This masterfully crafted featurelength docufiction is an intriguing blend of reality and fiction that recreates recent history through the prism of conspiracy. Houston, we have a problem technical troubles scuttle the apollo lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut jim lovell and his crew in director ron howards chronicle of this truelife story, which turns a failed journey into a thrilling saga of heroism. The movie could be interpreted in many different ways, that is the reason why it is so entertaining. The origin can be traced to the phrase in past tense houston, weve had a problem here that was used by the crew of the apollo moon flight, to report a major technical problem back to their houston base. It was full of mythology of ufos and this object 505, which is a bit like yugoslavia s area 51 with stories of ufos and planes landing directly into black holes. Usa was losing the race against ussr and there is little. With barry matthews, john hofmeister, paul taylor, john schiller. This intriguing docufiction explores the myth of the secret. You can click on table header to sort results by column name. I first head about the documentary, houston we have a problem, more than four years ago, a movie looking into claims that tito sold yugoslav space technology to the americans in 1961 in exchange for massive aid, and now the film will finally see the light of day, playing in cinemas in may, ahead of a world premiere in new york. American bought a secret yugoslav space programme to put it in space. Slovenia, 50 min, experimental, history, mockumentary, politics, science and technology, social issues, studio virc houston, we have a problem original idea bostjan virc director of photography andrej virc planned premiere december 2012 the main topic is discovering hidden truth behind the space race.
The oil barons, wildcatters, and roughnecks and their long struggle to feed americas ferocious oil appetite. The london film festival has only screened one croatian film since 1991, ogrestas film here 2004. The fantastic story that yugoslavia developed a secret space program during the cold war was launched in 2012 with a. Here is all the information you need about houston, we have a problem. Full disclosure, i was also quoted in the same news story as bill barry questioning the assertions made in the film trailer. The space race and nasas moon landing are as much part of our national identity as they are fodder for conspiracy theories.
Trailer, explores the myth of the secret multibilliondollar deal behind americas purchase of yugoslavia s clandestine space program in the early. This intriguing docufiction explores the myth of the secret multibilliondollar deal behind americas purchase of yugoslavia s clandestine space program in the early 1960s. After ww2, yugoslav intelligence reveals the existence of longlost space. Is yugoslavia an alien or are we alien to yugoslavia. The cold war, the space race, and nasas moon landing are iconic events that defined an era. Oni su jos i danas obmotani velom tajne i inspirisu brojne teroristicke zavere. Houston, we have a problem 21 jul 2017 usa explores the myth of the secret multibilliondollar deal behind americas purchase of yugoslavia s clandestine space program in. Premiere was at tribeca film festival in april this year. What do you make of the houston, we have a problem film. Yugoslavian space program houston, we have a problem. Hladni rat, svemirska trka i nasaino sletanje na mesec kljucni su vesnici dogadaja koji su obezili citavu jednu eru. Houston, we have a problem was used later as the tagline for the 1995 film apollo.
The phrase is normally misquoted as houston, we have a problem as in the movie apollo. Living standards in yugoslavia improved considerably, and the socialist country enjoyed rapid economic development with generous american financial aid. Comedies, mockumentaries, political comedies, independent movies. This intriguing docufiction explores the myth of the secret multibilliondollar deal behind americas purchase of yugoslavia s clandestine space program in. Docudrama revealing one of the biggest secrets of space race during cold war yugoslavian space program. Did yugoslav space technology sold by tito help put. We started looking through archives and doing research and then we found out theres a lot of footage from the past and there were also maybe myths about yugoslavia. I received a call from richard solash, a reporter with radio free europe about ten days ago to discuss a film being made by slovene director ziga virc and writer bostjan virc that alleges that titos yugoslavia had a secret space program and secretly sold space knowledge to nasa, in the process making tito rich and making if possible for the u.
Restaurant walter after movie walter defends sarajevo in belgrade, serbia, 2017. Houston, we have a pro blem is a popular but erroneous quotation from the radio communications between the apollo astronaut john jack swigert and the nasa mission control center houston during the apollo spaceflight, as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion that crippled their spacecraft. Post wwii yugoslavian leadership made rapid development based on unknown diaries of yugoslav and world space pioneer herman potocnik noordung. What do you make of the houston, we have a problem film claiming that a secret yugoslavian space program was the source of american success in the space race. Yugoslavia develops a space program, as a forgotten third player in the space race beside the united states and the soviet union, which josip.
Film festival 2016 to talk about his film houston, we have a problem. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Interview with ziga virc, creator of houston, we have a problem. Bozidar smiljanic in houston, we have a problem 2016 houston, we have a problem 2016 slavoj zizek in. Following movie can be found on kickass under houston imamo problem name. He worriedly concluded that seeing is believing even if it is a complete fake. The truth behind ziga vircs film premiering at tribeca. Ziga vircs docufiction movie houston, we have a problem at the tribeca film festival is fun, entertaining and about as real as this is spinal tap. Furthermore, the festival will screen two croatian minority coproductions. Yugoslavian space program trailer hd yugoslavian space program trailer yugoslavs made rapid development based on unknown diaries of yugoslav space pioneer herman potocnik noordung after 2nd world war. The mysterious and much talkedabout docufiction feature houston, we have a problem. What little fun this mockumentary offers depends on falling for its farfetched premise about america being scammed by the yugoslav space program.
Tribeca film festival 2016, new york, official selection. Virc that alleges that titos yugoslavia had a secret space program and secretly sold. Yugoslavia sold its complete secret space programme to usa in march 1961. Yugoslavs made rapid development based on unknown diaries of yugoslav space pioneer.
Details include the date it was added to netflix in the usa, any known expiry dates and new episodesseasons, the ratings and cast etc. The release of a slovenian documentary, houston we have a problem, alleges a new twist to the the cold war. Step inside the oil culture to understand just how the usa became so addicted and why houston believes we must go green for a secure domestic energy future. The cold war, the space race, and nasas moon landing are landmark events that defined an era.
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