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How Moon Got Made

I only heard of the indie sci-fi movie Moon a few days ago, even though it was apparently at Sundance when I was there. It is 28-year-old director Duncan Jones' first feature, made for $5M at Shepperton Studios in England and starring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey. I wondered how such a young director could pull together such an impressive package.

Turns out Jones is the son of David Bowie and he got financing help from the wife of Sting. Yes, I'm a little bitter. But the movie is, from all accounts, pretty amazing and looks like it cost more than $5M.

DUNCAN JONES INTERVIEWS (I'm only linking to ones without spoilers because I've heard the movie has a great twist)
Screencrave Interview with Duncan Jones Part 1
Cinmatical Interview
Air America video interview

UPDATE: An alternate look at low budget film fundraising in England from Johan Neethling of Thames Gate Films. He did DVD pre-sales much like David Brundige combined with third-party debt arranged with a bank and private investment. [via britmic]

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