![]() "It's as close as it can possibly be."įor "Hidden Figures," that authenticity came in the props - they rented some original consoles from the time for their mission control set, and built replicas for the rest - and in historical details from the time. ![]() "When you do a period piece, the one thing that you are doing in terms of production design and costume is, you have to strive for authenticity," Gigliotti said. Plus, they drew from extensive notes and interviews that Shetterly had gathered during her research and writing process. To place the movie firmly in history and to be true to the technical detail of what human computers were doing at the time, the movie's creators consulted with NASA historians, experts at IBM and even an on-set mathematician. Poster for "Hidden Figures" (2017) (Image credit: Hopper Stone) As the film's director, Ted Melfi, put it, "The hardest thing about making a movie is trying to get everyone to make the same movie - and everyone's making the same movie." Early NASA It was a story with inherent drama, and the script even had technical consultants crying at the drama of the ending, Donna Gigliotti, the film's producer, told reporters.Īs toured the set's mission control and met with actors and the show's creative team, their excitement for the subject matter was clear. For a focal point, the movie's creators chose John Glenn's flight into orbital space, which Langley mathematicians and engineers were intimately involved with planning and executing. In fact, the film's producers chose it based on just a 55-page book proposal. The narrative is based on the book "Hidden Figures," by Margot Shetterly, which will be released Sept. Henson, is joined by her co-workers Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) as she greets astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell), the man destined to become the first American to orbit Earth. If Hidden Figures is a success, then Monae should be on the A-list.Katherine G. ![]() She plays Jackson with commanding verve and confidence. And as for Monae, this is a breakthrough performance of the highest order. Spencer delivers the same level of gravitas we’ve come to expect from her, and provides a reminder why she’s an Oscar-winner. ![]() She plays the character’s shyness and tenacity to powerful effect, and gives a human, heroic performance that never falls into hagiography. I’ve been a huge fan of Henson’s work ever since the criminally under-seen Talk to Me, and while she’s finally receiving the acclaim she’s long deserved thanks to her work on Empire, she’s also excellent as Johnson. This message may play a little heavy handed or even like an afterschool special if not for the Oscar-caliber performances of Henson, Spencer, and Monae. And then, we can expand that to see how by short-changing not only Johnson but also Vaughn, Jackson, and countless other minorities, we’re only hurting our country. It’s a special kind of selflessness to work your ass off to help a country that is bent on keeping you down. What’s being said without any character having to say it is that Johnson could have spent so much more time working on her calculations and helping America if America wasn’t busy screwing her over. Some may feel that there are too many montages of Johnson making her daily excursion to the restroom, but Melfi is showing it because we’re forced to realize how much time she’s spending just to obey a dumb, awful law. ![]()
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