From the Earth to the Moon 1958 (Adventure, Sci-Fi) Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget

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From the Earth to the Moon 1958 (Adventure, Sci-Fi) Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget


The amazing story of the boldest adventure dared by man!
In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.

Director: Byron Haskin
Writers: Jules Verne, Robert Blees, James Leicester
Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra…

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  1. I like to mention that this story in the film is NOT the story Jules Verne wrote. Apart from the beginning, in presenting the main characters, the rivals, that is just a futile part coming from Verne's novel. Everything else is a completely different story.
    I do not have objections against stories getting written, loosely inspired by "some" novel, but it is always an insult to present it as the original stuff. Look at 0:15 , the titles saying "From the earth to the moon" – "BY JULES VERNE" , and that is a lie. If the producer simply had had the guts to subtitle it clearly as , "LOOSELY INSPIRED ON THE NOVEL BY JULES VERNE" , then, it would be ok. This is such a typical sin from countless film producers, who abuse the name of a novel writer who does not have IP rights anymore.
    By the way, what this film story is doing, is exposing the classic post WW2 1950-ies fear and/or appraisal of atomic power (disguised as Power-X) , interspersed with a dozen 'technologies' never mentioned in the novel of Verne, and on top of it, a rather stupid (childish??) love story. I can only guess that this insert (not even with an ending, for the underlying adventure story) was put it due to the fear, a fantasy adventure film would not bring enough people to the cinema, so digging in the very profitable 'love couples' market. 😉
    In contradiction with the telling style of Verne, no humour comes in. The original novel had plenty of humour (as always with Verne…, even when death is the most central theme in his stories !) and American film production teams near to always drop/destroy it. ALAS.
    Whatever the film may be (the acting is good), it's an intellectual theft to call it "BY JULES VERNE".

    (For people interested in analysis of the work and life of Jules Verne, check the biography published under ISBN: 90-5911-280-6 )

  2. I remember i saw this movie when i was 6 or 7 yrs old.
    Never knew what the name of it was. now 40 yrs later, all o can see are "errors".
    they never sucked out the gas from the tubes, nichols shouldhave been dead.
    the moons position is all wrong ofc.
    they share a bottle of wine yes its a champagne bottle and even the liquid seems to be champagne.

  3. 5:27 . . Uh-Oh!. . The shadow of the boom mic can be seen for a few seconds, up near the candelabra (top right of frame) . Before someone realizes the mistake and moves it back to the left to be in shadow again.

  4. I am old enough to remember all these old films and the actors…How I loved my life then…..What a mess we are making of are planet now …….Best wishes to all.

  5. Something obscene in treating arms dealers as just plain old businessmen.
    But that is what you get from a 1950s film toeing the line of anti-communist American patriotism that ends up whitewashing the crimes of old white men sociopaths.