Overview:
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.| Original Title: | Le Voyage dans la Lune |
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| Status: | Released (1902-06-21) |
| Awards: | 1 win |
| Screen: | Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Georges Méliès |
| Productions: | Star Film |
| Production Countries: | France |
| Spoken Languages: | No Language |
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- 11523: Georges Méliès - Professor Barbenfouillis / The Moon
- 11645: Bleuette Bernon - Phoebe (uncredited)
- 1271225: François Lallement - Officer of the Marines (uncredited)
- 11644: Henri Delannoy - Captain of the Rocket (uncredited)
- 28963: Victor André - Astronomer (uncredited)
- 11647: Brunnet - Astronomer (uncredited)
- 28965: Depierre - Astronomer (uncredited)
Crews
- 11523: Georges Méliès - Director - Directing
- 2088: Jules Verne - Novel - Writing
- 11527: Charles Claudel - Art Direction - Art
- 11523: Georges Méliès - Screenplay - Writing
- 11523: Georges Méliès - Producer - Production
- 11523: Georges Méliès - Production Design - Art
- 1129746: Théophile Michault - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
Gimly
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I just knew this was gonna have a high score on letterboxd. Yo, it's important, it's visionary, it's observable history, it's revolutionary for it's time, all that jazz. But guess what else? I don't for a minute believe those people actually went to the moon. Should still be requi ....
Continue reading ->dogstir
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_A Trip to the Moon_ (1902), initially titled in French as _Le Voyage dans la Lune_, is director Georges Méliès' most famous film out of the more than 500 films he made. He stars as Professor Barbenfouillis, who, along with several other astronomers, boards a bullet-shaped spacecraft ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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There is something almost Arthurian about the opening to this short feature as an ensemble of astronomers gather complete with pointy hats and telescopes. Why? Well they are discussing the likely prospects of a trip to the moon. As you might expect, the conversation gets a little hea ....
Continue reading ->Axel
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The visuals in Trip to the Moon, produced in 1902, are still impressive, surreal, and unique, even by modern standards. Méliès' use of special effects, executed with hyper-stylization, makes them somewhat timeless. Méliès was undoubtedly regarded as a wizard at the time, and the film ....
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