Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

Spaceship Earth

A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.

Director

Matt Wolf

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Impact Partners,RadicalMedia,Stacey Reiss Productions

Awards

8 nominations

Homepage

https://www.hulu.com/movie/spaceship-earth-e3636bb2-0aab-43bf-843c-96a4dde8d9a3

Self

Self - AKA 'Flash'

Self - AKA 'Freddy'

William Dempster

Self - AKA 'Johnny Dolphin'

Self

William S. Burroughs

Self - AKA 'Horse Shit'

Self - AKA 'Firefly'

Margret Augustine

Self - Explorer

Self - Desert Ecologist

Self - Chairman, Space Biosphere Ventures

Self - Biospherian

Self - Biospherian

Self - Newscaster

Brian Mortenson

Self - Newscaster

Self - Biospherian

Self

Self - Biosphere 2 Director of Public Affairs

Self - Public Relations Strategist

Self - Biospherian

Self

Self - Biospherian

Sally Silverstone

Self - Biospherian

Taber MacCallum

Self - AKA 'Laser'

Mark Van Thillo

Self - Ecologist, University of Texas

Bassett Maguire Jr.

Self - Former Biosphere 2 Scientist

Self - Former Biosphere Employee

Self - Reporter

Self

Self

Self

Shelley Taylor Morgan

Self

Self

Self

Buckminster Fuller

Self

View All Cast

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 460 Clips

[gentle music] - Spaceship Earth

‐ Eight scientists are about
to be sealed - Spaceship Earth

‐ Eight scientists are about to be sealed

‐ Shelley Taylor Morgan
is standing by at the site - Spaceship Earth

‐ Shelley Taylor Morgan is standing by at the site

What you're seeing here
is the doorway - Spaceship Earth

What you're seeing here is the doorway

‐ Two years. - Spaceship Earth

‐ The futuristic‐looking steel
and glass structure - Spaceship Earth

‐ The futuristic‐looking steel and glass structure

‐ They'll spend two years
in their prefab paradise - Spaceship Earth

‐ They'll spend two years in their prefab paradise

Its detractors say
it's a tourist attraction - Spaceship Earth

Its detractors say it's a tourist attraction

‐ Well, I mean, yeah,
I'm expecting - Spaceship Earth

‐ Well, I mean, yeah, I'm expecting

‐ You know, we may look back
upon this in a number of years - Spaceship Earth

‐ You know, we may look back upon this in a number of years...

[warm music] - Spaceship Earth

‐ The experimenter enters
the experiment - Spaceship Earth

‐ The experimenter enters the experiment

‐ This is an incredible moment.
The future is here. - Spaceship Earth

‐ This is an incredible moment. The future is here.

[gentle music] - Spaceship Earth

I was on my way
to a rehearsal, - Spaceship Earth

I was on my way to a rehearsal,

He said, "What are you doing?" - Spaceship Earth

He said, "What are you doing?"

"Mount Analogue"
is about a group of people - Spaceship Earth

"Mount Analogue" is about a group of people

He said, "Forget the book.
That's what I'm going to do." - Spaceship Earth

He said, "Forget the book. That's what I'm go...

That night, he said he was
calling all of his friends - Spaceship Earth

That night, he said he was calling all of his friends

‐ I had left New England
because I didn't want - Spaceship Earth

‐ I had left New England because I didn't want

Wonderful people,
but I didn't‐‐that wasn't me. - Spaceship Earth

Wonderful people, but I didn't‐‐that wasn't me....

I was waiting to figure out
what the heck I was gonna do, - Spaceship Earth

I was waiting to figure out what the heck I was gonna do,

John Allen called me up
and said, - Spaceship Earth

John Allen called me up and said,

This is where
it's happening planetarily." - Spaceship Earth

This is where it's happening planetarily."

["Something In The Air"
by Thunderclap Newman] - Spaceship Earth

["Something In The Air" by Thunderclap Newman]

‐ ♪ Call out ♪ - Spaceship Earth

‐ ♪ Call out ♪

‐ ♪ Sooner or later ♪ - Spaceship Earth

‐ ♪ Sooner or later ♪

Well, we could do theater,
we could do art, - Spaceship Earth

Well, we could do theater, we could do art,

[string music] - Spaceship Earth

That was our first project
together. - Spaceship Earth

That was our first project together.

It gives you insights
into yourself, - Spaceship Earth

It gives you insights into yourself,

It was history.
It was important. - Spaceship Earth

It was history. It was important.

So I taught myself
16mm filmmaking. - Spaceship Earth

So I taught myself 16mm filmmaking.

I did a lot of handheld,
shaky‐‐ - Spaceship Earth

I did a lot of handheld, shaky‐‐

‐ I'd met very charismatic
people before, - Spaceship Earth

‐ I'd met very charismatic people before,

It was a feeling
of rightness that, yes, - Spaceship Earth

It was a feeling of rightness that, yes,

I wouldn't say it was a‐‐
yes, it was a relationship. - Spaceship Earth

I wouldn't say it was a‐‐ yes, it was a relationship....

