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Sep 19, 2019 · The film is a brooding, atmospheric affair that features one of Brad Pitt ’s finest and most restrained performances. He plays Roy McBride, the Captain Willard-like astronaut on a secret mission to...
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- Geoffrey Macnab
Sep 17, 2019 · ‘Ad Astra’ Review: Brad Pitt, Lost in Space The star and writer-director James Gray concoct a cerebral sci-fi film about fathers and sons that's absolutely enthralling By Peter Travers
Sep 20, 2019 · James Gray's Ad Astra, which went through principal photography in 2017, is the latest in a growing line of prestige space-based dramas to come out this decade. After being delayed multiple times (due to extensive visual effects work and the Disney/Fox merger), the film finally made its world premiere this August at the 2019 Venice Film ...
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- PG-13
- James Gray
40% Audience Score 10,000+ Verified Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Ad Astra takes a visually thrilling journey through the vast reaches of space while charting an ambitious course for...
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- James Gray
- PG-13
- Brad Pitt
Sep 20, 2019 · Written by James Gray and Ethan Gross. Directed by James Gray. Reviewed by Patrick Gibbs. Out of Four. Director James Gray ( The Lost City of Z) has been very upfront about the influence of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness on his film, Ad Astra, a space drama set in the not too distant future.
Sep 20, 2019 · It’s a special film. Advertisement. Roy McBride (Pitt) is the coolest man in a spacesuit. In the near future, when space travel is more prevalent, McBride is legendary as someone whose BPM never rises above 80, even when he’s plummeting to Earth as he does in an early scene.
In April 2017, while promoting The Lost City of Z, Gray compared the story of Ad Astra to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Gray also mentioned that he intended for the film to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie and to basically say, 'Space is awfully hostile to us ' ".