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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

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‐ You know, we were never, - Spaceship Earth

‐ You know, we were never,

‐ Ed Bass was an integral part
of our businesses - Spaceship Earth

‐ Ed Bass was an integral part of our businesses

Ed Bass is a billionaire - Spaceship Earth

Ed Bass is a billionaire

The Basses‐‐
their money was in oil. - Spaceship Earth

The Basses‐‐ their money was in oil.

He would put forward - Spaceship Earth

He would put forward

[string music] - Spaceship Earth

I may still have it.
[laughs] - Spaceship Earth

I may still have it. [laughs]

He was very charismatic,
very dynamic, - Spaceship Earth

He was very charismatic, very dynamic,

John can be tempestuous,
big time, - Spaceship Earth

John can be tempestuous, big time,

‐ To explore the history - Spaceship Earth

‐ To explore the history

This film is the record
of those shared investigations - Spaceship Earth

This film is the record of those shared investigations

[dramatic string music] - Spaceship Earth

[dramatic string music]

They started
with specific biomes, - Spaceship Earth

They started with specific biomes,

We are living in
an unusually warm period, - Spaceship Earth

We are living in an unusually warm period,

Population increase
concentrated - Spaceship Earth

Population increase concentrated

‐ Changes were happening
on an enormous scale. - Spaceship Earth

‐ Changes were happening on an enormous scale.

We were actually in danger - Spaceship Earth

We were actually in danger

‐ And we realized that we had
to do something. - Spaceship Earth

‐ And we realized that we had to do something.

Any idea that can be conceived
in our time - Spaceship Earth

Any idea that can be conceived in our time

It's a hell of a mantra. - Spaceship Earth

It's a hell of a mantra.

‐ Phil Hawes,
our resident architect, - Spaceship Earth

‐ Phil Hawes, our resident architect,

The idea of making
an enclosed mini‐world - Spaceship Earth

The idea of making an enclosed mini‐world

‐ And in this biospheric bank
are thousands of species - Spaceship Earth

‐ And in this biospheric bank are thousands of species

They better be adventurers,
they better be artists, - Spaceship Earth

They better be adventurers, they better be artists,

‐ We loved this idea - Spaceship Earth

‐ We loved this idea

I think the whole project I mean I really liked - Spaceship Earth

I think the whole project I mean I really liked

To see this floating world, - Spaceship Earth

To see this floating world,

‐ Here is this capsule of life
from Earth - Spaceship Earth

‐ Here is this capsule of life from Earth

You know, and of course,
the very poignant thing, - Spaceship Earth

You know, and of course, the very poignant thing,

What's gonna happen
if these forests - Spaceship Earth

What's gonna happen if these forests

[pensive music] - Spaceship Earth

[pensive music]

We thought, "Here's a niche.
Let's go for it." - Spaceship Earth

We thought, "Here's a niche. Let's go for it....

‐ Some of us are born - Spaceship Earth

‐ Some of us are born

So, yeah, - Spaceship Earth

[optimistic music] - Spaceship Earth

[optimistic music]

If we're gonna build - Spaceship Earth

If we're gonna build

It would be populated by
hundreds - Spaceship Earth

It would be populated by hundreds

[serene music] - Spaceship Earth

‐ John Allen had suggested,
"Well, the whole point of this - Spaceship Earth

‐ John Allen had suggested, "Well, the whole point of t...

"The point of this is to learn
how to make a biosphere - Spaceship Earth

"The point of this is to learn how to make a biosphere

"It probably won't work
for the first several times, - Spaceship Earth

"It probably won't work for the first several time...

The University of Arizona, - Spaceship Earth

The University of Arizona,

‐ Biosphere 2
was gonna build - Spaceship Earth

‐ Biosphere 2 was gonna build

‐ Agriculture, design, - Spaceship Earth

‐ Agriculture, design,

[upbeat music] - Spaceship Earth

Now, she was the CEO,
and co‐architect - Spaceship Earth

Now, she was the CEO, and co‐architect

When you're doing something - Spaceship Earth

When you're doing something

‐ Without a project
of this undertaking, - Spaceship Earth

‐ Without a project of this undertaking,

That's‐‐for that,
that is like peanuts. - Spaceship Earth

That's‐‐for that, that is like peanuts.

