Le Voyage Dans la Lun (A Trip to the Moon) by Georges Méliès (1902)

A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la Lune), alternately Voyage to the Moon, is a 1902 French black-and-white silent science fiction film. It is based loosely on two popular novels of the time: Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon and H. G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon.
The film was written and directed by Georges Méliès, assisted by his brother Gaston. The film runs 14 minutes if projected at 16 frames per second, which was the standard frame rate at the time the film was produced. It was extremely popular at the time of its release, and is the best-known of the hundreds of fantasy films made by Méliès. A Trip to the Moon is the first known science fiction film, and uses innovative animation and special effects, including the well-known image of the spaceship landing in the Moon's eye.
Includes the "lost" ending, which was rediscovered in 2002.

[@willt.9654]

I kept turning up the volume on my phone and even said "why isn't there any sound??" before I realized how stupid I am.

[@DavidJones-tk2op]

No surround sound back in 1902 sadly.

[@jorenreyes6778]

They used to have live orchestras

[@bartnowak8509]

Well, for me that was a solid question, as it should be with music. Sure the actual footage has no sound, but as per some other comments, these were showed with live orchestra. Here's one with music - so much better to watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXfVlYmagNGri80

[@ducko1668]

1902

[@n1ywb]

@@bartnowak8509 that's just the 1812 overture by tchaikowski; I dunno if the movie had an original score, but if it did, that ain't it

[@colbybarton3402]

Wizard scientist shoot themselves to the moon in a bullet,fight some crab guys and their king,then fall down back to earth? Best Sci-Fi movie ever

[@stainlesssteelfox1]

It's clear these are the guys who faked the Apollo moon landings.

[@zosoilrelucertola]

In 13min...

[@alexanderwiseman8339]

They fight natives... Yeah... I know

[@DeeHawkDK]

Remember we had just invented the typewriter. (Also the invention of combustion engines as well as discovery of human flight)

I needed to watch this for my history of cinema exam, and honestly this is the most helpful comment

[@budini_7926]

to this day i still find that moon disturbingly creepy af

[@vondrebridges9740]

Same

[@narjisfatima4769]

U have Snapchat

[@ThePhobos100]

Scared me as a child

[@mayann0-0]

@@narjisfatima4769 don't be a creep

[@mariomm9080]

its sexy as hell brother

[@AwesomeRobot15]

It's crazy that we actually went to the moon later in that century. People at the time they made this film probably never thought that would happen, or at least not so soon.

[@Immortalcheese]

Regular flight was just being invented at that time! We didn't even have accurate topographical maps of the world yet. The earth-rise actually shows a decent rendition of Africa even before we had a better understanding of its shape

[@pikudopikao8425]

Immortalcheese, in that they already had maps of Africa. For Christ sake. Don't be so ignorant.

[@bartsimpson6374]

what do you mean by we?

[@calumkylee]

Bart Simpson mankind

[@bartsimpson6374]

cheetahautomotive oh cause we didn't live there right?

[@DrScrubbington]

It makes me feel good knowing that people had fun like this, even over a century ago...

[@DrScrubbington]

PineApple Head xD mmmmhmmmm

[@dibbidydoo4318]

They had fun before we invented the wheel...

[@diegoramos9600]

@@dibbidydoo4318 Hope to see you around xD

[@PkmariO64]

Even at 116 years old, this film remains very impressive. The special effects were presumably amazing for the time, and they’re still great today. It’s also good to see that this film has survived so long, given the fact that it was most likely printed on flammable nitrate film, and many other films by Georges Méliès were melted down for their raw materials. Once I get all the equipment I need, I’m gonna record this short onto a VHS.

[@Noob-me1ik]

Even at 120 years old, this film remains very impressive. The special effects were presumably amazing for the time, and they’re still great today. It’s also good to see that this film has survived so long, given the fact that it was most likely printed on flammable nitrate film, and many other films by Georges Méliès were melted down for their raw materials. Once I get all the equipment I need, I’m gonna record this short onto a VHS.

