Destination Moon
Destination Moon

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After their latest rocket fails, Dr. Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer have to start over again. This time, Gen. Thayer approaches Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon. Together they gather the captains of industry and all pledge to support the goals of having the United States be the first to put a man on the moon. They build their rocket and successfully leave the Earth's gravitational ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Destination Moon:

John Archer
Warner Anderson
Tom Powers
Dick Wesson
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Steve Carruthers

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After their latest rocket fails, Dr. Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer have to start over again. This time, Gen. Thayer approaches Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon. Together they gather the captains of industry and all pledge to support the goals of having the United States be the first to put a man on the moon. They build their rocket and successfully leave the Earth's gravitational pull and make the landing as scheduled. Barnes has consumed too much fuel during the landing, leaving them short for the return voyage to Earth. After stripping the ship bare, they are still over 100 lbs too heavy, meaning that one of them will have to stay behind.

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CinePassion - 6/10 by Fernando F. CroceJules Verne by way of Robert A. Heinlein, the staid harbinger of the Space Race
Cinema em Cena - 6/10 by Pablo VillaçaA abordagem científica adotada pelo roteiro contrabalança a trama rasa e o patriotismo barato do filme.
User Review - 10/10 by Vincent PGreat Sci Film of 1950 that set off the adult science fiction craze.
User Review - 10/10 by Bob TGreat Sci Film of 1950 that set off the adult science fiction craze.
User Review - 10/10 by gary twell umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie.......i think that dick wesson, erin o brien moore, john archer, tom powers, warner anderson play good roles/parts throughout this movie......i think that the director of this drama/adventure/thriller/sci-fi movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.....i think that this is a good movie 2 watch with a good cast thorughout this movie...its a pretty kewl movie 2 watch with a great cast thorughout this movie its a really well directed movie
User Review - 10/10 by Ron SStory by Robert Heinlein. Excellent movie for it's time!
User Review - 10/10 by Roger CDestination Moon was the first major technicolor motion picture produced in the United States dealing with a trip to the moon, and the first serious, big budget science fiction film. Robert A. Heinlein (author of Starship Troopers, The Puppet Masters, Stranger in A Strange Land, and Space Cadet) co-wrote the screenplay very loosely from his 1947 novel Rocketship Galileo, although about all that remains unchanged in the film is the name Dr. Cargraves. In the book there is a veiled threat from unknown enemies that turn out to be Nazis (this was the first thing Heinlein wrote after the war) - in the film there's just a veiled reference to a communist threat. I suspect the film also draws from Heinlein's more sophisticated treatment from the same period, The Man Who Sold The Moon. The film's suspenseful and scientifically accurate plot depicts man's first voyage to and landing on the Moon, and the dangers of outer space travel. A Woody Woodpecker cartoon is included to demonstrate the principles of rocketry. George Pal's first science fiction film (earlier he had done Puppetoons and The Great Rupert), Destination Moon earned an Academy Award for Special Effects. Later Mr. Pal would produce more science fiction classics including When World's Collide, War Of The Worlds, and The Time Machine. Photographed in Technicolor with an original musical score by Leith Stevens and stunning artwork by Chesley Bonestell, Destination Moon is a milestone in special effects and a classic in the science fiction genre. It is said that this film was shown to President Eisenhower to persuade him to support the pre-NASA space programs. On 6 October 1988, after the Robert Heinlein's death, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded him the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal: "In recognition of his meritorious service to the Nation and mankind in advocating and promoting the exploration of space. Through dozens of superbly written novels and essays and his epoch-making movie Destination Moon, he helped inspire the Nation to take its first step into space and onto the Moon. Even after his death, his books live on as testimony to a man of purpose and vision, a man dedicated to encouraging others to dream, explore and achieve." -- James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA
User Review - 10/10 by Tony HAmazingly accurate pre-moon landing film about a moon landing. Very well done. I also recommend the Steve Smith version "Constipation Moon"
User Review - 10/10 by Roger GThis movie "opened the floodgates of '50s Science Fiction" with the most accurate depiction of real space travel imaginable at the time. Parts almost seemed like real documentaries I have seen from the 50s, helping to give it a realistic feel, mixed with fascinating details of space travel and drama. To an audience in 1950, it must have been at least as good as 2001 - A Space Odyssey was to audiences in 1968.
User Review - 10/10 by Bubba MUltra realistic compared to the typical 50's sci-fi (except for the comic relief). Once can only imagine what the average movie goer in 1950 learned about space flight from this movie. Ingenuous solution for rescuing the stranded space walker and also the way they solved the weight problem for the trip home at the end. A must-watch movie for an sci-fi or space history fan. And it's in color!!

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