Warner anderson and dick wesson in destination moon 1950 tom powers and dick wesson in. The spectacular score totals over 56 minutes, a halfhour more than was released on teninch album over 60 years ago. The program is interrupted after eighteen minutes for a news bulletin announcing that north korea has declared war on and has invaded south korea. Destination moon 1950 full sci fi movie john archer full movie. August 1950 usa all movies are from the public domain movie files. Financial analysis of destination moon 1950 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. This was the very first time that the voice of woody was that of mrs more production information. Destination moon 1950 cast and crew a team composed of an aerospace scientist warner anderson, an exair force general tom powers and an industrialist john archer conceive an ambitious. A space odyssey 18 years lateras an attempt to visualize the reality of space exploration. Directed by irving pichel, walter lantz, dick lundy. Without any weird alien monsters, destination moon still manages to be thoroughly entertaining and incredibly perceptive. Trailer for the pioneering sciencefiction classic, destination moon 1950, starring john archer, warner anderson, tom powers and dick wesson.
Destination moon is even noted in nasas official timeline of spacetravel history, and almost inevitably won the academy award for best special effects. Thayer approaches jim barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon. Destination moon 1950 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Destination moon complete score soundtrack cd details and availability. Destination moon 1950 feature length theatrical animated. At the end of the film, a story of the first flight to the moon, the words this is the end are displayed first, then of. Written for the 1950 george palproduced scifi adventure film, it was one of the more. Scifi action 1950 92 minutes color a private businessman arranges for an expedition to the moon before the russians get there first. Oct 28, 2014 scifi action 1950 92 minutes color a private businessman arranges for an expedition to the moon before the russians get there first.
Once free of earths atmosphere, the astronauts contend with the dangers of equipment failure and the joys of zero gravity. First up is george pals technicolor hit from 1950 destination moon, which is generally considered the first film of the 1950s wave of science fiction. Assorted difficulties occur and must be overcome inflight. The plot tells of young reporter tintin and his friend captain haddock who receive an.
Destination moon is a 2011 jet propulsion laboratory production about project ranger. Leith stevens contributions to film music include the soundtracks to the wild one, the james dean story, when worlds collide, war of the worlds, and world without end, among other feature films, but destination moon remains his most enduring movie score. This is not a story about being on the moon, but of getting there. The film had a big budget, it was a technicolor film, and its great seeing the late 1940s perspective on realistic space travel.
It remains a milestone film, not so much as classic science fiction butlike 2001. Destination moon 1950 destination moon 1950 specterman. Destination moon short story, a 1950 short story by robert heinlein destination moon comics, the sixteenth volume of the adventures of tintin by herge destination moon, a 1951 song composed by marvin fisher with lyrics by roy alfred, performed by the ames brothers, deborah cox, and others. Destination moon is a very enjoyable science fiction space flight movie. Destination moon is remarkable and, looked at from the correct perspective, thrilling for being the only space flight film made in the heyday of the science fiction film to be truly about space flight. Destination moon, a 1951 song composed by marvin fisher with lyrics by roy alfred, performed by the ames brothers, deborah cox, and others. The movie jumped from a scene en route to skull island to the scene. Operation moon is a 1950 american technicolor science fiction film, independently produced by george pal and directed by irving pichel, that stars john archer, warner anderson, tom powers, and dick wesson. Destination moon, a 1950 american science fiction film. Objectif lune is the sixteenth volume of the adventures of tintin, the comics series by belgian cartoonist herge. Destination moon 1950 posters the movie database tmdb. C on the surface of the moon from destination moon. Big studios wouldnt touch buck rogers film fare but stood up and took notice when this little eaglelion release broke box office records.
The film won an oscar for special effects no mean achievement since its only competition was cecil b. Destination moon 1950 12 06271950 us science fiction 1h 31m user score. The film was distributed in the united states and the united kingdom by eaglelion classics destination moon was the first major u. A private businessman arranges for an expedition to the moon before the russians get there first. Special effects may have improved,but this story of the first moon landingalmost two decades before it happenedmarks a science fiction classic. One astronaut pokes a tool into a cavity to dig out an interfering mass of machine grease. Destination moon irving pichel, 1950, a supersonic honeymoon by xiaoxin. Destination moon 1950 feature length theatrical animated film. Regarder destination moon 1950 film complet en ligne gratuit movieflix trackidsp006destination moon 1950 postulates the first manned trip to the moon, happening in the then near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers. The american astronauts fly there, establish a base, but are not certain they have enough fuel to return to earth. Seven years before sputnik launched the space race, and nineteen before the apollo 11 landing, this 1950 production by george pal was the first major sciencefiction film produced in the united states that dealt seriously with the prospect, problems, and technology of space travel.