[@doug5923]

Even at 121 years old, this film remains very impressive. The special effects were presumably amazing for the time, and they’re still great today. It’s also good to see that this film has survived so long, given the fact that it was most likely printed on flammable nitrate film, and many other films by Georges Méliès were melted down for their raw materials. Once I get all the equipment I need, I’m gonna screen record this short onto a VHS.

[@unkn0wn_kgb]

It’s good to talk about the odds of why this masterpiece shouldn’t be here today, but the real value is in a content. It’s like a time capsule, you can see a lot about, culture, perception, human nature, this aged very well

[@Gurman8r]

Truly a masterpiece of it's time. Melies was a visionary creating the first science fiction movie 64 years before Star Trek even came out and 75 before Star Wars.

[@Theboywithlaces]

I Completely Agree!

[@baudiomusic]

it has the same story as Alien, just about!

[@manuelorozco7760]

Melody Gurman Unbelievable

[@augusthoerth1373]

Dude totally. He even did special effects which is pretty impressive

[@mayasanchez5251]

Actually Alice Guy was the first one...

[@loganvararok8710]

Jesus, how much FUN those actors must have had. I totally envy them :D Fantastic movie, not just for the time it was made in, generally great. It has 100% on Rotten tomatoes btw.

[@daviddoyle6452]

I had fun just watching this thing

[@Cheeky_Goose]

Having fun in a time where, even in America, free speech could easily get you killed, diseases were very hard to cure, and where most people were extremely poor with terrible living conditions sounds impossible.

[@lukebell4738]

@@Cheeky_Goose Yet it happened

[@ddawg3230]

​@@Cheeky_Goosewhen times are hard, it's all the more important to have fun, which is what people did. People in difficult conditions somehow have more fun (unless you think only costly things are fun) than moody well off folk having an existential crisis. Doesn't mean that their life wasn't harder or terrible often, but they managed to survive in those conditions and make art that uplifted them.

[@horseradish4046]

And 66 years later we had Stanley Kubrick's 2001 Space Odyssey, a scifi film that rivals the special effects of today's films. Amazing to think that there must've been people who saw both of these films as they premiered in one lifetime and how much has changed since then in science and cinematography.

[@judgehodor2675]

+Remorf Chucket Just imagine if 2001 took more of the fantastical man in the moon visual style...

[@bjorn-falkoandreas9472]

+Remorf Chucket He used very neat editing tricks(i.e. transformation of the telescopes to chairs). And his props are also superb. The illusion he creates is nearly perfect due to his attention to detail. Just look at when the prop cannon is fired! The smoke emits definitely where the end of the painted, yet huge cannon would be! The film is not only noteworthy because it is one of the first. It is also noteworthy because it is actually quite, quite good. That man knew what he was doing! Must've seemed like unholy magic to the people back then.

[@zachburke8835]

I saw the film a space odyssey without knowing when it was made and truly thought it was made in the late 90s then I looked it up and figured out it was made in '68

[@Jotari]

Perhaps a more mind blowing idea, someone lived to see both this film premiere and the actual moon landing 66ish years later. What a century, eh?

[@agornath1]

What I love most about watching old movies is its the closest thing we have to an actually going back in time. Just sitting here looking on something that happened in 1902 blows my mind. Can you imagine what we could have seen if the camara was invented 100 years earlier?

[@WafflePrince]

I love how it's filmed just like a play, with everything facing the camera. The 2d plain it uses is so simplistic yet awesome

[@FuneralFeastArt]

Visual storytelling like this is a lost art

[@pendagar449]

Hardly.

[@koreanjaefish]

It was good, but sound quality's a little off.

[@skelebones4979]

That’s because cameras didn’t have sound technology back then. (Edited 1 year later) I was a god damn idiot lol sorry.

[@fullonthrax7825]

and that joke went right over you...

[@stvltiloqvent]

@@fullonthrax7825 ikr, what is with all these people r/wooooshing in the comments This is the most humourless audience I've ever had the misfortune of stumbling upon on the internet

[@PkmariO64]

SPOOKYMAN - r/whoooosh

[@ducko1668]

Yes 1902 have sounds yes you ar right

[@mavislillac2670]

I'm here because of hugo! Such a good book.

