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[Author] Kordite Private Message May 8 2013 at 1:12pm # [Posts] 
I saw the film in in entirety. Bought the DVD. Bought the soundtrack. It’s a nice mix of history, biography and science. They don’t just tell you that Allegheny Observatory astronomers were instrumental in the search for exoplanets (planets orbiting other stars) but they have Neil Degrasse Tyson explaining how that’s actually done. And a little secret to watch for, in the recreated scene where Charles Manley is fished out of the Potomac River after crashing Langley’s airplane, watch his lips carefully. There’s no audio for the actor and the narration says that he was cursing a blue streak but he’s not saying what you think he’s saying. Any lip readers?
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