.

It was true. A neighbor behind us
worked on the helmets. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

It was true. A neighbor behind us worked on the helmets.

I was incorporated into
the existing system, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

I was incorporated into the existing system,

Mom and Dad are too broken to tell you,
but we got you in an orphanage. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Mom and Dad are too broken to tell you, but we got you in an...

I learned later that after I was born, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

I learned later that after I was born,

Then there were
our next-door neighbors, the Pateks, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Then there were our next-door neighbors, the Pateks,

She'd put the next-to-youngest outside
in the care of the older kids - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

She'd put the next-to-youngest outside in the care of t...

After the Pateks' dad got off work, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

After the Pateks' dad got off work,

School lunches were their own production. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

School lunches were their own production.

Sometimes the thawing wasn't complete, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Sometimes the thawing wasn't complete,

My dad's parents lived in
an old neighborhood in Houston, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

My dad's parents lived in an old neighborhood in Housto...

A nail will last forever,
so you don't ever want to throw 'em away. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

A nail will last forever, so you don't ever want to thr...

-Mm-hmm.
-My grandparents' reaction - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

-Mm-hmm. -My grandparents' reaction

They saved everything
that had the slightest value - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

They saved everything that had the slightest value

They even reused paper towels,
which begged the question, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

They even reused paper towels, which begged the question,

I'm not sure if the movie
was playing for years and years - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

I'm not sure if the movie was playing for years and yea...

Poor man was rendered a vegetable - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Poor man was rendered a vegetable

But they are keepin' him alive
in seclusion on a Greek island. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

But they are keepin' him alive in seclusion on a Greek ...

They didn't think we could handle
seeing the president as a vegetable, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

They didn't think we could handle seeing the president ...

To her,
the world was goin' down the tubes, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

To her, the world was goin' down the tubes,

And within a few years, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

And within a few years,

Scientists say
that the Earth cannot technically handle - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Scientists say that the Earth cannot technically handle

Don't know how they'll keep up
with the dead bodies-- - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Don't know how they'll keep up with the dead bodie...

It costs over $4.5 billion
every year to cart the mess away… - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

It costs over $4.5 billion every year to cart the mess away…...

Now, that, young Steven, is the difference
between a redneck and white trash. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Now, that, young Steven, is the difference between a redneck...

A redneck's gonna throw his cans on the
floor of his car, the back of his truck. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

A redneck's gonna throw his cans on the floor of his ca...

White trash,
he's gonna throw his cans out the window - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

White trash, he's gonna throw his cans out the window

A redneck would just leave the cans
just laying there. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

A redneck would just leave the cans just laying there.

That's right. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Dad, I just-- - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

…that six people a year died by choking - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

…that six people a year died by choking

We were in a war in Vietnam, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We were in a war in Vietnam,

Our school was named Ed White Elementary
even before the tragedy. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Our school was named Ed White Elementary even before the tra...

And back in our little part
of that blue ball, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

And back in our little part of that blue ball,

At school on launch days,
it was always the same ritual. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

At school on launch days, it was always the same ritual.

-We have liftoff. We have liftoff. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

-We have liftoff. We have liftoff.

Now we know we are
but one of 100 billion galaxies. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Now we know we are but one of 100 billion galaxies.

As of yet,
we have no proof of other solar systems - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

As of yet, we have no proof of other solar systems

But the odds that we're
the only nine planets in the universe - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

But the odds that we're the only nine planets in the un...

Yes, whatever was going on
in the formation of our solar system - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Yes, whatever was going on in the formation of our solar sys...

It's the same material,
gravity, and conditions everywhere. - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

It's the same material, gravity, and conditions everywh...

It's just a matter of time
before we have an encounter - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

It's just a matter of time before we have an encounter

We'd already gone to Jupiter
and beyond in the movie 2001, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

We'd already gone to Jupiter and beyond in the movie 20...

I remember bein' so entranced by the film, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

I remember bein' so entranced by the film,

There are
all these bright lights flashing by, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

There are all these bright lights flashing by,

Then he sees the black slab, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Then he sees the black slab,

He reaches out, trying to touch it, - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

He reaches out, trying to touch it,

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood poster

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A coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Richard Linklater

Writer: Richard Linklater

Production: Detour Filmproduction,Submarine

Genre: animation, adventure, drama

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Apr 2022

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: http://netflix.com/title/81161042

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