[@whosthatgirl4454]

Same

[@kasai0555]

I watched the movie. It made me cry a few times...

[@manuelorozco7760]

Mavis Lillac I watched the movie first then read the book.

[@topturn9653]

@@manuelorozco7760 Something poignant about film and Clocks. Good movie.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Top Turn I know right. I didn’t expect to enjoy it so much. The Oscars convinced me

[@Holmesymom]

Why are people looking at this from a scientific lens, when in fact, this film is one of the first (if not the first) example of the whimsy that is science fiction? Don't dissect it....revel in the splendor of this classic gem.

[@Fractisdnb]

+Holmesymom without this film there would be no star wars XD

[@thanos9909]

Asides from the creepy moon. This has a very cute personality and charm to it. It’s played like a comedy and a adventure film all into one. I can’t imagine how people must have reacted back in 1927. If I’m not mistaken the last surviving cast member died in 1982 so they were able to see the moon landing live on television.

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

Basic facts like the lack of oxygen and gravitational differentiation from the Earth were already known at the time Méliès made A TRIP TO THE MOON in 1902. This film was intended as a whimsical fantasy and should be kept in that context. If anything, the joke's on us 21st century would-be critics who let these considerations fly merrily over our 'sophisticated' heads.

[@lumpygasinavacuum8449]

The joke is earth is flat

[@lumpygasinavacuum8449]

Earth is flat

[@TheF0xskibidbopmmdada]

I love how rocket ships didn't exist back then so they had to be as creative as possible to find out how'd they get to the moon

[@2XTURBO]

i can't stop thinking about the fact that every single one of these people are dead.

[@vishnukumarkr3499]

and they wud have never thought that we would be watching them on youtube....

[@araymond1able]

There are movies in the 1950s that everyone is dead. There is no longer a person born before 1903 that is alive today. There are though one or two that played in the 1930's alive. Time flies. Things change in everyone's lives.

[@RootedHat]

@@araymond1able you are wrong. Kane Tanaka was born in 1903: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_Tanaka

[@sangvoiceofficial8198]

Me too . Why ?

[@johnster1285]

@@RootedHat Thats what the french wizards want you to think, they bought him back when they fell down to earth. Japanese how silly...

[@roystonchan944]

Well I can't be the only one that turn up the volume despite the fact that the film's silent.

[@scanmaster251]

Ye thought there might have been some piano music in the background. Was great though!

[@riamurphy9186]

this movie was a milestone in the movie industry. it was and still is one of the most creative and best of its time.. we should appreciate the work that went into the making of this film clip. georges melies even had to invent his own camera if my history is right. it is an amazing piece of history... and should be recognized as such. the man was a genious .. it was people like him that helped bring the world into a new era . this was the start of the movie industry..

[@ramudubanu]

Mr. Georges Méliès has done a good job. Seeing this 117 years later, in June 2019. My eyes well up.

[@porky6884]

How could anybody dislike this? It is incredible for 1902

[@belliose]

This is so fantastic as a preservation of a turn-of-the 19th/20th Century state-of-the-art stage production. Melies was a great illustrator and the sets are so beautiful and intricate. The effect of having the acrobats disappear in ball of smoke is just terrific. And what a clever bit of satire coming on the heels of the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Shooting men from a cannon! With the dudes dressed like they were taking a trip across the continent! Hilarious!

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

Over a century old The effects are still better than CGI

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

They used to show this late at night with pink floyd songs in the background! I've always loved the part with the spaceship hitting the moon!Obviously!

[@daroachdoggjr5799]

even though it's over century old, the practical effects still raise the question: "How the FUCK did they do that!?"

[@galaxyamelia]

+Bolbi Stragnavowski +gnarmad there is a movie (Hugo),it mentions quite a lot about this movie in it and it shows behind the scenes-kinda.i recommend it:)

[@MRresievil310]

+Bolbi Stragnavowski They used stage elements to accomplish some effects.

[@GullySyde28]

+amelia gorochowik thanks

[@galaxyamelia]

no problem

[@RomanVulcan83]

+Kael The Invoker +Bolbi Stragnavowski In terms of the film itself, they used clever editing and good choreography, and since it was on actual film, they even used double exposure as well. It also helped that Méliès was an accomplished stage magician.