Warner anderson, john archer, tom powers, dick wesson, erin obrien moore, ted warde 1950, 91 minutes, directed by. The crew of spaceship luna make an eva to dislodge a stuck radar antenna on the ships hull. With john archer, warner anderson, tom powers, dick wesson. Decouvrez toutes les informations sur le film destination. Simply one of the greatest outer space scores, these original soundtrack recordings have never been released on cd. John archer, warner anderson, and tom powers released. Destination moon 1950 movie clip only american industry. You have to keep the movies early date in mind when watching the movie.
As he digs, the material comes out of the hole and rolls down the side of the skin of the rocket under its own weight, rather than floating off weightlessly into space. Destination moon 1950 full sci fi movie john archer full. Destination moon short story, a 1950 short story by robert heinlein. Destination moon is a 1950 american science fiction feature film produced by george pal who later produced when worlds collide the war of the worlds and the time machine. The films all won oscars for special effects, with pals production company receiving the award for destination moon. Charles cargraves and retired general thayer have to start over again. Destination moon dimension x sci fi old time radio. The film was distributed in the united states and the united kingdom by eaglelion classics. Destination moon 1950 industrialist john archer, former army general tom powers and research scientist warner anderson collaborate on a manned rocketship with an atomic engine, convinced that the nation that militarily controls the moon controls the earth as well. Irving pichel, the film s director, narrated the animated sequence. Its this adherence to established physics that works against the picture in the.
Destination moon 1950 a team composed of an aerospace scientist warner anderson, an exair force general tom powers and an industrialist john archer conceive an ambitious plan to land. Destination moon is the first complete release of leith stevens classic 1950 soundtrack. A surprisingly prophetic depiction of space travel that won an oscar for best special effects, destination moon traces the flight of four astronauts warner anderson, john archer, tom powers and. Destination moon 1950 an early stab at a realistic account of a moon mission, george pals film sees a consortium of industrialists financing a rocket launch rather like elon musks current efforts. The story was initially serialised weekly in belgiums tintin magazine from march to september 1950 before being published in a collected volume by casterman in 1953. The story is adapted from the george pal movie of the same name. Destination moon, a movie that heinlein helped write, was a landmark film in 1950.
After years of scientific endeavors, a ship ascends into the heavens. With a notable pedigree including george pal war of the worlds, tom thumb, the time machine, a story by robert heinlein and perhaps the real star of the film, astronomical art by noted artist and designer chelsey bonestell, destination moon. The american astronauts fly there, establish a base, but are not certain they have. Destination moon irving pichel, 1950, a supersonic honeymoon winner of an academy award for special effects and also the bronze berlin bear award in the first berlin international film festival, the 1950 film. Written for the 1950 george palproduced scifi adventure film, it was one of the more daring bodies of movie music of its period. Nov 20, 2012 destination moon complete score soundtrack cd details and availability. A sciencebased fantasy about the first successful trip to the moon. Destination moon 1950 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. The movie jumped from a scene en route to skull island to the scene when kong attacks the village. Other articles where destination moon is discussed. Destination moon original motion picture score leith. Nov 25, 2015 trailer for the pioneering sciencefiction classic, destination moon 1950, starring john archer, warner anderson, tom powers and dick wesson.
Destination moon holds the honour of being the very first film of the 1950s science fiction craze. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in destination moon 1950. Gallery of 35 movie poster and cover images for destination moon 1950. Sadly, the film is controlled by wade williams, which means that it is not likely to be preserved properly, much less restored and released in its original glory. The american astronauts fly there, establish a base, but are not certain. Postulates the first manned trip to the moon, happening in the then near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers. Oct 29, 2012 destination moon is the first complete release of leith stevens classic 1950 soundtrack. Destination moon 1950 feature length theatrical animated film previous cartoon. Heinleins novel rocketship galileo, destination moon has long been lauded for its scientific accuracy in fact, the science was considered so heady in 1950 that a woody woodpecker cartoon is embedded in the story to educate the common man. Pal commissioned the script by james ohanlon and rip van ronkel. Ending the walter lantzwoody woodpecker cartoon theyve cleverly had made to support their case for a privatelyfunded moon mission, industrialist barnes john archer lets general thayer tom powers bring home the point to a gathering of investors, in george pals destination. Destination moon is a fantastic film, which deserves to be seen in better quality than the existing and now out of print dvd from image.
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