First Men in the Moon (1964)

Directed by

Nathan Juran, Ray Harryhausen

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 147 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three Victorian-era explorers build a spaceship and travel to the moon. They encounter insect-like creatures and a giant-brained ruler in a vast underground world.

whimsicalretroadventurousplayfuldatedfantasticalslow-pacedcharming

What happens

First Men in the Moon (also known H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon) is a 1964 British science fiction film produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Nathan Juran, and starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer and Lionel Jeffries. The film, distributed by Columbia Pictures, is an adaptation by screenwriter Nigel Kneale of H. G. Wells' 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon. Ray Harryhausen provided the stop-motion animation effects, which include the Selenites, giant caterpillar-like "Moon Cows" and the large-brained Grand Lunar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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