[@beachedbum8682]

It seems like everything in science fiction eventually becomes reality... I like how the spacecraft is loaded into the cannon by chorus girls. The part of "The Moon" played by Larry "Bud" Melman.

[@czykndnature]

i love when the little gremlins explode in a cloud of dust

[@Fractisdnb]

+Rachel Kowalczyk they're martians, don't be racist

[@czykndnature]

+Frankie Ashey ok whatever i'm supposed to say, mean no offense

[@timidkitten1709]

@@Fractisdnb lol

[@mydaddonohoe2947]

there perception of space back in 1902 crazy movie . everyone should see this

[@kroneyt1493]

I'm surprised that there wasn't a remake of this in 2002 for the 100 year anniversary.

[@manuelorozco7760]

KroneYT Or 2012 for 110th year anniversary

[@buttersquach7280]

Finally, one that has no music Thank you!!!

[@n-extrafries-surprise]

I find this more enjoyable than anything that's released in 2020. Epic Sci-Fi film

[@daveharrison84]

When this movie was made: every newly discovered land had other people already living there. It's understandable that they would expect the moon to be the same.

[@KidScipio]

what did rotten tomatoes give it when it came out

[@kylewsimpson]

The rotten tomatoes website didn't exist when it came out.

[@mattpuxty6094]

It actually has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

[@kylewsimpson]

I know but you said "when it came out" and when it came out it didn't exist lol

[@mattpuxty6094]

Kyle Simpson Well, obviously! IMDB was the only film site around back then.

[@mattpuxty6094]

Haha, love that gif! ^

[@felipemendez8735]

I believe silent movies give the viewer the power to understand their own emotions/ emotional triggers. You cannot understand their reasoning only emotion through body language witch makes it a masterpiece.

[@JimTheZombieHunter]

Although obviously appearing dated in an age of being able to render anything on screen, this fascinating piece of history begs a thousand questions upon a thousand questions. It's very inception, securing the finances to make a film, trying to explain the very concept to a contemporary banker. Scripting, casting and directing acrobats - all concepts in their infancy.The set - appearing very shallow, even moreso than stage productions. Due to limitations of lighting and optics, or because everything previous HAD been a stage production? Did people travel hundreds of miles to view this film? How much might it have cost to see? Would this film have been considered adult themed in it's era? Was it a comedy or a cutting edge thriller? Were the idea of hostiles simply a plot theme, or a larger reflection of Xenophobia itself? The world of course was rapidly changing, many would have seen electric lighting, the telephone, the automobile. The airplane had yet to become a reality, Arguments raged for another decade and a half whether or not a projectile could in fact be sent to the moon, but it would only be another 67 years until man actually walked there. A handful of individuals would have actually had the opportunity to see this film in it's day and witness Apollo 11. Truly fascinating. If I were a school teacher I could almost certainly find enough material in this one small film to fill a semester of learning everything from physics to social sciences.

[@stefrost4029]

+Jim Vicious Try not to die from laughing at the irony of being called pretentious by someone calling themselves 'Kawaii'. ;)

[@kawaiidesu7728]

Ste Bear Sometime soon you will learn to grasp sarcasm.. ;)

[@judgehodor2675]

+Jim Vicious Hostiles were probably in there for the sake of action. If you really want to get into it, this isn't even close to the early days of this brand of scifi. It's basically the inevitable form ye olde travelers tails would end up taking. Things like The Odyssey and Gulliver's Travels, that are basically about getting on a boat and sailing to the place on the map marked here be dragons. But as more and more of the world is explored, that place gets moved further and further away until finally we have to move it to another world.

[@sagaevan9641]

+Jim Vicious This comment was pointlessly fascinating.

[@chimichangas365]

Crazy to think that during the filming of this movie, numerous historical empires like the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, German, Russian and even the Qing dynasty hasn't collapsed yet.

