The 2013 film directed by Alfonso Cuaron centers on Ryan Stone, a medical engineer who is on a space mission with astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) when their space shuttle is hit by debris. The two must try to make their way back to Earth safely. Watching the movie at home – never mind in the theater – is dazzling. The visuals of stars and planets will take your breath away. As noted by our film critic Peter Rainer, this movie is the closest most of us will get to actually being in space.
Actor Ed Harris voices Mission Control in the film but is never seen onscreen. Harris starred as NASA flight director Gene Kranz in the 1995 film "Apollo 13."
