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Destination Moon (1950)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:5

Rotten:4

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: A science-based fantasy about the first successful trip to the moon. After years of scientific endeavors, a ship ascends into the heavens. Once free of Earth's atmosphere, the astronauts contend... A science-based fantasy about the first successful trip to the moon. After years of scientific endeavors, a ship ascends into the heavens. Once free of Earth's atmosphere, the astronauts contend with the dangers of equipment failure and the joys of zero gravity. But tension mounts when the men discover once on the moon, they may not be able to leave again. [More]

Starring: Warner Anderson, John Archer, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson

Starring: Warner Anderson, John Archer, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson

Director: Irving Pichel

Director: Irving Pichel
Producer: George Pal
Screenwriter: Rip Van Ronkel, James O'Hanlon
Story: Robert A. Heinlein
Composer: Leith Stevens

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Feb 29, 2000

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  • Destination Moon was the first major science fiction film produced in the United States and lifted the genre from the realm of the fantastic to the world of the believable. Co-scripted by Robert Heinlein from his novel "Rocketship Galileo," "Destination Moon's" suspenseful plot relates the saga of man's first voyage to the moon amid a series of scientific cliffhangers. It also marked producer George Pal's initial association with the genre. Later, Pal would produce some of Hollywood's most popular sci-fi films, including "War of the Worlds," "When Worlds Collide" and "The Time Machine." Breathtakingly photographed in vivid Technicolor, "Destination Moon" remains a science fiction landmark.
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    Heinlein's original novel had Nazis on the moon!

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    01/25/08
    James O'Ehley
    James O'Ehley
    Sci-Fi Movie Page

    Taken as sort of a pre-pre-pre-historic Apollo 13, I suspect the die-hard sci-fi fans might enjoy this one.

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    06/17/06
    Scott Weinberg
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    03/25/06
    Bosley Crowther
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    01/26/06
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    08/06/05
    Emanuel Levy
    Emanuel Levy
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    A abordagem científica adotada pelo roteiro contrabalança a trama rasa e o patriotismo barato do filme.

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    07/24/05
    Pablo Villaca
    Pablo Villaca
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    No review available.

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    07/30/04
    Thomas Delapa
    Thomas Delapa
    Boulder Weekly

    High on American patriotism of the let's beat the Russians to the moon kind.

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    02/13/04
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Dull now, but a landmark at the time.

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    07/31/03
    Ken Hanke
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    One of the early s-f adventures, now dated, but still interesting to watch.

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    02/19/03
    Bob Bloom
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    No review available.

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    11/01/02
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