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Passage to Mars

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 34m
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4.6/10
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Passage to Mars (2016)
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A NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-year odyssey of human adventure and survival.A NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-year odyssey of human adventure and survival.A NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-year odyssey of human adventure and survival.

  • Director
    • Jean-Christophe Jeauffre
  • Writers
    • Jean-Christophe Jeauffre
    • Pascal Lee
  • Stars
    • Zachary Quinto
    • Charlotte Rampling
    • Pascal Lee
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    790
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean-Christophe Jeauffre
    • Writers
      • Jean-Christophe Jeauffre
      • Pascal Lee
    • Stars
      • Zachary Quinto
      • Charlotte Rampling
      • Pascal Lee
    • 33User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    8francisemos

    Loaded with magic and si-fi references. Stylish and powerful.

    If you're a space buff - as I am - this is for you! This doc is out of this world. Super loaded with hidden references and wrapped with pure beauty. Not sure NASA realized what the filmmakers did - I guess it was approved - but the film breaks out from the formatted genre and takes it to a new level: complex and emotional narration, dimensional layers, both in storytelling and visually (the back and forth between Earth and Mars are stunning and so smartly executed).

    The director definitely pushed the envelop. To a point that it's hard to call it a documentary. It's a movie, tracking with an impossible true-life road trip - and it's the first movie of this kind I see.

    Watched it twice to make up my mind. First I was just got caught up, blending in the Arctic and other crazy shots (spectacular). Then got deeper into the reflection. Powerful. This film stays with you like a great wine.
    9lcollinsbabe

    A thought provoking film with a vision.

    Surprisingly good. I'm not a fan of documentary genre, but this one is so different. It has guts, depth, vision. It's a journey, and they take you with them from start to finish, with fierce. Quinto is just great.He delivers a a fine, complex performance, reading the original log of the expedition leader. Making the narration quite different from the classic voice over films. This is one of the film's highlights. It creates a solid emotional bound with the viewer. He delivers a very subtle, low key and at times moving performance. We are so far from the Discovery Channel reality show crap when they give you those fake/staged human conflicts. Here it's all more real. As it must be on a NASA journey. Music is great and the Mars and Arctic landscapes are jaw-dropping. Compelling and very original in the directing. A must see!!
    7samuelstein

    Exciting, strangely poetic road movie

    Filmmakers and NASA explorers take us to the remote corners of Earth and Mars.

    A Humvee, the Okarian, must cross 2,000 miles on frozen ocean to reach a NASA outpost where they train to explore the red planet!

    It's real, I had no idea such a place even existed. so we're on a road trip. Dangerous, uncertain. The ship seems no match for the challenge, but the crew never gives up.

    What got me here is the immersive poetry of the film, taking our mind to remote places of our imagination. This film is no so much about Mars than about ourselves and our vivid curiosity for the unknown. Stunning.
    8alanbriggssf

    Very unusual and intriguing. A must see.

    If you expect the discovery or Nat Geo type of format, this one will confuse you. It's a million light years away in spirit.

    It's a tale turned to mystery and beauty, celebrating exploration. More poetic than scientific, the film explores more why we want to go to Mars than how (which has been explained over and over again in many other docs.)

    The excitement here comes from the mind-blowing beauty of two worlds, and a tiny crew of humans trying to make a bridge between.

    You will learn more about what makes us go out there than what's out there. Despite the lack of the usual human drama we expect to get in these real-life adventure docs, we feel close enough to the crew and confined with them to feel immersed and part of the crew.

    What is most striking is the back and forth Arctic/Mars, a journey within the journey. I understand why this film is so praised by space community. As for me, the ethereal feel made it all. Fascinating.
    8kristinapaget

    Arty and outside the box. Breaking documentary rules. Inspiring.!

    Loved the elements in this film, the snow, the ice, the wind, the glittering stars passing by when we travel through space, the Mars sand dunes, the storms, the red dust... The sounds, or the quietness of it all, in space or on the ice. A film calling for our senses. including fear.

    Very spectacular and magnetic. It won't please everybody, cause this doc. breaks many rules and might confuse the routine of some viewers. It's nothing like the classic, formatted TV doc. It's a "movie movie" of its own, arty and outside the box.

    I loved it. Very sensible and inspirational. Some science, not much, just enough for me. Enough to understand I actually knew very little about Mars (there's is not only water there, but snow, four seasons, and a day last 24 hour like here, a dust storm can cover the entire planet... But above all, there might be life there, and that's what we are looking for).

    but the science is not what stays with you for days after. You just don't watch the sky in the same manner. You feel very small. But you feel puzzled to be surrounded by so much life, when there is so little of it all around Earth. Very sensible and inspiring movie.

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      References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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      Performed by William Pilgrim & The All Grows Up

      Lyrics and Music by PM Romero and Ishmaell Donnell Herring

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    • Release date
      • September 30, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
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    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Путь на Марс
    • Filming locations
      • Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Jules Verne Adventures Productions
      • Green Flash Pictures
      • Jules Verne Aventures
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      • $2,150,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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