First Men in the Moon (1964) ( 1st Men in the Moon )

First Men in the Moon (1964) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: 1st Men in the Moon
Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Booklet
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Nathan Juran

Written By:
Nigel Kneale
Jan Read

Actors:
Edward Judd ..... Arnold Bedford
Martha Hyer ..... Kate Callender
Lionel Jeffries ..... Joseph Cavor
Miles Malleson ..... Dymchurch Registrar
Norman Bird ..... Stuart
Gladys Henson ..... Nursing Home Matron
Hugh McDermott ..... Richard Challis
Betty McDowall ..... Margaret Hoy
Paul Carpenter ..... Reporter from the 'Express' (uncredited)
Erik Chitty ..... Gibbs, Cavor's Hired Man (uncredited)
Peter Finch ..... Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
John Forbes-Robertson ..... First Reporter (uncredited)
Laurence Herder ..... Glushkov, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
Douglas Ives ..... Sparks (uncredited)
Sean Kelly ..... Col. Rice, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)
Marne Maitland ..... Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
Gordon Robinson ..... Sgt. Andrew Martin, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)
John Murray Scott ..... Cosmonaut Nevsky, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)
Huw Thomas ..... Announcer (uncredited)
Kenneth Watson ..... Second Reporter (uncredited)

Synopsis:

H. G. Wells' fantastic account of life on the moon is vividly brought to the screen by special effects master Ray Harryhausen in this amazing sci-fi epic featuring extraterrestrial creatures. Told mostly in flashback, the movie starts with preparations for a modern mission to the Moon being interrupted by an old man's ramblings about a flight he and two companions took to the moon many decades earlier...

Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon. On Earth, an investigation team finds the last of the Victorian crew - a now aged Arnold Bedford and he tells them the story of how he and his girlfriend, Katherine Callender, meet up with an inventor, Joseph Cavor, in 1899. Cavor has invented Cavorite, a paste that will allow anything to deflect gravity and he created a sphere that will actually take them to the moon. Taking Arnold and accidentally taking Katherine they fly to the moon where, to their total amazement, they discover a bee-like insect population who take an unhealthy interest in their Earthly visitors...

Going back in time to 1899, Arnold Bedford and his fiancée, Kate Callendar, learn that their neighbor, Joseph Cavor, has developed a substance he calls 'cavorite,' which counters gravity. They travel to the moon in a spherical vessel he has built, parts of which are coated with 'cavorite.'

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 12 February, 2023.