First Men in the Moon
First Men in the Moon DVD cover
Directed by	Nathan Juran
Written by	Nigel Kneale
Starring	Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd, Martha Hyer
Music by	Laurie Johnson
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
IMDb profile

For the earlier film, see The First Men in the Moon (1919 film) DVD cover scan from the movie First Men in the Moon, personal scan, claiming fair use (does not detract from original work, scanned from legal copy, image is of sufficiently low resolution). ... Laurie Johnson (born February 17, 1927, in Hampstead, England) is a British film and television composer. ... For the 1964 film, see First Men in the Moon The First Men in the Moon is a black and white silent movie from 1919 directed by Bruce Gordon and J.L.V. Leigh. ...

First Men in the Moon is a 1964 science fiction film directed by Nathan Juran. The film is an adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel The First Men in the Moon and is also known as H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon. (The title of the novel includes the word the twice; the film titles only once). The novel was adapted for the screen by the noted science-fiction scriptwriter Nigel Kneale. // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Nathan Juran (b. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... The First Men in The Moon is a 1901 science fiction novel by the British author H. G. Wells. ... Nigel Kneale (born Thomas Nigel Kneale on April 18, 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK) is a Manx television and film scriptwriter, who has worked mostly in the UK. He is best known for his creation of the character of Professor Bernard Quatermass, who has appeared in three...

Ray Harryhausen provides stop-motion effects, animated Selenites, giant caterpillar-like "Moon Cows", and a big-brained Grand Lunar. Ray Harryhausen (born June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, California) is an American producer and, most notably, a special effects creator. ...

Joseph Cavor is played by Lionel Jeffries, Katherine 'Kate' Callender by Martha Hyer, and Arnold Bedford by Edward Judd. Lioniel Jeffries (born 10 June 1926 in London) is a British character actor and film director. ... Martha Hyer (born August 10, 1924, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress. ... Edward Judd as Arnold Bedford in First Men in the Moon (1964) Edward Judd (b. ...

Plot

The film begins in the 1960s with a multi-national group of astronauts in a U.N. spacecraft, believing themselves to be the first lunar explorers. They discover a Union Jack on the moon's surface and a note naming Bedford and Cavor. American authorities trace the aged Bedford to a British nursing home, and he tells them the story of the true first lunar expedition. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... Bulk composition of the Moons mantle and crust estimated, weight percent Oxygen 42. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 Union Jack is the commonly used name for the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ... A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant Activity of Daily Living (ADL) deficiencies. ...

In 1899, Victorian Britain, Professor Joseph Cavor invents Cavorite, a substance that allows objects to deflect the force of gravity. He builds a spherical spaceship that travels to the Moon using the anti-gravity properties of Cavorite. He and his companions travel to the lunar surface where they are captured by the insect-like Moon inhabitants, the Selenites, which live in huge cities beneath the Moon's surface. 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Fictional chemical substances are compounds or minerals that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). ... A kinemassic field generator from U.S. Patent 3,626,605: Method and apparatus for generating a secondary gravitational force field Anti-gravity is a hypothetical means of countering or otherwise modifying the effects of gravity, typically in the context of spacecraft propulsion. ... A spacecraft is designed to leave Earths atmosphere and operate beyond the surface of the Earth in outer space. ...

The Selenites quickly learn English and interrogate Cavor, who believes they wish to exchange scientific knowledge. The more practical Bedford eventually manages to persuade Cavor that the Selenites are interested in conquering the Earth using Cavorite. (In this, the film departs from the original, where that possibility in no way arises and in fact it is the Selenites who are threatened with colonization by Earth humans.) Cavor helps Bedford and Callender to escape but is left behind on the Moon. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means. ...

Returning to the present, the American astronauts break into the Selenite city, only to find it deserted and decaying. In a plot twist "borrowed" from Wells' other famous novel The War of the Worlds, Bedford realises that the Selenites must have been killed off by Cavor's common cold viruses to which they had no immunity. The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel (or novella) which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. ... Acute viral nasopharyngitis, often known as the common cold, is a mild viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system (nose and throat). ... Groups I: dsDNA viruses II: ssDNA viruses III: dsRNA viruses IV: (+)ssRNA viruses V: (-)ssRNA viruses VI: ssRNA-RT viruses VII: dsDNA-RT viruses A virus (Latin, poison) is a microscopic particle that can infect the cells of a biological organism. ... The immune system is composed of a complex constellation of cells, organs and tissues, arranged in an elaborate and dynamic communications network and equipped to optimize the response against invasion by pathogenic organisms. ...

See also

• List of stop-motion films

This is a list of stop-motion films from around the world organised in order of release date; theatrical releases as well as made-for-TV and direct-to-video movies. ...

External links

• First Men in the Moon at the Internet Movie Database