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George Clooney directs his own lonely funeral in space—bleak, beautiful, and barely holding together.
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The Midnight Sky (2020)

cosmic melancholyarctic isolationdaddy issues IN SPACE

Overview

DramaScience Fiction

A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

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based on novel or bookspace adventurespace travelpost-apocalyptic futurecancerastronautend of the worldarctic polar circle regionnuclear radiation2040s+3 more

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Arctic wasteland and blood-red spacecraft interiors—stunningly cold.

Score

Alexandre Desplat's strings weeping in zero gravity.

Practical Effects

Clooney actually grew that depressing beard for MONTHS.

Best for:Solo: Midnight. Headphones. Existential dread required.·Streaming: When you want Gravity but sadder and worse.
Heads up:Emotional: Terminal illness, parental abandonment, and Earth's quiet death.·Disturbing: Brief but intense space injury sequence.
George Clooney

Director

George Clooney

ReleasedDec 10, 2020
Runtime1h 58m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Revenue$70.0K
Anonymous Content
Smokehouse Pictures

Top Cast

George Clooney

George Clooney

Augustine Lofthouse

Felicity Jones

Felicity Jones

Sully

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

Adewole

Caoilinn Springall

Caoilinn Springall

Iris

Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler

Mitchell

Demián Bichir

Demián Bichir

Sanchez

Tiffany Boone

Tiffany Boone

Maya

Sophie Rundle

Sophie Rundle

Jean

Ethan Peck

Ethan Peck

Young Augustine

Tim Russ

Tim Russ

Mason Mosley

Miriam Shor

Miriam Shor

Mitchell's Wife

Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir

Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir

Frantic Woman - Katherine

Hanna María Karlsdóttir

Hanna María Karlsdóttir

Older Woman

Atli Óskar Fjalarsson

Atli Óskar Fjalarsson

Soldier

Tia Bannon

Tia Bannon

Jasmine

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Clooney underwent extensive weight loss and grew a full beard to play the deteriorating Augustine, then directed himself via monitors while freezing on an Icelandic glacier.

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The Midnight Sky | Final Trailer | George Clooney | Netflix

The Midnight Sky | Final Trailer | George Clooney | Netflix

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