Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
A coming of age story.... the way only Richard Linklater could tell it.
AnimationComedyDramaScience Fictiongalaxynasasecret missiontexasmoon landinghouston, texascoming of agechildhoodadult animationsemi autobiographical1960sspaceship
A warmly nostalgic, whimsical blend of childhood memory and space-age fantasy that celebrates wonder, imagination, and the texture of growing up in 1960s Texas.
A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.
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