
Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon. On Earth, an investigation team finds the last of the Victorian crew - a now aged Arnold Bedford... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon. On Earth, an investigation team finds the last of the Victorian crew - a now aged Arnold Bedford and he tells them the story of how he and his girlfriend, Katherine Callender, meet up with an inventor, Joseph Cavor, in 1899. Cavor has invented Cavorite, a paste that will allow anything to deflect gravity and he created a sphere that will actually take them to the moon. Taking Arnold and accidentally taking Katherine they fly to the moon where, to their total amazement, they discover a bee-like insect population who take an unhealthy interest in their Earthly visitors...
Leave your thoughts about First Men in the Moon.
| DVDJournal.comMark BourneNever mind how Cavorite works or whether jumping about on the moon (with wires visible) wearing only a diving suit and no gloves is really a good idea.... [It] remains a delightful B-movie charmer ... that's still endearing and entertaining. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThe incessant comic relief, clumsy and cumbersome, too often gets in the way of a cracking good tale. |
| CinefantastiqueSteve BiodrowskiDespite its flaws, FIRST MEN IN THE MOON remains a charming entertainment that stirs our Sense of Wonder with its fantastic imagery... |
| User ReviewRoger GYour kids will be dreaming about those creatures for many years. |
| User ReviewPhil HThe British got to the moon before the Americans! I love this film, it takes you back to an era when life was so much simpler :) The shock the Americans must have had after seeing the Union Jack and the moon being claimed by Queen Victoria.. |
| User ReviewThomas KPeople who were expecting realism were kind of COMPLETELY missing the point. Great fun! |
| User Reviewpete 1ok family sci-fi film,interesting story/plot and characters but the special effects do look very dated though |
| User ReviewBlais EThe incredible and definitive screen treatment of H G Wells's classic sc-fi tale, with Stop-Motion Animating Master Ray Harryhausen's customarily-splendid effects taking center stage. Two Victorian adventurers embark on an exciting trip to the moon and encounter an intelligent, insect-like civilization there upon their arrival, and eventually are exposed to the inner workings of their bizarre yet intriguing society as well as fend off attacks from the enormous "Moon-Calfs", gargantuan and rapacious Caterpillar-like monstrosities. Featuring breath-taking visuals and superb performances by the small cast, especially wiry Lionel Jeffries as the madcap Professor Cavor, and Martha Hyer as the highstrung stowaway-fiancee of the younger space traveler (Edward Judd). Supremely enjoyable entertainment. |
| User ReviewDeno Rmy 1st sci fi movie, school boy stuff really but great for the imagination. The moon we see but know nothing about.Pre Neil armstrong, good special effects for its time too. |
| User ReviewMark NA cool Victorian space adventure with typically cool Ray Harryhausen creature effects. Wells' tale of the first people to land on the Moon, and the things they find there, makes for a great companion to movies like Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). Lionel Jeffries is rip-roaring mad, too. Good stuff. |