H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon (1964)

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H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon
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Directed by	Nathan Juran and Richard Schickel
Cast	Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson, Norman Bird, Erik Chitty, Peter Finch and Leonard Nimoy
Theatrical Release	November 20, 1964
DVD Release	March 26, 2002
Running Time	103 minutes
MPAA Rating	Unrated
UPC Code	043396058453
Buy this item	$6.99 at Amazon.com As of May 14 7:31 EDT (details) 1 DVD, Sony Pictures, Usually ships in 24 hours, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled) Or 33 new from $4.25, 18 used from $3.98, 1 collectible from $20.00

About H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon

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 unforgettable extra-terrestrial creatures. The film begins with a team of United Nations astronauts planning an upcoming moon mission. The astronauts are both confused and intrigued by a man (Judd) who claims he, his fiancee and a scientist journeyed to the moon 65 years ago and were attacked by "Selenites," grotesque, human-like ant forms that live in immense crystal caverns. Now it is up to the U.N. team to attempt a lunar landing that could be more horrifying than ever believed possible.

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Average user review:

(51 reviews)

Delightful period film
This movie has a special feel to it that is different to your average sci-fi film, helped by the period setting. Simplistic but highly enjoyable. April 7, 2008

Great DVD!
This has been one of my favorite movies for many years. Now I can watch it any time! February 8, 2008

A True Classic
A very entertaining classic Sci-Fi family movie. Fun to watch, great story.

Thomas January 7, 2008

Destination Moon Review
Movie is "just ok"; not what I remembered. Price and service were great. I'd buy from them again. November 3, 2007

Delightfully cheesy

It looks pretty dated, with crouched-over guys in bug suits, a cheerfully dotty amateur scientist, and the obligatory saveable babe. Oh, and that little moon-ship had eating facilities, but not a lot for dealing with the inhabitants' other needs of nature.

We don't see them until way past the half-way point, but Harryhausen's wonderful stop-animation makes this memorable. That includes a dancing skeleton, a whale-sized caterpillar, and a few other goodies. The ending shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's seen War of the Worlds - I haven't read the book in decades, though, so I can't say how closely this tracks Wells's original.

No matter, it's a popcorn movie. Wait for a rainy Saturday and run the flicks - the popcorn will taste just as good either way.

-- wiredweird July 20, 2007

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