The Challenge (2022 film)

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The Challenge
Vyzov visiting crew (cropped).jpg
Cast launched to ISS for the film
Directed byKlim Shipenko
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
Production
companies
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
The Challenge
Space career
A film shot on a space station
Time in space
11 days, 22 hours and 13 minutes (35-40 minutes of production)
MissionsSoyuz MS-19/Soyuz MS-18 (Expedition 65)
(Equipment launched on Progress MS-17[1] and returned on Soyuz MS-18)
Mission insignia
ISS Expedition 65 Patch.png

The Challenge (Russian: Вызов, romanized: Vyzov) or Doctor's House Call[note 2] is an upcoming Russian space drama film by Klim Shipenko. It is the first feature-length fiction film to be filmed in space by professional film-makers.[note 3][3][4][5]

Plot[]

Cosmonaut Ivanov loses consciousness while the spacecraft is in flight. Doctors decide that it will be necessary to perform heart surgery right in zero gravity. Cardiac surgeon Zhenya, who does not have time to raise her three year old daughter, is preparing for the flight.[6]

Background and pre-production[]

The screening process began on March 15, 2021.[7] On May 14, 2021, the Interagency Committee approved the composition of the ISS main and alternate crews for the period 2021-2023.[8] Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (commander) and the crew of the film, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, flew to the ISS on the Soyuz MS-19. The drama is a joint project of Roscosmos, Channel One and the Yellow, Black and White studio.[9][10] The alternates chosen after passing the medical committee were New Drama Theater actress Alyona Mordovina, director Alexei Dudin[11] and the commander Oleg Artemyev.[12] Alyona became the first woman to pass the cosmonaut screening since 2012.[7] The crew members began training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on May 24, 2021.[13] On July 23, the prime crew participated in a four-hour simulation inside a Soyuz replica while wearing the Sokol suit,[14] and on July 28, the back-up crew completed the same exercise. According to the back-up commander, Oleg Artemyev, the performance of the two back-up spaceflight participants was outstanding.[15] The dress-rehearsals for the movie happened after the scheduled training from the day.[16] On July 30, the spacecraft had its pre-launch preparation started.[17] On August 31, the medical committee announced that both the main and reserve crew were healthy for space flight.[18]

The filming equipment was launched on Progress MS-17[19] and returned on Soyuz MS-18.

The director and actress left the ISS on October 17, 2021, on Soyuz MS-18, with Commander Oleg Novitskiy.[20][21]

After the successful landing of Soyuz MS-18, Dmitry Rogozin revealed that Konstantin Ernst (Director General or CEO of the Channel One) had paid Roscosmos for Shipenko and Peresild's seats.[22]

Cast[]

Cameos[]

Creation[]

About three thousand applications were submitted for the main role, the number of which was reduced to 20-30, after which Peresild was chosen.[6]

The ISS, where a portion of the production takes place

To prepare for filming, Klim Shipenko trained intensively, dropping 15 kilograms (33 lb) of weight. In flight, he himself will perform the functions of an operator, make-up artist and production designer.[6] Anton Shkaplerov will become the ship's commander, while Shipenko and Peresild will fly in the status of spaceflight participants. The backup crew is cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev, cameraman Alexei Dudin and actress Alyona Mordovina.[24]

It is planned that the footage filmed in space will be approximately 35 minutes of the final timing of the film.[6]

According to Ernst, the motivation of the filmmakers is to confirm Russia's leadership in the space sector and to restore the prestige of the cosmonaut profession in the eyes of the younger generation (Yulia Peresild did not dream of space flights as a child).[6] The unique experience of express training for non-professional flight may subsequently be useful for the real need to send scientists or doctors into space.[24]

The MS-19 spacecraft launched on October 5 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The development of the project will be covered within the framework of the Evening Urgant program, whose members moved to the cosmodrome a week before launch.[6] From September 12, on First Channel there will also be a reality show called The Challenge: The first in space, about the specifics of the selection and training of project participants.[24]

Movie[]

Klim Shipenko shot about 30 hours[25] of material (30-40 minutes of film) on the ISS, as well as taking on the positions of director, operator, art director, and makeup artist. Oleg Novitsky and Peter Dubrov will appear in the film,[26] with Dubrov and Mark Vande Hei assisting in the production.[27] Shkaplerov will also appear in some scenes.[28]

Of all the footage filmed in space, about 30% was filmed in the Nauka module, another third was filmed in the Zvezda module, and the remaining 30% was shot on the rest of ISS modules.[29]

