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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.
 
Notable for being one of the [[Ur Example|Ur Examples]]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 ''[[Literature/The Invention Of Hugo Cabret|The Invention Of Hugo Cabret]]'' and its [[Martin Scorsese]]-directed film adaptation ''[[Hugo]]''.
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=== ''[[A Trip to the Moon]]'' contains examples of: ===
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]
* [[Deface of the Moon]]
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* [[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 Bastardsthe Real Monsters]] : Not only do they slam a rocket into the moon's eye they ''kill a bunch of aliens with umbrellas!''
* [[Interplanetary Voyage]]
* [[The Man in the Moon]]: Hi there!
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