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1964 Certificate U
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As a team of United Nations astronauts are planning an upcoming moon mission, they are approached by an elderly man who recounts a trip he took to the moon 65 years ago (in 1899) and was attacked by "Selenites," a race of ant-like beings that dwell in caverns of crystal. Based on the story by H.G. Wells and featuring the .. Read more

Starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries
Director Nathan Juran
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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First Men In The Moon

As a team of United Nations astronauts are planning an upcoming moon mission, they are approached by an elderly man who recounts a trip he took to the moon 65 years ago (in 1899) and was attacked by "Selenites," a race of ant-like beings that dwell in caverns of crystal. Based on the story by H.G. Wells and featuring the magical special effects work of Ray Harryhausen.

Starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries
Director Nathan Juran
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 14 Oct 2002
Production year: 1964
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Outstanding special effects from stop-motion magician Ray Harryhausen add further lustre to this colourfully engaging tale, adapted from the HG Wells novel about a Victorian lunar expedition by director Nathan Juran. Lionel Jeffries is splendid as the eccentric Professor Cavor, who uses his antigravity paint invention to achieve liftoff in this light-hearted adventure. Jeffries, Edward Judd and Martha Hyer are then captured by insectoid creatures and menaced by a Moon caterpillar in this highly enjoyable flight of sheer fantasy.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Nigel Kneale was presumably responsible for the Quatermass-like opening: astronauts on the moon find a faded Union Jack... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Harryhausen in space...

    An utterly charming romp involving Victorian gentlemen scientists travelling to the moon and engaging with the insect-like Selenites. Both these and the monstrous moon cows were animated using Harryhausen's stop-go animation methods, although in some scenes the Selenites played by characters using 'suitimation' techniques. Loosely based on H.G. Well's book and with mild comic relief provided by Lionel Jeffries, the film's transfer to DVD is bright and colourful although I was disappointed with the extras, as they consist of the Harryhausen Chronicles and a Dynamation feature which appear on other DVDs - I would have liked a featurette on the film itself. This was Harryhausen's only second outing in a 'space' film, if you count 'Earth vs the Flying Saucers' as the first.

      • A customer from Birmingham, UK
      • Posted 19 Jan 2005 13:49

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Victorian amateur astronauts.

    (3R - three word reviews)

      • A customer from Bradford
      • Posted 27 Sep 2008 22:15

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