Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon
{{Infobox film
| name = Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon
| image = Ten9eight_Shoot_for_the_Moon.jpg
| caption =
| director = Mary Mazzio
| producer = Mary Mazzio
| writer = Mary Mazzio
| narrator =
| starring = Tatyana Blackwell, Jessica Cervantes, Gabriel Echoles, Shan Shan Huang, Amanda Loyola, William Mack, Anné Montague, Alexander Niles, Rodney Walker, Ja'Mal Willis
| music = Alex Lasarenko
| cinematography = Richard Klug
| editing = Paul Gattuso
| studio = 50 Eggs Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2009|11|13}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| gross =
}}
Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon is a 2009 documentary film about inner New York City teenagers who compete in an annual business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) written, directed, and produced by Mary Mazzio.
Synopsis
Mary Mazzio's Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon, is about teenagers competing in a nationwide business contest.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/460410/Ten9Eight-Shoot-For-The-Moon/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305212735/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/460410/Ten9Eight-Shoot-For-The-Moon/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |title=Ten9Eight: Shoot For The Moon (2009) |last=Hale |first=Mike |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2016 |access-date=14 April 2014}} It follows the stories of several inner city teens (of differing race, religion, and ethnicity) as they compete in the annual business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).{{cite web|title=Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon Tweet0 0|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=59903|publisher=ComingSoon.net|accessdate=14 April 2014}} The teens come from all over the country and are among the 24,000 students that compete in the event each year, with the winner taking home a $10,000 grand prize.{{cite news|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=Movie review: 'Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon' by Mary Mazzio|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111207773.html|accessdate=14 April 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|date=13 November 2009}}{{cite news|last=Fine|first=Marshall|title='Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon': We have lift-off|url=http://hollywoodandfine.com/%E2%80%98ten9eight-shoot-for-the-moon%E2%80%99-we-have-lift-off/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201075916/http://hollywoodandfine.com/%E2%80%98ten9eight-shoot-for-the-moon%E2%80%99-we-have-lift-off/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 1, 2017|accessdate=14 April 2014|newspaper=Hollywoodandfine.com|date=13 November 2009}}
It played in movie theaters owned by its sponsor, AMC Entertainment, in seven US cities.
Critical reception
Critical reception was unenthusiastic. {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|46|5.5|13}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ten9eight |title=Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon (2009) |language=en |access-date=2023-03-05}} {{MC film|49|eight}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ten9eight-shoot-for-the-moon |title=Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon |access-date=2023-03-05}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ten9eight.com/ Official movie website]
- {{IMDb title|1519656}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|id=ten9eight|title=Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon}}
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Category:2009 documentary films
Category:American documentary films
Category:Documentary films about education in the United States
Category:Documentary films about business
Category:Documentary films about adolescence