We’ve been pitching Moon for a long time now – ever since Neil got to review it at Sundance. I got to see it at SxSW, and it blew me away. The film really is a phenomenal piece of art – poetic but entertaining enough for a broad audience. Plus, Sam Rockwell is fascinating in it, capturing the heartfelt, beautiful anger of a man who is just dying to get back to earth, to see other human beings, to hold his baby girl in his arms for the first time.

So far, it’s been hard to put into words strong enough to explain how gorgeous this film is and how good Sam Rockwell is in it, but luckily now we have moving pictures that can replace those thousand weak words.

This is a great example of the tone of the movie – the trailer definitely exhibits the unease of something going wrong right at the tail end of a massively long tour. It also carries the worry of something even darker at stake and showcases some of the fantastic shots. Also, it lets you see how cool a smiley face with Kevin Spacey’s voice can look like.

Beyond how cool Moon is, another awesome fun fact about the trailer is that erstwhile Fox film critic Roger Friedman was quoted on it – making it an awesome little cultural artifact.

Moon is scheduled to hit theaters on June 12, 2009. You can view the trailer in high definition over on IGN.

What do you think? If you aren’t excited for this movie, are you wrong? Yes, you are.