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Films set in 1969

  • Moonshot (2009 film)Moonshot, a 2009 British TV film, mixes real Space Race footage into its drama. It retraces the Apollo 11 landing.
  • First Man (film)First Man opens with Neil Armstrong's X-15 bouncing off the atmosphere. His daughter Karen was dying of a brain tumor.
  • Transformers: Dark of the MoonMichael Bay bet $25,000 that two robots would not appear in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
  • Once Upon a Time in HollywoodOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood is a 2019 film by Quentin Tarantino, and its ending was guarded like a state secret. Tarantino kept the only copy of the third act locked in a safe. Besides Tarantino himself, only Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot…
  • Apocalypse NowFrancis Ford Coppola bet his house and car on Apocalypse Now. He also put up his Godfather profits as security.
  • Apollo 13 (film)The Apollo 13 film's famous line "Failure is not an option" was never spoken by Gene Kranz during the real mission.
  • The Fantastic Four: First StepsThe Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in 1964 on a world called Earth-828. Crowds are marking four years since a space mission gave four astronauts extraordinary powers. Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm are celebrities…
  • Men in Black 3Will Smith pitched Men in Black 3 in 2002: send Agent J back in time to save Agent K.
  • The Beatles: Get BackPeter Jackson almost turned down The Beatles: Get Back. He expected the breakup bitterness he had heard about.
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny first left out Marion until Karen Allen wrote a letter.
  • The DishIn the film The Dish, operators keep a dish aimed at the Moon as winds climb past the 30-knot safety limit.

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