Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2008)
"Fly Me to the Moon" (original title)

Three young houseflies stow away aboard the Apollo 11 flight to the moon.

Director:

Ben Stassen

Writer:

Domonic Paris

Stars:

Christopher Lloyd, Trevor Gagnon, Philip Bolden

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Lloyd	...	Amos (voice)
Kelly Ripa	...	Nat's Mom (voice)
Nicollette Sheridan	...	Nadia (voice)
Tim Curry	...	Yegor (voice)
Trevor Gagnon	...	Nat (voice)
Philip Bolden	...	I.Q. (voice)
David Gore	...	Scooter (voice)
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Poopchev (voice)
Adrienne Barbeau	...	Scooter's Mom (voice)
Robert Patrick	...	Louie (voice)
Buzz Aldrin	...	Himself
Sandy Simpson	...	Commander Armstrong (voice)
Eddie Frierson	...	Commander Aldrin (voice)
David Cowgill	...	Commander Collins (voice)
Steve Kramer	...	Leonide (voice)

Storyline

In the Kennedy days, all the States buzz about the Apollo moon program, even the bugs. Grandpa fly keeps 'inspiring' his grandson and two mates, a nerd and a glutton, with heroic stories. New they decide to get in on the action at Cape Canaveral via an astronaut's bred box. Grandpa also gets involved. There's also an evil Soviet Russian fly to with.

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Plot Keywords:

moon | fly | 3 dimensional | animal | 1960s | 

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Taglines:

First ever animated movie created for 3D

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

MK2 [fr] Official site

Country:

Belgium USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 August 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fly Me to the Moon 3D

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£311,791 (UK) (3 October 2008)

Gross:

$14,532,946 (USA) (16 October 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

nWave Pictures, Illuminata Pictures, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where the flies are in the lunchbox, and being placed in the car, the license plate reads "FMTT - Moon" or "Fly Me To The Moon", the movie's name.

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Goofs

When re-docking with the command module, the lunar module is shown docking with the engine side towards the command module instead of the docking side. The LEM is backwards.

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Connections

References Back to the Future (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Going Up The Country"
Composed by Alan Wilson
Performed by Canned Heat
Courtesy of EMI Music Services Belgium NV

User Reviews

Fine

The movie is fine; and fun for kids who are in the bug stage. I never took cartoons at face value even as a kid and I am not seeing my daughter do it either. If the flies not being perfect are what you are worrying about as opposed to the idea that flies talk than this movie is not for you. I have never met a child who could not point out a fly or an ant, or a potato bug, etc...

As to the patriotism - a bit here and there doesn't hurt - we have lost our way a bit and maybe some good patriotism can help us find some pride in the good we have done, either way I doubt this movie will affect anyone all that much. Saying that note that patriotism is not nationalism, though I know the universities tell you that.