Spaceship Earth (2020)

Name: Spaceship Earth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-03-13
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: John Allen, Tony Burgess, Kathelin Gray, Linda Leigh, Mark Nelson

Mar 13, 2020 Documentary 1h 55m

User Score

61%

51 votes

Internet Movie Database

64%

Rotten Tomatoes

87%

Metacritic

7300%

Overview

In 1991 a group of countercultural visionaries built an enormous replica of earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere 2. When eight “biospherians” lived sealed inside, they faced ecological calamities and cult accusations. Their epic adventure is a cautionary tale but also a testament to the power of small groups reimagining the world.

Matt Wolf

Director

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John Allen

Himself

Tony Burgess

Himself

Kathelin Gray

Herself

Linda Leigh

Herself

Mark Nelson

Himself

Roy Walford

Himself

Jane Goodall

Herself (Archive Footage)

Steve Bannon

Himself (archive footage)

Rue McClanahan

Herself (Archival footage)

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Media

Spaceship Earth. Official Trailer. Launching Everywhere May 8.

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Reviews

A review by Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

Written on August 31, 2020

“Spaceship Earth” is a documentary that fails on the most basic level: it tells the story that nobody wants to hear. The film, blessed with the compelling story of the spectacular failure that was Arizona’s Biosphere 2 project, squanders its opportunity to show us what we really want to see. Instead, director Matt Wolf focuses on the 1960s counterculture that inspired the team of unappealing “Biospherians.” It’s a behind-the-scenes exploration, alright: the film just doesn’t open the door that you really want to look in.

In 1991, eight hippie visionaries dedicated two years of their lives to live in quarantine inside a self-engineered replica of the Earth’s ecosystems in an attempt to chronicle their daily existence in the face of a life-threatening ecological disaster. ...

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