Space Dive
Space Dive
| 04 November 2012 (USA)
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In this one-off documentary, Space Dive tells the behind-the-scenes story of Felix Baumgartner's historic, record-breaking freefall from the edge of space to Earth. The world watched with bated breath when Felix became the first person to freefall through the sound barrier on 15 October 2012, after jumping from 128,100ft (24 miles) from the edge of space.

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GarnettTeenage

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

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Derry Herrera

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

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Guillelmina

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Cissy Évelyne

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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bob the moo

I first heard about this record attempt on the very day that it was supposed to happen but got aborted. The next time I heard about it was 15 minutes before they did it again because it came on the TV in the pub I was in. Watching it was a bit of an anticlimax because, once the iconic shot from the capsule was done, the rest was blurry images of a small figure falling (but with no other things to put the speed of movement into context). Plus it played out in silence and, as much as the pub wanted to maintain the excitement felt just before he leapt, most people had turned away from the screen again before he had landed. I knew technically that it was amazing, but I didn't get that from watching.It was just as well this documentary caught my eye then, because it does a great job at making me realize how much I missed out on in this story. The jump is the conclusion of the film and the journey, but it is only a small part of both and this film builds that picture really well. It introduces the players and explains the project with good access to the team throughout the years of work. It has great footage of tests that went wrong, of moments where emotions threatened the whole project and one very near miss that was seconds from being fatal to one of the team. The film never lets you forget the stakes involved and I found it as engaging as I did dramatic and this time when I saw Baumgartner pulling himself to the edge of the capsule and then taking the jump, I really was gripped because I knew so much more, had so much more context and actually knew all the people involved and what they had been through to get to this.A really good story – even if you only had a passing interest in the actual jump itself, this is still a great story with lots of characters and drama and as a result is well worth seeing.

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