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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PAL,GEORGE
EAN: 9786305761075
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305761078
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: February 29, 2000
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 18699
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1950-08
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Product Description:
An American man gets support to help build a rocket so the U.S. can get to the moon before the Russians.
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: NR
Release Date: 28-OCT-2003
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
When production on Destination Moon began in 1949, everything about the project was state of the art. The great science fiction author Robert Heinlein cowrote the script (based on his novel Rocketship Galileo) and served as technical advisor. The film's astronomical visions were realized by Chesley Bonestell, whose artwork virtually defined the look of space travel at the dawn of the rocket era. Destination Moon is even noted in NASA's official timeline of space-travel history, and almost inevitably won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects. It remains a milestone film, not so much as classic science fiction but--like 2001: A Space Odyssey 18 years later--as an attempt to visualize the reality of space exploration. (To educate the audience on this topic, Woody Woodpecker makes an animated guest appearance, hosting an instructional film on the basics of rocketeering.)
The movie now seems quaintly nostalgic, and its depiction of man's first lunar landing is inaccurate on several details. Taken in context, however, it remains impressively authentic, and conveys the same charm and wonder of the later classic Forbidden Planet. The motivation for the lunar conquest remains military: the country that controls the moon will control the Earth, and cold war paranoia fuels the mission of the rocket ship Luna, which blasts off from the Mojave desert carrying four daring astronauts.
The stalwart crew consists of noted scientists and engineers, but Everyman Joe Sweeney (Dick Wesson) is aboard for broad audience appeal; he's the kind of Bronx-born guy who pronounces 'Earth' as 'oith' and complains that the moon has 'no beer, no babes, no baseball.' But when a payload crisis threatens the crew's safe return to Earth, Joe rises to the occasion. It's all a bit goofy now, but Destination Moon is still a wonderful movie, bursting with the awe and enthusiasm that would eventually lead to 'one giant leap for mankind.' --Jeff Shannon
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My 1st recalled sci-fi space movie and brings back old memories of the sci-fi I remember opver the last 50+ years
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Destination MoonA wonderful look into the imagination of early science fiction writers ideas on how a trip to the moon could be done.Much of it is accurate and some is not ,but the color and special effects are fantastic for 1950.If you can think of yourself as seeing this all for the first time back then it makes it all the more fun to watch and wonder about.
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I own this DVD and the picture looks perfecfly fine. It's clear and sharp, and rich in color. My only frame of reference is a VHS recording from TCM but this movie looks so much better on the dvd. I did observe the VHS pans to the right. The DVD pans to the left a little. So if a print that is a little more pulled back to get the entire scope is what the issue is then I would agree with the transfer complaints. But if it's only to do with the quality itself then I have to disagree. If by chance you ... Read More
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I promise youse guies dis much...until youse see dis rocket take off...I tink youse too will be convinced dat it just won't werk! But...just like 'ol joe sweeney...youse will be pleasantly surprised. Ha!
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There is no question that this great old movie is revered by the sci-fi fans, hard science buffs and space enthusiasts of the 1950's. George Pal did a very competent job of presenting a technical story plausibly while trying to impart some (very 50's) human interest along with the technical tale. As noted by one of the previous writers, a better quality print should have been used to make this anniversary DVD edition. However, the transfer is more than adequate and very enjoyable for real fans of ... Read More
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