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Sep 3, 2018 · Controversy has erupted over Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong biopic 'First Man', and Armstrong's sons have come to the film's defense.
- Adam Chitwood
Oct 12, 2018 · Damien Chazelle's First Man, starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, has been hit by a controversy involving the American flag and here's what it's about.
- isandwell@digitalspy.co.uk
- Ian Sandwell
- 3 min
On August 31, 2018, it was reported that the film would not include a scene of Armstrong and Aldrin planting the American flag on the Moon. Florida Senator Marco Rubio described the omission as "total lunacy".
- $105.7 million
- Justin Hurwitz
- $70 million (gross), $59 million (net)
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Jul 16, 2019 · It’s been a major point of contention: In the climactic scene in the movie First Man, when astronaut Neil Armstrong steps on the moon’s surface, one thing does not appear: The American flag.
Oct 12, 2018 · After the movie debuted at the Venice Film Festival, reports began to trickle out that First Man did not feature an iconic moment of the moon landing: the planting of the American flag in lunar...
Aug 31, 2018 · Some critics made note of the fact “First Man” leaves out the iconic image of Armstrong planting an American flag on the moon’s surface, which, according to The Telegraph, “argues that the...
Sep 6, 2018 · Yes, the American flag is in the movie. By Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie alissa@vox.com Sep 6, 2018, 2:40pm EDT. The American flag appears both in scenes on the moon and on the astronauts’...