[laughs] - Spaceship Earth

It was quite corporate I even wore nail polish - Spaceship Earth

It was quite corporate I even wore nail polish

John Allen's ideas
and Edward Bass's money - Spaceship Earth

John Allen's ideas and Edward Bass's money

‐ Ed would invest
a huge amount of money, - Spaceship Earth

‐ Ed would invest a huge amount of money,

‐ Ed was also
passionate about ecology. - Spaceship Earth

‐ Ed was also passionate about ecology.

‐ All you've got to do
is watch his face light up - Spaceship Earth

‐ All you've got to do is watch his face light up

‐ From the ecological point
of view, - Spaceship Earth

‐ From the ecological point of view,

I was able
to put these together - Spaceship Earth

I was able to put these together

‐ We'd been thinking
about the human relationship - Spaceship Earth

‐ We'd been thinking about the human relationship

Biosphere 2 is totally - Spaceship Earth

Biosphere 2 is totally

[orchestral music] - Spaceship Earth

[orchestral music]

‐ We had
maybe 15 or so people, - Spaceship Earth

‐ We had maybe 15 or so people,

This is the kind of human being
who would do this. - Spaceship Earth

This is the kind of human being who would do this.

‐ Well, I know
that the eight people who go in - Spaceship Earth

‐ Well, I know that the eight people who go in

Why are you getting locked up
in the Biosphere?" - Spaceship Earth

Why are you getting locked up in the Biosphere?"

[laughs] - Spaceship Earth

Do the‐‐appear
and disappear emotionally, - Spaceship Earth

Do the‐‐appear and disappear emotionally,

‐ John Allen was a brilliant,
charismatic leader, - Spaceship Earth

‐ John Allen was a brilliant, charismatic leader,

He really knew
what people needed, - Spaceship Earth

He really knew what people needed,

I thought part
of John Allen's genius - Spaceship Earth

I thought part of John Allen's genius

[energetic music] - Spaceship Earth

[energetic music]

Maybe that was naive,
but maybe not. - Spaceship Earth

Maybe that was naive, but maybe not.

‐ To prove this, we thought
it was necessary - Spaceship Earth

‐ To prove this, we thought it was necessary

Let's have all the Biospherian
candidates go in there. - Spaceship Earth

Let's have all the Biospherian candidates go in there.

‐ What's going on today
is testing of the systems - Spaceship Earth

‐ What's going on today is testing of the systems

This will be the longest
closure with a person - Spaceship Earth

This will be the longest closure with a person

‐ Botanist Linda Leigh
was sealed - Spaceship Earth

‐ Botanist Linda Leigh was sealed

‐ You open the door, you close
the airlock behind you, - Spaceship Earth

‐ You open the door, you close the airlock behind you,

‐ Everybody is anxiously
awaiting for the moment - Spaceship Earth

‐ Everybody is anxiously awaiting for the moment

‐ Preparations
for interplanetary travel - Spaceship Earth

‐ Preparations for interplanetary travel

‐ As Tina Naughton tells us, - Spaceship Earth

‐ As Tina Naughton tells us,

‐ These chosen eight
are about to step - Spaceship Earth

‐ These chosen eight are about to step

The crew, chosen
from scientific experts, - Spaceship Earth

The crew, chosen from scientific experts,

Only video and the telephone
will link them to the outside. - Spaceship Earth

Only video and the telephone will link them to the outside.

‐ They are the darlings
of the new age, - Spaceship Earth

‐ They are the darlings of the new age,

No one's ever built, - Spaceship Earth

No one's ever built,

‐ It's
an ethnically diverse group, - Spaceship Earth

‐ It's an ethnically diverse group,

[spacey music] - Spaceship Earth

‐ I got a phone call.
Margaret‐‐she said, - Spaceship Earth

‐ I got a phone call. Margaret‐‐she said,

Have I really brought in
enough sneakers, - Spaceship Earth

Have I really brought in enough sneakers,

I suppose emotionally, that's
gonna be the challenge. - Spaceship Earth

I suppose emotionally, that's gonna be the challenge.

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

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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