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The film was written and directed by [[Georges Méliès]], assisted by his brother Gaston. The film runs 14 minutes if projected at 16 frames per second, which was the standard frame rate at the time the film was produced. It was extremely popular at the time of its release, and is the best-known of the hundreds of fantasy films made by Méliès. ▼
▲''A Trip To The Moon'' (French: ''Le Voyage dans la lune'') is a 1902 black-and-white French science fiction film based around ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|surprise!]]) six Frenchmen going to the moon. It is based loosely on two popular novels of the time: ''[[From the Earth to the Moon]]'' by [[Jules Verne]] and ''[[The First Men in the Moon]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]].
▲The film was written and directed by Georges Méliès, assisted by his brother Gaston. The film runs 14 minutes if projected at 16 frames per second, which was the standard frame rate at the time the film was produced. It was extremely popular at the time of its release and is the best-known of the hundreds of fantasy films made by Méliès.
Notable for being one of the [[Ur Example]]s of science fiction film and associated tropes, and for its innovative animation and special effects, including the well-known image of the spaceship landing in the moon's eye.
Plays a key role in the [[Brian Selznick]] children's novel ''[[
Can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE in its entirety] on [[YouTube]].
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* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Frenchmen Can Breathe in Space]]▼
▲* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]
* [[Deface of the Moon]]
* [[Deleted Scene]]: The original film ended with a celebratory parade for the astronauts. This portion of the movie was lost for many decades before being discovered in 2002.
* [[Eye Scream]]: The iconic scene of the ship landing in the
* [[Fan Service]]: All the girls in hot pants standing by at the launch.
* [[Human Aliens]]/[[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]: The Selenites are just humans with rubber spikes on their heads. Possibly the [[Ur Example]].
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]
* [[Interplanetary Voyage]]
* [[The Man in the Moon]]: Hi there!
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* [[Science Marches On]]: A spaceship launched in that manner would quickly kill all its crew due to excessive G-forces. That's why real manned spaceflight was done with staged rockets. Justified, of course, in that the Verne story was written decades before the development of modern rockets. Maybe further justified by the fact that the film is obviously fantasy.
* [[Stop Trick]]: Trope maker
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: The Selenites will vaporize if you hit them hard with an umbrella. Which makes the astronomers'
* [[Weird Moon]]: Aliens and giant mushrooms, hm?
* [[Zeerust]]: Considering it's over a century old...
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[[Category:Early Films]]▼
[[Category:A Trip to the Moon]]
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Films of the 1900s]]
[[Category:French Cinema]]
[[Category:Silent Movie]]
[[Category:Science Fiction Films]]
[[Category:Films Based on Novels]]
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