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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Project Hail Mary’ - Close Encounters of the Goofy Kind

Adapted from the best-selling book by Andy Weir ("The Martian"), 'Project Hail Mary' is a heart-warming blockbuster with old-school charm to spare. However, the comedic tone occasionally threatens to undercut some of the film's emotional heft...

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00:04Please state your name.
00:06Ron and Grace, I spoke up from a coma.
00:09I'm several light years from my apartment.
00:12And I'm not an astronaut.
00:15I'm not an astronaut.
00:18I'm not an astronaut.
00:20If you don't go, you die.
00:22Where the rest of us.
00:24The fans of this book are, um, passionate.
00:28And they're passionate, uh, many would describe it as the best book they've ever read.
00:33Uh, definitely the best science fiction books they've ever read.
00:37And they love Rocky so much.
00:39And they were so protective over how we, um, excuse me, um, portrayed him in this film.
00:45So, uh, um, but I'm relieved because we've screened the movie for enough book fans
00:49and enough people that everyone seems to feel like Rocky has, uh, been honored in this film.
00:54So very excited for people to hear that.
00:57You were the only scientist who might know what this is.
01:00I'm just a teacher at Grover Cleveland Metal.
01:03We have a doctorate in molecular biology.
01:05I need you to come with us.
01:08This is Project Hail Mary.
01:10The sun is not the only star dying.
01:12Every star was infected by its neighbor except one.
01:15Why?
01:15We don't know.
01:17Which is why we build a ship.
01:19To go there and find out.
01:21It's 11.9 light years away.
01:23The astronauts die in space.
01:25It's what you Americans would call a lung shot.
01:28Hail Mary, I get it.
01:29This is a combination of people that I have never worked with before.
01:33So I felt like in some sort of, uh, dream most of the time.
01:38And the script was really good.
01:40I knew about the book.
01:41And, of course, I knew Ryan's work and Lord and Miller's work.
01:45So that was a no question.
01:47A no brainer, as you said.
01:48If we do nothing, everything on this planet will go extinct.
01:53You'll find a solution.
01:56You are my solution.
01:58I put the knot in astronaut.
02:01I've never done anything.
02:02I've never done a space walk.
02:03I can't even moonwalk.
02:25I understand the stakes.
02:26I do.
02:29Not my place is in the classroom.
02:32The world is counting on you.
02:37This might be very hard for you to understand.
02:40But some people are not good at things.
02:44You know who you are.
02:45You're gonna do great.
02:46I can't consider OT in five hours.
02:53Object approaching.
02:55Oh my god.
03:08So, I met an alien.
03:10He's kind of growing on me.
03:11At least he's not growing in me, you know?
03:13Which was a concern for a little while.
03:24I'm Grace.
03:25I'm gonna call you Rocky.
03:27Thumbs up.
03:28Nope.
03:29That's thumbs down.
03:30We do the thumbs up.
03:34It's close enough.
03:37We do the thumbs up.
03:38Then we areZZ.
03:38It's이었 me.275th
03:38I'm just Batoners.
03:38Damn, I have to look at

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