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Director:
Writers:
Nigel Kneale (screenplay) &
Jan Read (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 November 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
H.G. Wells' Astounding Adventure in Dynamation!
Plot:
Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Edward Judd ... Arnold Bedford
Martha Hyer ... Katherine 'Kate' Callender
Lionel Jeffries ... Joseph Cavor
Miles Malleson ... Dymchurch Registrar
Norman Bird ... Stuart, Moon Landing Crew
Gladys Henson ... Nursing Home Matron
Hugh McDermott ... Richard Challis, UN Space Agency
Betty McDowall ... Margaret Hoy, UN Space Agency
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon (UK) (complete title)
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Runtime:
103 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm prints)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is the only one of Ray Harryhausen's films to be shot in Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) due to the difficulty of compositing images in his Dynamation Process. Many of the models had to be sculpted in the "squeezed" dimensions so that when they were photographed with an anamorphic lens, they would appear in their normal shape. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When the 19th century astronauts reach the Moon, the lighted side of the half Earth is angled slightly downward, which is impossible when the lunar surface is sunlit. more
Quotes:
Selenite: It's... absolutely... imperial. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#28.15)" (2002) more

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makes you smile, 23 March 2002
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Author: laura572 from Falkirk, Scotland

I watched this film for the first time recently and as a 22 year old brought up with E.T. and Star Wars I have to say I was still impressed and thoroughly enjoyed the whole film. The effects are great, the story is well adapted to fit on to your screen and is believe it or not, thought provoking. I would recommend this film to anyone of any age and especially those who enjoyed the original Time Machine and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Great fun.

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