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

Director:

Ben Stassen

Writer:

Domonic Paris (writer)

Release Date:

15 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Tagline:

First ever animated movie created for 3D

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Moon | Fly | 3 Dimensional | Animal | 1960s

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

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)
Mimi Maynard	...	I.Q.'s Mom (voice)
Lloyd Sherr	...	Mission Control 1969 (voice)
Charlie Rocket	...	Mission Control 1961 (voice)
Phil Proctor	...	Senior Official (voice)
Nicholas Guest	...	Fly Buddy #1 (voice)
Archie Hahn	...	Fly Buddy #2 (voice)
Lynnanne Zager	...	Fly at Launch (voice)
Scott Menville	...	Butch (voice)
Michael McConnohie	...	American Newscaster (voice)
Doug Stone	...	Russian Announcer (voice)
Max Burkholder	...	Mom's Maggot (voice)
Jessica Gee	...	Maggot #1 (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Maggot #2 (voice)
Barbara Goodson	...	Maggot #3 (voice)
Toby Stone	...	Mosquito (voice)
James Frederick	...	Housefly #1 (voice)
Jeffrey Braer	...	Horse Fly #2 / Party Guests (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Pale Russian Flies (voice)
Sophie Simpson	...	Katie (voice)
Lorraine Nicholson	...	Katie (voice)
Auguste Paris	...	Kid Fly at the Party (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neil Armstrong	...	Himself
Cam Clarke	...	Ray (voice) (uncredited)
Grant George	...	Other Russian Fly (voice) (uncredited)
Gigi Perreau	...	Amelia (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Ben Stassen

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Domonic Paris		writer

Produced by
Jeremy Burdek	....	executive producer
Eric Dillens	....	executive producer
Gina Gallo	....	producer
Charlotte Huggins	....	producer
Nadia Khamlichi	....	executive producer
Mimi Maynard	....	producer
Domonic Paris	....	co-executive producer
Adrian Politowski	....	executive producer
Ben Stassen	....	co-executive producer
Caroline Van Iseghem	....	producer

Original Music by
Ramin Djawadi

Casting by
Gina Gallo
Mimi Maynard

Art Direction by
Jeremy Degruson

Production Management
Rick Gordon	....	post-production supervisor
James Manke	....	post-production manager
Roger Schins	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Michael A. Zimmerman	....	concept artist

Sound Department
Philippe Baudhuin	....	sound mixer
Philippe Baudhuin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marc Bazerman	....	sound engineer
Joel Catalan	....	printmaster engineer
Dan Cubert	....	sound recordist
Bill Devine	....	voice recordist
Michael Kalifa	....	sound re-recording projectionist
Jimmy Lifton	....	adr facility
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr editor
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr recordist
Ian Nyeste	....	recording assistant
Yves Renard	....	sound effects editor
Luc Thomas	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philippe van Leer	....	foley artist
Paulette Victor-Lifton	....	recording facility supervisor
Aaron Wilcox	....	sound re-recording projectionist

Visual Effects by
Meilhon Arnaud	....	modeler
Aurelie Badin	....	shading artist
Melanie Beisswenger	....	senior animator
Frederic Cervini	....	technical director: nWave Digital/Refractor
Nicolas Chombart	....	lighting artist
Wim Coene	....	generalist
Frederic Convert	....	lighting technical director
Olivier De Cafmeyer	....	fur and hair groom artist
Olivier De Cafmeyer	....	shading artist
Nigel Denton-Howes	....	texturing/shading supervisor
Julien Ducenne	....	digital compositor
Seynaeve Emmanuel	....	character finaling supervisor
Seynaeve Emmanuel	....	rigging supervisor
Jérome Escobar	....	visual effects supervisor
Roland Franck	....	shading artist
Anthony Fristot	....	lighting artist
Ryan Grobins	....	senior lighter
Othman Haddi	....	lighting/shading technical director
Mathias Lautour	....	lighting supervisor
Mathias Lautour	....	rendering supervisor
Etienne Marc	....	lighting artist
John Martin	....	rigging artist
Sebastien Potet	....	rigger
Frederic Robert	....	digital compositor
Frederic Robert	....	modeling supervisor
Jesús Ruiz Torres	....	senior animator
Rick Sander	....	senior lighter
Jelle Van den Audenaeren	....	lighting artist
Vincent Visca	....	compositor
Vincent Visca	....	pipeline engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	gaffer

Animation Department
Melanie Beisswenger	....	senior animator
Jesus del Campo	....	character animator
Sébastien Ebzant	....	senior animator
Alexandre Espigares	....	animator
Laurent Laban	....	character animator
Ambre Maurin	....	animator
Gregory Naud	....	character animator
Jeff Ranasinghe	....	visual effects pipeline consultant
Jesús Ruiz Torres	....	senior animator
Peter Segers	....	animator
Philippe Tailliez	....	animation director

Editorial Department
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer

Music Department
Jeffrey Biggers	....	score music mixer
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Dirk Brossé	....	conductor
Stephen Coleman	....	orchestrator
Tim Davies	....	orchestrator
Shannon Erbe	....	music editor
Benoit Grey	....	orchestrator
Zack Howard	....	score mixing assistant
Brussels Philharmonic	....	orchestra
Rob Simon	....	technical score advisor

Other crew
Edwin Escalante	....	post production (as Ed Escalante)
Guillaume Floret	....	shading artist
Bill Harrison	....	publicist
Amy Pfister	....	publicist
Gilles Waterkeyn	....	production executive

Production Companies

• nWave Pictures
• Illuminata Pictures
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique (with the support of)
• uFilm

Distributors

• nWave Pictures (2008) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cascade Film (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Intersonic (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Intersonic (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• K2 Communications (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Les Films Séville (2008) (Canada) (theatrical) (French Canada)
• MK2 Diffusion (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sarai Inc. (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Summit Distribution (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Summit Entertainment (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• T-Joy (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (all media)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Global Digital Creations Asset Management (2009) (China) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Paradox Entertainment Group (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
• R Film (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Seville Pictures (2008) (Canada) (all media)
• Z@ppelin (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

Other Companies

• Blink Entertainment  marketing and promotion
• Dada Studios  music recording
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• uFund  funding

Also Known As:

"Fly Me to the Moon" - Belgium (original title)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

Belgium | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #44026) | Canada:G (British Columbia) | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Australia:G | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Czech Republic:U | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/6 (Qualidade) | Hong Kong:I | Finland:K-7 | Canada:G (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

nWave Pictures

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.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Characters give each other "high-fives" years before the gesture was popularized.

Movie Connections:

References Lord of the Flies (1963)

Soundtrack:

Going Up The Country

It's about FLIES!

1st the good news. The 3-D is spectacularly well done, and they don't go for the gotcha gimmicks. The film is based on the true story of the high point in human history, and even features one of the actual participants in that story: Buzz Aldrin.

And now the meat of the matter: It's about FLIES, for krissakes! Flies with big, googy human eyes, true, but flies nonetheless. Remember when I likened the "Underworld" movies to rats vs. cockroaches? That wasn't intended as praise, and I never dreamed anyone would take it literally. This one's got even less empathy going for it. Baby maggots? Ugh. In one of those odd confluences of Hollywood groupthink, this flik was evidently on the drawing boards at the same time as "Space Chimps", also about critters in space.

Go rent "Apollo 13" and see a 9-rated movie about the REAL space program (RIP).