Reactions[]

The film, which according to Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, is an "experiment to see if Roscosmos can prepare two ordinary people to fly in about 3 or 4 months" has received opposition from the scientific and aerospace communities, as to the fact that they remove trained cosmonauts from their flights, a misuse of public money,[30] or even that using the station's resources for non-scientific purposes would be illegal.[31] Sergei Krikalev, director of crewed programs at Roscosmos, reportedly lost his position by speaking out against the project,[32] but was reinstated after a few days following protests from cosmonauts on and off active duty.[13]

Notes[]

  1. ^ He paid for the seats of the film crew
  2. ^ The tagline is "“Become a star, by flying to the stars!”[2]
  3. ^ Claims about "first film in space" are dubius as other films have been filmed in space previously, like the feature-length narrative fiction film Return from Orbit (1984; some scenes filmed in space) and the narrative fiction short film Apogee of Fear (2012; completely filmed in space). In the film Return from Orbit the scenes filmed in space included important characters (not just "background"); the characters were portrayed by cosmonauts, not the "usual" professional actors portraying those characters, in the scenes that were filmed in actual space. As Return from Orbit was also filmed by movie professionals (except those scenes filmed in space, which were filmed by cosmonauts) and released into cinemas for wide audience, it has a good claim to the title "first movie in space"; the only relevant difference with The Challenge (2022) is that in the case of Return from Orbit, all professional film-makers stayed on the ground, whereas in the case of The Challenge, some professional film-makers flew to ISS to film some scenes for the movie. Also full feature length documentary films that have been released to movie theaters, like For All Mankind (1989) or A Beautiful Planet (2016; a film long enough to be a feature film according to many but not all definitions of feature film) have been filmed in space. The Challenge is however the first time a professional actor/ess has been filmed in space by a professional director, as other films before were filmed and acted in by astronauts/cosmonauts/space tourists (space tourists that were amateur both in film-making and as astronauts) or used footage from automated equipment. Apogee of Fear was written by a professional scriptwriter, and with some graphics assets done by a professional, but had no other filming professionals involved.

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Quine 2022, p. 27.
  3. ^ "Russia to Open New Frontier in Space, Shooting First Full-Length Movie". New York Times. 16 September 2021.
  4. ^ Susanna Alperina (27 July 2021). "Ernst told the details about the film "Challenge"". Russian newspaper.
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  10. ^ "Экспедиция МКС-65/66. План полёта". (in Russian). April 2021. p. 17.
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  12. ^ Носенкова С. (April 2021). "В открытом космосе рекорды не самая хорошая вещь". (in Russian).
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  14. ^ "У основного экипажа МКС-66 начались совместные тренировки" (in Russian). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  15. ^ "The ISS-66 back-up crew were "launched" to the ISS, for the first time". 29 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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  17. ^ "На Байконуре началась предполетная подготовка корабля «Союз МС-19»" (in Russian). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Члены экипажей МКС-66 признаны годными к космическому полету" (in Russian). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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  20. ^ "Срок полета двух членов экипажа «Союза МС-18» увеличат". ТАСС (in Russian). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  21. ^ "На МКС 10 человек". Роскосмос (in Russian). 9 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Finally, the correct answer who paid for the "movie crew"mission". Twitter. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  23. ^ Fictional ill astronaut is Ivanov so Novitsky may be the sick astronaut
  24. ^ a b c "The film crew of the film "Challenge" successfully passed the exam for flying into orbit". Roskosmos. 10 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Клим Шипенко считает, что снятый в космосе фильм сможет окупить свой бюджет в прокате".
  26. ^ "Создатели научно-просветительского проекта «Вызов» раскрыли некоторые секреты фильма" (in Russian). 31 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  27. ^ "Russia to switch to year-long expeditions to orbital outpost, says Roscosmos chief". 16 June 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Soyuz MS-19 | Soyuz 2.1a". Everyday Astronaut. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  29. ^ "Интервью. Антон Шкаплеров рассказал, чему научился у киноэкипажа". www.roscosmos.ru. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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  31. ^ "Russia looks for actress to steal Tom Cruise space movie thunder". 4 November 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  32. ^ "СМИ: Космонавт Сергей Крикалев лишился должности в «Роскосмосе» после критики идеи съемок на МКС" (in Russian). 13 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

Bibliography[]

  • Quine, Tony (2022). "Alyona's Adventures in Wonderland". Spaceflight. 64 (3): 27–31.

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