8mm Forum: F/S Derann scope Feature : First Men In The Moon

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Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on June 24, 2013, 04:36 PM:

For Sale, Derann scope/color feature First Men in The Moon. Mint condition print on low fade Agfa stock. Re-recorded in stunning stereo. 2000ft on one 1200 ft reel and one 800ft reel, supplied in heavy cardboard film box .
$395.00 plus post.
NOW SOLD
USA and Canada only. Payment by check or money order or Western Union only. No credit cards or PayPal.

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 very good looking scenery is provided by the beautiful 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 'Cavourite ', and thrust controlled by Venetian blinds!(Just like Apollo 11!) 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 delightful fun and quite thrilling movie for the whole family, set in the Jules Verne genre of adventure/fantasy films.

[ July 31, 2013, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: Paul Adsett ]

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on July 31, 2013, 06:14 PM:

NOW SOLD

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