Destination Moon [videorecording] / George Pal Productions, Inc. ; written for the screen by Rip Van Ronkel, Robert A. Heinlein, and James O'Hanlon ; from a novel by Robert A. Heinlein ; directed by Irving Pichel.
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FilmPublisher number: 8754CODVD | Image EntertainmentSeries: Wade Williams collectionPublication details: Chatsworth, CA. : Image Entertainment, Inc., c2000.Edition: 50th anniversary edDescription: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title: - Title on container: George Pal's Destination Moon
- Photographed by Lionel Lindon ; cartoon sequences by Walter Lantz ; technical advisor of astronomical art, Chester Bonestell ; film editor, Duke Goldstein ; music, Leith Stevens.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Producer George Pal assembled an impressive roster of behind-the-camera talent -- including noted science fiction author Robert Heinlein and artist Chelsey Bonestell -- for this pioneering sci-fi adventure. Scientist Dr. Charles Cargraves (Warner Anderson), former Air Force General Thayer (Tom Powers), and industrial tycoon Jim Barnes (John Archer) believe that it's time that the U.S. blazed new trails and found new adventures. Convinced that exploration of space is the wave of the future (and that America's dominance in space is vitally important if they are to continue to dominate the Earth), the three men begin planning and constructing a spaceship called "Luna" in the Mojave Desert that will take the men to the moon and back. However, anti-American forces begin flooding the press with propaganda against the moon mission, and finally the men make their way to moon without the aid of the federal government. While the men are thrilled to succeed in their mission, it turns out that they miscalculated the amount of fuel needed to return -- and that the rocket needs to drop a lot of weight if it is to return to Earth. Destination Moon won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects of 1950; the film also features a brief appearance by cartoon favorite Woody Woodpecker, who helps explain how rockets work. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Includes the original theatrical trailer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
Photographed by Lionel Lindon ; cartoon sequences by Walter Lantz ; technical advisor of astronomical art, Chester Bonestell ; film editor, Duke Goldstein ; music, Leith Stevens.
Warner Anderson, John Archer, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson.
An American inventor gets private backing to build a rocket so that the United States can reach the moon before the Russians.
DVD, Dolby mono.