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Robert Pearlman
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posted May 15, 2007 12:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Jeff Roth, director of the award-winning feature documentary The Wonder of it All, has announced the upcoming release of Alan Bean, Artist ~ Astronaut.

This short-format DVD (MSRP $9.99) features an original, 32-minute documentary about Bean's Apollo-inspired artwork using footage shot inside the Apollo 12 moonwalker's workshop. The DVD also includes a photo gallery of the Apollo-era tools and artifacts that Bean uses to add texture and character to his paintings.

Readers can pre-order the DVD directly from Roth through The Wonder of it All website. Orders placed now will ship after the UACC Autograph Show at Kennedy Space Center (June 8-9), where the DVD will make its debut and be available for sale.

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nasamad
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posted May 17, 2007 12:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nasamad   Click Here to Email nasamad     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just received an email from Jeff Roth stating that the DVD is Region 1 encoded, as I would also like to by the Bean DVD, however he has said that if I need Region 0 he may be able to help.

I'm sure its more likely to happen if more non Region 1 owners would like to buy it as well.

If any others need Region free copies how about putting your name here and we can contact Jeff at a later date and let him know how many copies we would like.

Adam

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astroborg
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posted May 17, 2007 01:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for astroborg   Click Here to Email astroborg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Robert or Adam:

The Bean DVD looks like a great item.

Where can we see the feature film? I'm close to the Smithsonian; might it play there sometime soon?

-Rich

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Robert Pearlman
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posted May 17, 2007 01:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For information about The Wonder of It All, I suggest reading its own dedicated topic and/or visiting its website.

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bula
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posted May 17, 2007 02:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bula     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For all that are interested in the DVD, it is region 0. The DVD manufacturers gave us the wrong information.

Cindy

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nasamad
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posted May 17, 2007 03:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nasamad   Click Here to Email nasamad     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks Cindy and Jeff, just got the email and I'm gonna order my copy now.

Adam

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bula
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posted June 14, 2007 05:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bula     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
To all those that have pre-ordered the Alan Bean DVD, they shipped this week.

Cindy

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garymilgrom
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posted June 18, 2007 01:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for garymilgrom   Click Here to Email garymilgrom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I received mine and watched it yesterday. FANTASTIC! Thank you for producing this item which takes us inside the mind of Alan Bean as he considers his career path, changes careers and then produces his art. This really is an excellent DVD with commentary and visuals not available elsewhere.

I've ordered two more copies as gifts for space friends - don't miss this it is really well done.

Gary Milgrom

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Philip
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posted June 19, 2007 05:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Gary, how long is it and are there any 'special features'? Does it focus on Bean's career or more on his work in his artist' atelier?

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garymilgrom
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posted June 19, 2007 11:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for garymilgrom   Click Here to Email garymilgrom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Philip I believe the feature is 32 mins. and I think there is some extra footage but I'm not sure, will check at home tonight and reply more.

The main feature starts with Bean needing to make a career decision after Skylab - stay with NASA and move into Shuttle, or leave the agency for another field. His thoughts over this are appropriate to many people who consider career changes mid-life. After making the decision to become an artist, the body of the feature deals with his art and how he attempts to communicate his space career through his artistic career.

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MCroft04
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posted June 19, 2007 08:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MCroft04   Click Here to Email MCroft04     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'd like to purchase a copy of this DVD but cannot access the link on CS for some reason. Can someone tell me how to get a copy?

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nasamad
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posted June 20, 2007 03:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nasamad   Click Here to Email nasamad     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I recieved my copy today and have watched it already. It's a great doc that gives a real onsight into Bean's painting and his philosophy behind it. The extra feature is a productions stills slideshow set to music.

I pray they bring out "The Wonder of it all" on DVD as well, as being in the UK I don't know how much of a chance I have of seeing it otherwise.

Great Job......Adam

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bula
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posted June 21, 2007 11:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bula     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The DVD can be purchase by paying via paypal.com and sending the payment to bula@adelphia.net

You can also find the information at www.thewonderofitallfilm.com

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MCroft04
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posted June 22, 2007 09:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MCroft04   Click Here to Email MCroft04     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks, I've successfully ordered a copy of Alan's DVD.