[@iowaguy6590]

I watched a movie this evening called "Hugo." It portrays the life of this filmmaker. The movie itself is fictional but the character who made this film is in it and this movie is shown.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Iowa guy Such a beautiful movie that has aged decently

[@iowaguy6590]

@@manuelorozco7760 one of my favorites

[@manuelorozco7760]

Iowa guy I wouldn’t call it a favorite. Just a movie I really liked as a HS senior. It took me four months to see Hugo while it was still playing in 3D. Instead I decided to spend my last Thanksgiving weekend on a Sunday as a high school student seeing Happy Feet Two in IMAX 3D. Then the Oscar wins convinced me

[@manuelorozco7760]

Iowa guy Just didn’t interest me at first. Mainly because my dad is a big Scorsese fan and my brother Elias never heard of the book who used to be a bookworm like Isabelle. But the movie exceeded my expectations

[@manuelorozco7760]

Iowa guy One more thing one reason I didn’t go to a movie over the Christmas season of 2011 was busy with senior year and wasn’t in the mood.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Only 1902 kids will remember when this was the best video on KZbin

[@nickjonesCSM]

Thankyou for uploading this, it’s a piece of cinematic history.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Hugo sent me here of course! I was just rewatching it on Netflix last night. The first time I watched it was as a 19 year old high school senior (I’m 27 now) with my dad who’s a big Scorsese fan. And I never have seen the completed film without music until now. I like the disappearing illusions

[@tor2131]

my great grandgather saw this movie the day it came out

[@estherleclaire2626]

@KeCS1 yikes mine gave it a 7

[@diordomain2630]

Hell my grandmas parents are still alive

[@diordomain2630]

Btw not trying to say it in a disrespectful way just saying

[@barghlard]

i don’t know why my librarian showed this film to a bunch of 3rd graders, but i really appreciate her for it today

[@thatgirlshae6913]

Because these kids can’t imagine a world without a small device that you can carry in your pocket and use as a tv, radio, map, camera, computer, etc. this was to show the kids how far technology has really come. There was a time when technology was so poor that you could not even hear a recording

[@fabiannerio9116]

That Moon face haunts me in my dreams 😳

[@jaredcapalario3085]

I hate how this movie has a better plot then most movies today😂

[@ttomace]

the "interstellar" of yester years

[@stefanm.734]

I know people mostly watch this for the novelty of being one of the first examples of serious filmography and the first known of sci-fi, but I do genuinely enjoy this film. There's something inherently fun about it. It's even better if you listen to it with music, like was intended. They would have people behind the production playing music, so to get the full experience you have to listen to music of the time.

[@RasPanman]

Awesome to see how far filmmakers have come in just over a century. Thinking about having my own bit of fun with this, via composing a soundtrack and adding my own dialogue and sound effects.

[@TheMourningPalace]

Did you do it?

[@jayyxcruz]

Did you do it???

[@pinkgojii]

my teacher showed this in school because we were reading and article about the history of film making

[@modaltib880]

as it turns out Michael Jackson played the role of the moon

[@alev7408]

Oh boy somebody is about to get r/woooshed

[@kriz6891]

Heee hee

[@krystalmeier3179]

He he

[@krystalmeier3179]

@@alev7408 nope

[@jeffvader811]

There are people who grew up with this movie, only to see it become reality in their old age. What is in our fiction that will eventually become reality?

[@daviddoyle6452]

I gotta tell you this is best enjoyed with Harmon/Kardon Surround Sound.

[@survivorkitty3487]

Actually, the FX are phenomenal for 115 years ago. Thanks for the post; it was fun. Now back to 2016.

[@jsarahina]

Hugo brought me here

[@roberttaylor9377]

same here!!!!

[@roberttaylor9377]

i loved that book!!!!

[@Emma-R]

Yeah me too, although I knew about it before.

[@roberttaylor9377]

same, well I had seen the picture of the moon with the rocket in its eye

[@deanna.111]

SAME! that's my favorite book of all time!

[@nasaandtheesa5400]

And it’s crazy to think that almost 66 years after this short film was made we landed on the moon....

[@15_mochraffafirmansandia69]

why there is no 4k version

[@JohnnyProductionsOfficialTM]

made in 1902.

