Genial and openhearted, but with a grin that suggests he might be up to something, he's the sort of man who might look equally comfortable three-piece suit addressing a Fortune 500 company's shareholders or wearing a sequined tuxedo and top hat while riding a unicycle in a circus. Allen, the project was essentially a land-bound Noah's Ark, meant to help humans understand their own existing, organic ecology while testing an artificial version that could be used in space colonies.Īllen is the nucleus of everything. Solar power and natural gas provided energy. Funded by billionaire Ed Bass and supervised by systems ecologist, engineer, metallurgist, and impresario John P.
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But it's an impressive example of basic storytelling techniques refined for maximum impact, each element reinforcing and feeding off every other element, as in the enclosed ecosystem that it depicts.ĭirected by Matt Wolf, the movie draws on an impressive archive of never-before-seen footage from the inside of Biosphere 2, an Arizona-based "system science research project" that re-created the earth's dominant climates on a miniature scale (including a rainforest, a desert, plains and an ocean with reefs) and included enough animals, birds and insects to theoretically keep life humming along without infusions of materials or elements from outside.
As cinema, it's not trying to reinvent any wheels. Netflix will release the film streaming exclusively in the US starting on February 5th this winter."Spaceship Earth," about a group of explorers locking themselves into a man-made, self-sustaining ecosystem for two years in the early 1990s, is a model of documentary craft, showcasing mainstream narrative nonfiction at its apex. Merry Christmas already released Sung-hee Jo's Space Sweepers in South Korean cinemas last fall.
Produced by Bidangil Pictures and Dexter Studios. The screenplay is written by Yoon Seung-min, Yoo-kang Seo-ae, and Jo Sung-hee. Space Sweepers, originally known as Seungriho in Korean (formerly titled Lightning Arc in development), is directed by Korean filmmaker Sung-hee Jo, director of the films Nice Shorts, End of Animal, A Werewolf Boy, and Phantom Detective previously. Tiger Park (Jin Seon-Kyu) and a robot (Yu Hae-Jin) are crew members of the spaceship. Tae-Ho will do anything to make money, but he is always broke. Tae-Ho (Song Joong-Ki) is a pilot of Spaceship "The Victory", which is led by a captain (Kim Tae-Ri). You can still watch the original international trailers for Space Sweepers here, to see even more footage. Here's the first US teaser trailer (+ poster) for Sung-hee Jo's Space Sweepers, from Netflix's YouTube: Featuring tons of stunning space action and thrills." Yeah this looks awesome! Or at least like an extra fun space story. Starring Song Joong-Ki, Kim Tae-Ri, Jin Sun-Kyu, and Yoo Hae-Jin. They realize that she’s the humanlike robot wanted by UTS Space Guards, and decide to demand ransom. After successfully snatching a crashed space shuttle in the latest debris chase, Victory's crew find a 7-year-old girl inside. Set in 2092, Space Sweepers tells the story of a crew on board of the spaceship called "Victory", trying to escape the destruction of Earth - and make some money while at it salvaging space debris. We featured the original international trailers a few months ago, and the film will be arriving on Netflix in February (only for the US). "Let's go make some money!" Netflix has released a new US teaser trailer for their upcoming debut of the South Korean sci-fi film Space Sweepers, an epic spaceship comedic thriller from director Sung-hee Jo.
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