Paul Adsett
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posted March 31, 2012 11:17 AM
For sale. Derann Cinemascope, colour, and stereo sound print of Ray Harryhausen's First Men in the Moon. Stereo sound has been re-recorded from DVD sound track. Price $450.00
First Men in the Moon
Columbia Pictures, 105 mins, 2000ft
Color, CinemaScope Anamorphic print
First Men in the Moon is loosely based on H.G.Wells’ story about a journey to the moon in Victorian times, but the film version has a real modern twist. It starts out with a 20 th century United Nations space flight, landing on the moon, and finding evidence of a previous trip carried out in the late 1800’s! This film was made in the early 1960’s , before the question of who would be the first country to land on the moon was resolved, so the film makers wisely resorted to a UN expedition.
The film is firmly in the fantasy genre, and stars the scene stealing Lionel Jeffries as an eccentric scientist who invents an anti-gravity material. Edward Judd plays the part of a young entrepreneur who teams up with Jeffries to launch a lunar expedition. Some good looking scenery is provided by Martha Hyer as Judd’s wife, and she inadvertently gets taken on the spaceship. They take off in a sphere, coated with the anti-gravity paint, and controlled by Venetian blinds! When they land on the moon they encounter a civilization of ant-like creatures and are chased by huge caterpillars, all in ‘Dynamation’ provided by Ray Harryhausen. This was Ray’s first film in CinemaScope, and he had so many problems that he said he would never do another scope film- and he never did!
First Men in the Moon is a fun movie for the whole family, set in the Jules Verne genre of adventure/fantasy films.
This Super 8 print from Derann is in mint condition on low fade Agfa stock. Can be played on a mono or stereo projector. Scope lens needed.
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The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection,
Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade
Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar
Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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