[@G4V1N]

+90's Cartoons Official Non-Profit Network its a joke

[@benstarx]

If it's possible to get a hold of the original film, you could produce a 4K version. Question is, who has the rights to the original?

[@DominikSobolewski]

Someone doesn't know how film works.

[@ashleighyoung4434]

lol

[@cookingshowaddict]

This is unbelievably cool for 1902!

[@MMMTheseCookies]

This could be heaven for everyone.

[@Flowerbarrel]

Amazing! I've read Verne and Wells' books and thought this film was familiar! The methods of travel are funny today, and people probably thought it was kinda weird then, but I bet people really were excited about going into space. And that's another thing--it's really amazing people were thinking about going to space way back then. Though we have been fixated on the heavens for almost as long as we've been a species.

[@fizzledimglow3523]

So I was asked to view this film in my Film Studies class, and I daresay I actually enjoyed it. Even with no speaking the story is clear, and the special effects, while considered 'crude' to modern-day film makers, are actually incredibly intuitive for the limited tech they had at the time. On a related note, obviously this is meant to be no more then a tale of whimsical adventure. Sadly it seems there are others taking it much more seriously then that. It wasn't what they thought the moon was like, merely what was created by the film writers. One can deduce 'hidden messages' from several points in the story, however it seems some of them are a bit of a stretch, such as the wrongs of colonization. It could be taken that way, but in other ways perhaps not... Overall, I actually do quite enjoy it.

[@kawaiidesu7728]

+Charlie Sallee It's not colonization, it's undocumented immigration.

[@zorth4729]

If you had seen this movie as a kid, there's a strong possibility you would have seen the real moon landing only 67 years later. Weird.

[@zafirovillarreal3125]

this proves that the moon is indeed made out of cheese.

[@marcusolejnik259]

Incredible special efx and plenty of risqué babes. 5 stars.

[@TheBF3kyle]

it would be good if it ws played over the piano like how it would have in the cinema

[@TheBF3kyle]

thats is a really good idea i will have to give that i try some time good idea! :D

[@manuelorozco7760]

Logical Order I strongly agree

[@jacobcannon1728]

Amazing. To them, this was a dream come true. Imagine, going to the moon...that's like how we dream of time travel and how it would look. Say we managed to figure it out eventually and could go back in time, then all of our films about time travel would look in accurate hahaha. Science never ceases to surprise us, and neither do movies:) It was so cool watching this, I loved the creativity and effort put into it!

[@stefanmilosevic8899]

7:04 LOL the Earth Rise was made even before NASA took a pic of it.

[@theplaydohgirl2587]

I love George’s Méliès!

[@aidanogden3022]

Still better space program then north korea

[@markusreizer4381]

north korea should learn from these guys

[@CleanDeeds]

it’s crazy to think how much has changed since then. All the people in this video have already passed, it’s pretty unsettling…

[@Calimariyum]

Watch this to Pink Floyd's Dark side of the moon album starting with "The great gig in the Sky". It goes PERFECTLYY

[@evank3718]

Crazy how this was such an unbelievably far fetched idea at the time, yet 67 years later, plenty of children that witnessed this could have easily witnessed the actual moon landing as well

[@ender7278]

I'd like to see a modern take on that.

[@MST3KLives]

Can we stop and think about how lucky we are? This blew away audiences when it came out. Can we imagine the reaction of those same audiences watching Star Wars or a Marvel movie? And now can we think about how much further entertainment will be advanced in another hundred years?

[@binghamguevara6814]

Arguably the most iconic image of silent cinema. 6:16.

[@Dragonrider1227]

The visuals and set designs for the time are insane. This must’ve been the Star Wars of its day

[@nolanjohnson6734]

Alright. I cannot condone any of the comments. Yes, this movie is dated, but it is better than any movie I have seen in the last 8 years, and really, all I watch from today are period movies (The Duchess, Marie Antoinette). I am an avid Silent Movie Fanatic. The beauty in these movies is their comprehension of emotion through physical action, not the effects, but surrealism helps either way. It is also the imagination. Who cares if this in scientifically incorrect? Its Art, and if you cannot pay attention or like this movie, then leave. But all I ask is that you at least try to respect it.

