Author Topic: First Time (2017 Voskhod 2 docudrama)

Philip

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From: Brussels, Belgium

Registered: Jan 2001 posted 07-03-2015 05:32 PM Looking forward to this movie entitled "First Time": March 18, 1965. For 77 days before the Americans went into space, the Soviet Union wins the technological race when Alexei Leonov first greeted earthlings from outer space, and, according to the chronicle, safely walked back to the ship. But these 5 meters to the gateway are the most painful walk in his life, and an emergency landing in manual mode — an example of the incredible will to live of the Leonov and Pavel Belyaev, his partner.

David C

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Registered: Apr 2012 posted 07-04-2015 10:06 AM Looks interesting. Weren't we also meant to be getting a film about Gagarin and Vostok 1?

Robert Pearlman

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Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-04-2015 10:12 AM "Gagarin: First in Space" was released into theaters in 2013 and home video the year later.

Robert Pearlman

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Registered: Nov 1999 posted 03-28-2017 08:18 AM Several of Russia's largest movie theaters have joined forces to lobby the Culture Ministry to reverse a decision postponing the release of the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster "The Fast and the Furious 8" in favor of "First Time," reports the Moscow Times. The Fast and the Furious 8 is scheduled for worldwide release on April 13, the day after Russia celebrates Cosmonaut Day. First Time has timed its release for the annual holiday. Movie theaters are lobbying the Culture Ministry to reverse course, citing concerns with the Russian film's profitability. "There are simply no other blockbuster premieres in April," Vedomosti cited a letter written by several movie theater executives as saying. "First Time will hardly bring in more than a few hundred million rubles." ...the proposal to postpone the American film came not from the Culture Ministry, but the producers of First Time, Vedomosti reported. The producers also eliminated their Russian-made cinematic rival about the Soviet space program, Salyut-7. The producers of both films failed to come to an agreement on release dates.

Robert Pearlman

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Registered: Nov 1999 posted 04-10-2017 11:35 AM "The First Time" flopped on its opening-day weekend, reports The Moscow Times. The film, marketed as "The First Time" in English, depicts the exploits of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov — the first man to walk in space. The producers of the movie wanted it to be released on April 6, the weekend before Russia’s annual April 12 Cosmonaut Day holiday. "The First Time" was financed by the Culture Ministry, and expected to rake in 280 million rubles ($5 million) opening weekend, the Vedomosti newspaper reported April 10. But it didn’t even make half that amount. The movie must make at least 500 million rubles ($8.7 million) to break even. ..."The First Time" made just 138.7 million ($2.4 million) in opening weekend sales.

Wehaveliftoff

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Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-10-2017 04:32 PM There is a 320 page companion book (as seen on eBay: 222469743627).

soviet space

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Registered: Jan 2015 posted 04-14-2017 02:05 AM Also came with a movie script:

soviet space

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Registered: Jan 2015 posted 04-14-2017 08:53 AM I went to the movie a week before the premiere, met with the producer and even won a gift there in a quiz. He was surprised I knew the answer, the question was complicated. I can say the film is quite well shot.

Wehaveliftoff

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Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-15-2017 07:23 AM quote: Originally posted by soviet space:

...surprised I knew the answer, the question was complicated. What was the question and answer?

soviet space

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Registered: Jan 2015 posted 04-18-2017 07:14 AM What sound mission Voskhod 2 used Stanley Kubrick in a film Space Odyssey?

dom

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Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-18-2017 12:43 PM Sorry, I don't even understanding the question above?

Spoon

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Registered: May 2006 posted 04-18-2017 02:16 PM I think it might refer to Leonov's breathing during his EVA which was captured on the ground and recorded, then subsequently used during space walking sequences in '2001'.



dom

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Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-18-2017 03:25 PM I don't think a perfectionist like Stanley Kubrick would have done that!

Wehaveliftoff

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Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-18-2017 07:58 PM Alexei Leonov even admitted they used his breathing in the film. "The breathing was even recorded at observatories. They later used it in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey."

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Registered: Jan 2015 posted 04-18-2017 08:21 PM quote: Originally posted by Spoon:

I think it might refer to Leonov's breathing during his EVA... Right.

dom

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Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-19-2017 03:57 PM Leonov might think they used his breathing but they definitely didn't. Kubrick might have been simulating the cosmonaut's breathing but he was too much of a technical perfectionist to have used a second rate recording of a real spacewalk for 2001: A Space Odyssey!

Robert Pearlman

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Registered: Nov 1999 posted 04-19-2017 04:32 PM Perhaps this story is a case of something being lost in translation. From a 2006 interview, Leonov seems to suggest it was his description, not his actual audio, that was used: In Stanley Kubrick's film "2001 A Space Odyssey," where cosmonauts work in the open cosmos, he used my acoustic description in the way you can hear the laboured breathing.

dom

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Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-20-2017 02:12 PM Thanks Robert, that clears that up. The makers of 2001 were definitely inspired by Leonov's description of his spacewalk. I know Arthur C. Clarke was a friend of Leonov and probably passed on what the cosmonaut had told him to Kubrick. As far as I know from reading about the making of the movie the spacewalk sequence was filmed in 1966 or 1967 - a time when few real EVAs had been done.

Mike Dixon

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From: Kew, Victoria, Australia

Registered: May 2003 posted 04-20-2017 04:13 PM Don't wish to derial, but there was a great colour video posted on cS some time back of Leonov's spacewalk ... easily the best I've seen. Can someone redirect me?