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bula
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posted November 03, 2007 12:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bula     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Due to the popularity of the Alan Bean DVD, our initial inventory was sold out. We have received a new shipment and are taking new orders. The DVD is $9.99 + $3.99 shipping. International is $3 additional

The DVD can be purchase by paying via paypal.com and sending the payment to bula@adelphia.net. You can also find the information at www.thewonderofitallfilm.com

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posted December 10, 2007 11:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bula     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In response to those that have been asking about a discount for the DVD if you were to buy more than one as gifts for the Holiday season.

Free Shipping with the purchase of 3 or more DVD's

One free DVD with the purchase of 4 and free shipping

send payment through Paypal to bula@adelphia.net

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CPCM
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posted January 11, 2008 11:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for CPCM     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I bought this DVD and greatly enjoyed watching the insight of how Alan Bean makes his artwork. Since I am not a reviewer I posted a review below that I thought was appropriate, but is also for purchase on Amazon.

By Ronald A. Wells (University of California, Berkeley, retired)

Jeff Roth Productions made the excellent feature-length documentary film, "The Wonder of It All", with the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon now being shown at special presentations around the country and at various film festivals. I was fortunate to be sent a copy for review (see "Review: The Wonder of It All" in "Previous Articles" or the "Archive" at TheSpaceReview.com for Monday, November 12, 2007). This skillfully edited film gives us a very personal picture of these astronauts by the astronauts themselves not available heretofore. They talk about private matters related to growing up, their education, why they became astronauts, how the trip to the Moon affected their lives, religion, philosophy, and how they want to be remembered. "Wonder" will certainly inspire kids of all ages with the feeling that any of them could become an astronaut and fly to the Moon.

On a slightly different, but related plane, "Alan Bean, Artist - Astronaut" was produced from the extra footage from his interview for "Wonder". It, too, is thematically well-edited. Al describes why he left NASA to become an artist, what his friends and associates thought of that bold and unusual step, how he trained as an artist, and how and why he paints. Al's interview was recorded in his art studio, so he shows us around some of his paintings, pointing out that like any artwork, they can either reflect reality, or a particular fantasy of the artist.

For example, one of his paintings shows Al and Pete Conrad, who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, standing side-by-side in front of the Surveyor spacecraft. They had landed within yards of an unmanned spacecraft that had landed on the Moon a couple of years earlier. Al wanted to take a picture of them both in that pose using a timer inserted into the Hasseblad camera mounted on a tripod. People would then be puzzled over who made the photo since there were only the two of them on the surface. Both Al and Pete searched the toolbag but unfortunately could not find the timer, so the photo was never made. Al, as an artist, was consequently able to recreate the moment in one of his paintings even though the event did not happen quite like they planned!

Of particular interest is his description of how he prepares an artboard for a particular painting using his hammer and core tube bit which he brought back from the Moon. He has also had "bronzed booties" (in this case, boot soles) made from the boots he wore on the Moon, and with these places a couple of steps in the gesso-like surface of the board (the original rubber ones are not used because bits and pieces would have been pulled off after each step, thus eventually destroying their tread). He then makes marks and scrapes with the hammer in the surface and gouges out circles with the core bit. Finally, during the painting he places into the paint bits of Moon dust (captured from his spacesuit parts), ashes from the Apollo 12 Command Module's heat shield burnt during reentry when he returned from the Moon (saved for him by the Museum director who put the capsule on display), and bits cut from the beta cloth patches, flag, and other suit parts which he wore on the Moon. Thus, any one of his original paintings is absolutely unique in the annals of art history, having not only been painted by the only artist to have walked on the Moon, but also made with tools used on the Moon and consisting of bits and pieces of the Moon or that have been to the Moon.

Anyone who would like to see more of his artwork should visit his online gallery at alanbeangallery.com.

Hopefully, the team of Jeff Roth Productions will give us longer, similar "fireside chats" with the other Moonwalkers to supplement their exceptional autobiographical documentary. Meanwhile, this DVD gives us a special human view of a pioneering individual who has made the most of several different careers and is an inspiration for those contemplating drastic lifestyle changes.

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