Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2008)

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

Directors:

Ben Stassen, Mimi Maynard

Writer:

Domonic Paris

Stars:

Trevor Gagnon, Philip Bolden, David Gore

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	...	Leonid (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:

computer generated imagery | housefly | spaceflight | title based on song | apollo 11 | 

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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 [France] Official site

Country:

Belgium USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 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:

€82,617 (Belgium), 3 February 2008, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,900,523, 17 August 2008, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$14,532,946, 18 October 2009

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,412,264

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As the lunar module lands on the moon, Aldrin is shown on the left side, which is the Command position, with Armstrong on the right side. This is the reverse of how they were in reality. Furthermore, Armstrong is shown clapping Aldrin on the arm and calls him "Commander". In the end credits, all three Apollo 11 astronauts are named Commander (a military rank none of the astronauts held, Collins and Aldrin were Air Force Colonels). The upshot is that, in this fictionalized version of Apollo 11, Aldrin commanded the mission and landed the craft, while Neil Armstrong still makes the historic first walk on the moon. With the roles reversed, Buzz Aldrin had campaigned internally within N.A.S.A. for this to be how the mission took place, that with Armstrong being in command, it would be Aldrin to make the first exit through the door. The film's reorganization of the positions and ranks may have been made at Aldrin's suggestion, since he was involved in the picture.

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Goofs

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

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #41.12 (2009)

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Soundtracks

Fly Me To The Moon
Composed by Bart Howard
Performed by Engelbert Humperdinck
Arranged by Ruy Folguera
Produced by Gustavo Borner
Courtesy of BMG Music Publishing / Publisher Hampshire Essex

User Reviews

Not real

There are movies that only (or more likely) work when you watch them with children. Or with your inner child being on. This is no Pixar and nowhere near it of course. But it's still a nice little movie, that succeeds in letting us into a world where flies can be heroes. Of course no kid will want their parents to buy them flies after that ... And of course, the flies do not look anything like real flies. There are quite a few animated movies out there, where science was thrown out for fantasy ... same happens here.

The 3-D is decent enough, but it's more the dialogue and the characters that might convince to watch this and like it. On the other hand, I can see that some people will find it "too patriotic". But I do think, that it plays clever on the whole old rivalry, the two (former) most powerful countries had. If you can handle the cynic in you, you will actually enjoy this