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A trip to the moon = Le voyage dans la lune
Uniform Title
Trip to the moon (Motion picture)
Title
A trip to the moon = Le voyage dans la lune / [directed, produced, edited] de/by Georges Méliès. The extraordinary voyage / Steamboat Films presents ; with the participation of France télévision ; a co-production with Lobster Films ; a film by Serge Bromberg & Eric Lange ; told and directed by Serge Bromberg ; co-director, Eric Lange ; produced by Marianne Lère, Serge Bromberg.
ISBN
1893967700
9781893967700
Edition
Limited ed.
Published
Los Angeles, Calif. : Flicker Alley, [2012]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (81 min. each) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (23 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)
Notes
Le voyage dans la lune: originally released in France in 1902.
The extraordinary voyage: originally released as TV documentary in 2011.
Booklet (23 p. ; ill.) in English inserted in container.
Bonus features includes The extraordinary voyage, a documentary on the creation and restoration of the film (66 min.); A trip to the moon, a black and white version of the film with audio options; interview with Air; two films by Georges Méliès: The astronomer's dream (original title: La lune à un mètre / Star Film (1898 ; 3 min., 11 sec.) and The eclipse, or the courtship of the Sun and Moon (original title: L'éclipse de soleil en pleine lune) / Star Film (1907 ; 9 min., 17 sec.).
Le voyage dans la lune: restored by Lobster Films, La Fondation Groupama Gan pour le Cinéma, La Fondation Technicolor pour le Patrimoine du Cinéma ; original music, Air.
The extraordinary voyage: cinematography, Jean-Louis Sonzogni ; chief editor, Janice Jones ; music, Bruno Alexiu.
Feature film: Silent film with new music soundtrack. Feature documentary: mostly in English, with some fragments in French subtitled in English.
Summary
A trip to the moon (original title: Le voyage dans la lune) is a fantasy film featuring trick photography. A group of scientists travel to the moon by being shot in a capsule from a giant cannon, are captured by moon-men, escape, and fall vertically back to earth. Includes scenes of dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet and acrobats from the Folies-Bergère.
The extraordinary voyage is a documentary about making A trip to the moon.
Variant and related titles
Le voyage dans la lune
Trip to the moon
Extraordinary voyage
Astronomer's dream.
Lune à un mètre.
Eclipse.
Courtship of the sun and moon.
Éclipse de soleil en pleine lune.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
December 06, 2017
Credits
Le voyage dans la lune: restored by Lobster Films, La Fondation Groupama Gan pour le Cinéma, La Fondation Technicolor pour le Patrimoine du Cinéma ; original music, Air.
The extraordinary voyage: cinematography, Jean-Louis Sonzogni ; chief editor, Janice Jones ; music, Bruno Alexiu.
Performers
The extraordinary voyage: commentary by Serge Bromberg.
Cast
Le voyage dans la lune: Georges Méliès, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon, François Lallement.
System details note
DVD; NTSC, region 1; aspect ratio: 1.33:1; DTS 5.1 or Dolby Digital.
Blu-ray disc; region A; aspect ratio: 1.33:1; DTS 5.1 sound format; requires Blu-ray player.
Contents
disc 1. Blu-ray
disc 2. DVD.
Trip to the moon (with original 1902 colors) / directed by Georges Méliès (1902, 15 min.)
Trip to the moon (restored black-and-white version) / directed by Georges Méliès (1902, 15 min.)
Extraordinary voyage / directed by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange (2011, 65 min.).
Videorecording number
FA0023 Flicker Alley
Subjects
Genre/Form
Short films - France.
Silent films - France.
Television programs - France.
Short films.
Silent films.
Fiction films.
Science fiction films.
Fantasy films.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Also listed under
Air (Musical group : France)
Lobster Films (Firm)
Fondation Groupama Gan pour le cinéma.
Fondation Technicolor pour le patrimoine du cinéma.
Steamboat Films (Firm)
France télévision.
Star-film.
Flicker Alley (Firm)
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