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The First Men in the Moon (2010)

The First Men in the Moon poster
Directed by
Damon Thomas
Genre
science fiction
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two Victorian men build a spaceship and travel to the moon. They discover a hidden civilization of insect-like creatures living underground.

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What happens

The First Men in the Moon, also promoted as H. G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon, is a 2010 television drama written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Damon Thomas, that stars Gatiss as Cavor and Rory Kinnear as Bedford, with Alex Riddell, Peter Forbes, Katherine Jakeways, Lee Ingleby and Julia Deakin. The First Men on the Moon was first broadcast on 19 October 2010 on BBC Four. It is an adaptation of H. G. Wells' 1901 science fiction novel of the same name. This is the third collaboration between Thomas and Gatiss (after The Worst Journey in the World and Crooked House), and the first film to be produced by their production company Can Do Productions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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