Dick Wesson, Erin O'Brien-Moore, John Archer
When production on Destination Moon began in 1949, everything about the project was state of the art. The great science fiction author Robert Heinlein cowrote the script (based on his novel 
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DVD Release Date: January 30, 2001
Stats: 60 reviews
Industrialist: Now listen, fella, I've known you from way back. Two-engine planes weren't fast enough: you had to go in for four. Then props weren't fast enough: you had to go in for jets. Now you've got a hold of something else, something that'll go higher and faster than anythi...( read more)
I was trying not to judge it too harshly, because 1950's sci-fi will always be severely dated. So in the end, my beef with the film is more just sub par film making than accuracy. The characters are mostly bland and interchangable (with the exception of a goofy "brooklyn" chara...( read more)
The film that made George Lucas and Steven Speilberg fall in love with Sci-Fi. It's one of the first films that tried a realistic approach to man getting to the moon. It's a little goofball,but has some interesting moments and is a sincere approach. Made a 11 years before NASA fo...( read more)
muy buena pelicula, es la primera pelicula de ciencia ficcion de EEUU que trato de darle cierta veracidad cientifica a la trama, no hay mountruos selenitas no hay naves espaciales extraterrestres ni nada por ese estilo, se trata de que la empresa privada de EEUU encabezados por v...( read more)
Moon landings were still sci-fi when this hit the screens back in 1950. Great visuals and some fun characters. Features Woody Woodpecker!
One of the better cold war space movies, I found the Woody Woodpecker cartoon jarring but it explained rocketry to those who did not know. This movie paid attention to the science of spaceflight known at its time.
I don't want to say that this movie is boring but...it is. kind of. But it isn't a bad movie. I admire it in many ways. Its biggest problem is that I watched it now in 2007. I figure when it came out it was amazing and people saw it and went "wow!" but viewing it now it does...( read more)
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