Suburban Houston in the summer of 1969 provides the backdrop for Richard Linklater's Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, a 2022 animated drama built around the voice work of Jack Black and young lead Milo Coy.
What is Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood about?
The film follows a boy growing up near NASA's Houston operations right as the Apollo 11 moon landing becomes the defining event of the summer, folding a child's-eye view of family, neighborhood and television culture into the run-up to the landing itself. Rather than dramatize the astronauts' mission directly, it stays close to a kid's daily routine, backyard games, a school year winding down, and a household tuned to the space race on television, using the moon landing as the horizon the whole summer is pointed toward. Milo Coy carries that perspective as the young lead, with Jack Black voicing an older, reflective narration layered over the same events.
About the cast
Milo Coy voices the boy at the center of the story, with Jack Black providing narration, and Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L'Amoreaux, Josh Wiggins, Jessica Brynn Cohen and Sam Chipman rounding out the family and neighborhood around him. The cast spans a young lead voice performance and a set of adult and supporting voices sketching out the wider household.
Context & significance
Apollo 10½ is credited to the Netherlands and the United States, reflecting international backing behind a story set entirely in small-town Texas. At 97 minutes it runs on the shorter side for the genre, matching its episodic, memory-driven structure rather than a single dramatic arc. It has been solidly well received, consistent with a nostalgia piece that trades tension for atmosphere and period detail.
Watching Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood on Ktime
K-Time streams Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can watch it fully localized or with the original voice performances and Farsi text on screen. This page can be read without logging in, and watching only requires a free K-Time account, with no trial window or payment step attached. The platform's Farsi-first design carries from search and browse through to the watch page.