The First Men in the Moon ( 2010 ) ( The 1st Men in the Moon )

The First Men in the Moon ( 2010 ) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: The 1st Men in the Moon
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Damon Thomas

Written By:
Mark Gatiss
H.G. Wells

Actors:
Rory Kinnear ..... Bedford
Mark Gatiss ..... Cavor
Alex Riddell ..... Jim
Peter Forbes ..... Dad
Katherine Jakeways ..... Mum
Lee Ingleby ..... Chessocks
Philip Jackson ..... Grand Lunar
Ian Hallard ..... Phi-Oo
Reece Shearsmith ..... Moon
Steve Pemberton ..... Sun
Bunsen ..... Faraday
Julia Deakin ..... Mrs Fitt

Synopsis:

In 1969 the Apollo moon landing is to be televised internationally but at a country fair in England a small boy named Jim meets the 90-year-old Julius Bedford who tells him that,in 1909,as a struggling writer,he met eccentric Professor Cavor,inventor of Cavorite,a gravity-defying substance which they used to build a sphere,which took them to the Moon. Captured by ant-like Selenites,Bedford was anxious to make his escape but Cavor was happy to stay and communicate with the Moon-dwellers. Back on Earth Bedford hears via wireless that Cavor was forced to kill himself and the Moon-dwellers to prevent them from invading Earth. As Jim watches the Apollo landing with his parents back in the present he sees a Selenite,hiding behind a lunar rock,peering at the astronauts.

One small step. That had been taken before... The year is 1909. Bankrupt businessman Julius Bedford is going nowhere - until he meets the eccentric scientist Professor Cavor. Because Cavor has invented an extraordinary substance. Anything it touches becomes lighter than air! Together, the two men devise a wild scheme. Why not go to the Moon? But the lifeless world isn't quite as dead as it seems. Soon Bedford and Cavor are pitched into a thrilling struggle deep beneath the Moon's surface and an encounter with its terrifying alien masters - the Selenites!
Adapted from the classic novel by H.G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon is a delightful, funny and scary adventure for all the family.

Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 01 March, 2016.