Yeah, it was a very particular
kind of relationship - Spaceship Earth

Yeah, it was a very particular kind of relationship

‐ He's 12 years older
than I am, - Spaceship Earth

‐ He's 12 years older than I am,

But, you know,
I was very fond of him, - Spaceship Earth

But, you know, I was very fond of him,

Oh, okay.
[laughs] - Spaceship Earth

Oh, okay. [laughs]

When we got married,
it wasn't - Spaceship Earth

When we got married, it wasn't

[ethereal music] - Spaceship Earth

[ethereal music]

‐ Being born in Oklahoma,
in those days, - Spaceship Earth

‐ Being born in Oklahoma, in those days,

A frontier is where two
or more cultures - Spaceship Earth

A frontier is where two or more cultures

I knew that would have
to be something unusual. - Spaceship Earth

I knew that would have to be something unusual.

[andante music] - Spaceship Earth

[andante music]

The scene there became
corrupted by commercialism. - Spaceship Earth

The scene there became corrupted by commercialism.

‐ We needed to become
more directly connected - Spaceship Earth

‐ We needed to become more directly connected

If you feel that you've been
given permission to go do - Spaceship Earth

If you feel that you've been given permission to go do

[soft vocal music] - Spaceship Earth

[soft vocal music]

‐ Our group was inspired - Spaceship Earth

‐ Our group was inspired

That was really thrilling. - Spaceship Earth

That was really thrilling.

The works
of William S. Burroughs. - Spaceship Earth

The works of William S. Burroughs.

He was seeing
that there was a countdown - Spaceship Earth

He was seeing that there was a countdown

‐ Bucky Fuller had pioneered
the idea of a geodesic dome. - Spaceship Earth

‐ Bucky Fuller had pioneered the idea of a geodesic dome.

I was handed the task
to build one. - Spaceship Earth

I was handed the task to build one.

‐ The struts of a ball have
tremendous strength together, - Spaceship Earth

‐ The struts of a ball have tremendous strength together,

The whole is greater
than the sum of its parts. - Spaceship Earth

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

[spacey music] - Spaceship Earth

‐ It was October 1969
that I arrived at the ranch. - Spaceship Earth

‐ It was October 1969 that I arrived at the ranch.

They happened, in fact, - Spaceship Earth

They happened, in fact,

The door burst through,
and 20 to 25 people - Spaceship Earth

The door burst through, and 20 to 25 people

It was like I'm stepping
into something totally new. - Spaceship Earth

It was like I'm stepping into something totally new.

I was born in Brooklyn,
Flatbush, - Spaceship Earth

I was born in Brooklyn, Flatbush,

What could that refer to?" - Spaceship Earth

What could that refer to?"

What do you want
to be in charge of?" - Spaceship Earth

What do you want to be in charge of?"

I said, "I'm on for that." - Spaceship Earth

I said, "I'm on for that."

We could make sustainable, - Spaceship Earth

We could make sustainable,

‐ Here we were,
not that long - Spaceship Earth

‐ Here we were, not that long

Well, I think maybe
Johnny thought - Spaceship Earth

Well, I think maybe Johnny thought

[upbeat music] - Spaceship Earth

‐ We went to my family home
in Berkeley, - Spaceship Earth

‐ We went to my family home in Berkeley,

The answers are easier, - Spaceship Earth

The answers are easier,

‐ We thought,
"If we can build a ship, - Spaceship Earth

‐ We thought, "If we can build a ship,

‐ Our ship is called
the "Heraclitus." - Spaceship Earth

‐ Our ship is called the "Heraclitus."

‐ Margaret Augustine - Spaceship Earth

‐ Margaret Augustine

Margaret, who was 19 or 20,
kind of rose to the occasion - Spaceship Earth

Margaret, who was 19 or 20, kind of rose to the occasion

[pensive music] - Spaceship Earth

[pensive music]

And people had been working
24‐hour shifts. - Spaceship Earth

And people had been working 24‐hour shifts.

We built it, and in theory,
it would float, - Spaceship Earth

We built it, and in theory, it would float,

It was just slipping
out there. - Spaceship Earth

It was just slipping out there.

Suddenly, the bow went up.
[exhales] - Spaceship Earth

Suddenly, the bow went up. [exhales]

‐ We sailed out
from San Francisco Bay, - Spaceship Earth

‐ We sailed out from San Francisco Bay,

‐ Nothing was tied down
the way it should've been. - Spaceship Earth

‐ Nothing was tied down the way it should've been.

The radar broke
and fell in the ocean. - Spaceship Earth

The radar broke and fell in the ocean.

‐ We certainly were learning
quickly, yes. - Spaceship Earth

‐ We certainly were learning quickly, yes.

[gentle music] - Spaceship Earth

[laughs] - Spaceship Earth

‐ We were quite capitalistic. - Spaceship Earth

‐ We were quite capitalistic.

Spaceship Earth poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Matt Wolf

Writer: N/A

Production: Impact Partners,RadicalMedia,Stacey Reiss Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 08 May 2020

Awards: 8 nominations

Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/movie/spaceship-earth-e3636bb2-0aab-43bf-843c-96a4dde8d9a3