[@98gwendal]

Come on!! You cannot say it is a better movie then good movies done the past 11 years. The only thing you can say that for its time it is lightyears ahead of for example the lumiere brothers and that we havent seen any movies as innovative in the last time.

[@calumkylee]

ok

[@element5377]

thankfully you dont have the power to condone or not, and its wrong to imply that you do. :) thank you freedom of speech for keeping these folks in check.

[@ChefZepirates]

Sûrement le meilleur film français jamais réalisé

[@MastermindX]

Makes more sense than season 8 of game of thrones.

[@christinajohansson1700]

the soundtrack to this film will always be one of my favorites

[@hogiburning]

As always, adventures discover then destroy.

[@coorkie]

Cool, the lost ending was discovered 100 years after it was produced! :D

[@retroaf7652]

At the time sure it was good . But now its like watching an example of an acid trip

[@mattmorehouse9685]

Why not both?

[@samlabo1688]

I love this film, I saw it 40 yrs ago and it was amazing I was like 13

[@parentsseahap5265]

Who came from Hugo

[@Terasiax]

I think the FX for 1902 were very impressive, you still got the idea of what they want to do, even if it was the very beginning of cinema. And not gonna talk about the fact they write a SF at this time, without even knowing that human being will ever be able to go to the moon. If we be able to tell us, they'll never believe a single word

[@casandjordan765]

Really interesting thanks

[@AlphaCentauri24]

10:11 The kingsmen go after the earthlings after the visitors kill their king. The last moon guy joyously does a reverse jump just before the scene change! LOL Nice touch :D

[@ajaxthegreat8008]

The moon creeps the shitnout of me

[@mischievousone9999]

A 60 to 70 year old cast member would have been born between 1832 to 1842. Their own parents could have fought alongside napoleon or even participated in the French Revolution. A forty year old cast member would have been born only a year into Lincoln’s presidency in America during the American Civil war. Queen Victoria of England, the longest reigning monarch in English history at that point, had died in May just a year prior of the film’s release. When I look at stuff like this, beyond just the magic of such a surreal play itself, it’s amazing to consider the context of the lives and times of all involved in the production seen and unseen

[@CharlesJoseph_MSc]

9:01 that thing become mushroom .... Cool.

[@BLTROY25]

Check out “Hugo” on Netflix. It’s about this filmmaker and this movie is featured in it.

[@manuelorozco7760]

bonnie troy Last night I watched Hugo for the 5th or 6th time. Miscounted a bit. I was almost obsessed with it in my senior year of high school.

[@AeternaQueen]

Send these men to go fight Thanos.

[@CrimsonMey]

with those over powered umbrellas of awesomeness. Thanos don't stand a chance.

[@jessbragg1]

for being THE 1ST sci-fi (play?,at least not a MOVIE by our standards today at least), not bad. starts on earth,heads to the moon,"epic" battle with the inhabitants of the moon,escape back to earth,deemed heroes,i guess. classic sci fi as we all know it,right?

[@threeofknives]

steph g I like saying “film”.

[@hawash78]

There is no sound... if it's because of copyright issues please share the name of the original soundtrack. Thanks!!

[@maciekjankowskitomkow4107]

No, there is no sound, becouse there was no technology to make film with sound till 1927 :v (this is from 1902)

[@tFighterPilot]

Actually, sound recording has been invented by Edison in 1877.

[@maciekjankowskitomkow4107]

Yes, but first there was no technique to synchronize audio with wideo.

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

The original OST is tonight, tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins

[@59MARYC]

Today when I was watching the launch of SN8 and seeing it sitting on the launch pad...I could not help but think of this movie!!!

[@sophierender5736]

whats with all the santas at the beginning? hahaha

[@radiodjs1]

I remember seeing a piece of this movie in the CBS Evening News about 50 years ago. They ran a story about the Apollo moon missions. They got a couple things remarkably close; the shape of the space capsule and re-entry into the ocean.

[@projecticeman365]

Tonight tonight smashing pumpkins

[@lenasage7794]

projecticeman365 yasss!!!!

[@EdenTheCreator366]

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[@skippermyson8485]

When the violins kicked in I started crying.