The First Men in the Moon (1964)

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First Men in the Moon is an H.G. Welles cinemadaptation from director Nathan Juran. When scientists in the year 1964 are confused by evidence of a long-ago space flight, nonagenarian Arnold Bedford (Edward Judd) explains all. Back in 1899, Bedford, eccentric scientist Joseph Cavor (Lionel Jeffries) and heroine Kate Callender (Martha Hyer) took a trip to the moon in a home-made space vehicle. Once on the lunar surface, they encountered an alien civilization resembling an ant colony, complete with "queen," soldiers and workers. How they returned, and the aftereffects of their journey, comprise the film's final third. Peter Finch appears briefly as a messenger; he happened to be visiting the set when the actor hired to play the bailiff's assistant failed to show up. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, (more)

Director(s):: Nathan Juran

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: NR

Format(s):: DVD | Digital SD
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Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 103 mins

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Edward Judd - Arnold Bedford
Martha Hyer - Kate Callender
Betty McDowall - Maggie Hay
Laurence Herder - Glushkov
Marne Maitland - Dr. Tok
Sean Kelly - Col. Rice
Huw Thomas - Announcer
Valentine Dyall - Commentator

Lionel Jeffries - Prof. Joseph Cavor
Erik Chitty - Gibbs
Miles Malleson - Registrar
Gladys Henson - Matron
Hugh McDermott - Richard Challis
Norman Bird - Workman
Paul Carpenter - Announcer

Director(s):: Nathan Juran

Writer(s):: Nigel Kneale, Jan Read

Producer(s):: Charles H. Schneer

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: NR(Suitable for Children)

Categories:: Action / Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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	Mark C.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Like everyone else I saw this flick years ago. I think I saw it on some local TV channel on a Sunday afternoon. This is a real good movie. Of course it's as old as the hills and a lot of people don't like anything that isn't new and filled with CGI. Ray Harryhousen is the man behind the stop motion effects in this movie and many others. There are two special featurettes with this movie. One is about Dynamation, which is Harryhousens forte. And then there's The Harryhousen Chonicles which is really good. They tell the life story of Harryhousen from the time he was a kid and first got started in stop motion. And he was really good even at his first efforts. He went to see King Kong when he was a kid and that was his inspiration to learn stop motion. It made him rich and famous.

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	Kimberley S.

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I saw this movie probably 30 years ago on a weekend afternoon and it stuck with me all these years later. A re-watching was hard being used to MTV edits and dumbed down story lines. It takes a while to get going, but when they finally get to the moon things pick up. I'd love to see a re-make, but I fear they would turn it into an explosion fest/shoot'em up. There is a feature on this DVD about the stop motion artist that I actually enjoyed more than the film. I may rent it again in the future just to watch the speacial feature again.

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	Eric H.

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Review 59: A goofy sci-fi adventure that brings us underneath the moon's crust.

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