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It highlights the disquieting paradox of a man who aimed for the stars but whose inventions caused immense destruction on Earth. The film takes its title from von Braun's own philosophy: "We aim at the stars, but sometimes we hit London," underscoring the dichotomy of his life's work.
Nov 12, 2019 · The title of this post comes from a Mort Sahl joke about the fawning Hollywood biopic — a box office flop — that von Braun himself pushed for. The movie was called I Aim at the Stars, and Sahl ...
Aug 9, 2010 · Best answer: This sounds like a variant of the joke about the Wernher von Braun bio-pic, I Aim At The Stars (1960), which someone suggested should be subtitled 'But Sometimes I Hit London'. That was Mort Sahl.
Brief Synopsis. Rocket scientist Werner von Braun faces controversy when he emigrates to the U.S. to work in the space program.
- J. Lee Thompson, Karl Elsner, Hans Sommer
- Curt Jurgens
Nov 21, 2015 · I aim at the Stars. (but sometimes I hit London) If the United States is doing well in the Space Race, it is in no small thanks to a group of German expatriates who made their living causing terror and mayhem in the early half of the 1940s.
Mar 6, 2019 · On IMDb, a quote from Interstellar says: Cooper: We've always defined ourselves by the ability to overcome the impossible. And we count these moments. These moments when we dare to aim higher, to break barriers, to reach for the stars, to make the unknown known. We count these moments as our proudest achievements. But we lost all that.
Sep 9, 2009 · Over the long holiday weekend, Turner Classic Movies regaled us with a really obscure one – the 1960 biopic, I Aim at the Stars, starring Curd Jürgens. This movie is a biography of Wernher von...
