For All Mankind
“Simply the best movie ever made about the Apollo missions to the moon, and now looking back, I truly believe the story of going to the moon is more about looking back at the Earth and the beginning of the time when we began to address climate change—when humans saw for the first time what Carl Sagan called ‘the pale blue dot.’” —Jonathan T, CEO
Directed by Al Reinert • 1989 • United States
In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s documentary FOR ALL MANKIND is the story of the twenty-four men who traveled to the moon, told in their words, in their voices, using the images of their experiences. Forty years after the first moon landing, it remains the most radical, visually dazzling work of cinema yet made about this earthshaking event.
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For All Mankind
Directed by Al Reinert • 1989 • United States
In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s documentary FOR...
Extras
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Jonathan Turell on FOR ALL MANKIND
In this program recorded in 2019, Criterion CEO Jonathan Turell reminisces about his friend Al Reinert, the director of FOR ALL MANKIND, and marvels at the way the film captures the wonder of space travel.
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FOR ALL MANKIND with Identifications
FOR ALL MANKIND is presented here with on-screen titles that identify the astronauts and mission control specialists in the film.
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FOR ALL MANKIND Commentary
This audio commentary by filmmaker Al Reinert and astronaut Eugene Cernan was recorded in 1999. A veteran of three missions—including Apollo 17, on which he served as commander—Cernan was the last man to set foot on the lunar surface, in 1972.
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An Accidental Gift: The Making of FOR ALL MANKIND
Director Al Reinert mined NASA’s film repository at the Johnson Space Center to create FOR ALL MANKIND. This 2009 program explores his commitment and the materials used, with comments by Reinert, Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, NASA film editors Don Pickard and Chuck Welch, film vault curator Morr...
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On Camera
For his film FOR ALL MANKIND, director Al Reinert chose to record audio-only interviews with the Apollo astronauts. Here, Reinert presents a compilation of on-camera interviews with fifteen astronauts, excerpted from a few of his favorite films about the Apollo missions and from two events for th...
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Alan Bean on FOR ALL MANKIND
Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean was the fourth man to walk on the moon, and he later commanded the Skylab 3 mission, staying a then record fifty-nine days in space. After retiring from NASA, he turned full-time to his other passion, painting. Presented here is a video introduction with Bean.
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Paintings from the Moon
Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean was the fourth man to walk on the moon, and he later commanded the Skylab 3 mission, staying a then record fifty-nine days in space. After retiring from NASA, he turned full-time to his other passion, painting. Presented here is a gallery of his paintings, each work ...
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FOR ALL MANKIND: 3, 2, 1 . . . Blast Off!
The following collection of launch footage shows one example of each of NASA’s five rocket boosters.
