Ep. 05-29: First Men in the Moon (1964)

When a spaceship lands on the moon, it is hailed as a historic first, before it becomes clear that someone else has already been there. Flashback: 1899, Joseph Cavor (Lionel Jeffries), a brilliant British scientist, creates his own spacecraft and takes a trip to the moon, accompanied by explorers Arnold Bedford (Edward Judd) and Kate Callender (Martha Hyer). There they encounter an insect-like alien race that lives under the moon’s surface and must soon escape back to Earth.

We’re back in the wonderful world of writer H. G. Wells and auteur animator Ray Harry Hausen. Join us as we discuss the good and bad of the classic, British, fantastical sci-fi film First Men in the Moon (1964), including its original source material, the “modern” screenplay, and its cast. Listen as Johnny Has the Keys blasts off for the moon where fascinating and frightening creatures await!

SHOW NOTES:

• First Men in the Moon (1964)
• Original trailer
• H.G. Wells
• Nigel Kneale
• Ray Harryhausen
• Doctor Dolittle (1967)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
• The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
• Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
• Jules Verne
• War of the Worlds (1953)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• Land of the Lost (1974)
• Destination Moon (1950)
• From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• George Pal
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
• The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
• Forbidden Planet (1956)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Superman (1978)
• Out of the Silent Planet by C.S Lewis
• From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne

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