Excursion to the Moon
About Excursion to the Moon
Astronomers plan a trip to the Moon and ride a capsule there. It lands in the Man in the Moon's open mouth, not in his eye. The Selenites are not knocked down by umbrellas. They appear and vanish as they please. One of them, a dancing moon-maiden, comes back to Earth and is betrothed to an astronomer.
Cast & crew
More about Excursion to the Moon
Segundo de Chomón directed and photographed this Pathé Frères trick film. Ferdinand Zecca supervised the production. V. Lorant-Heilbronn designed it. It is an unauthorized, nearly shot-for-shot remake of Georges Méliès's A Trip to the Moon (1902). Of 180 meters, 72 were colored by a Pathé stencil process. The film has sometimes been taken for a Méliès picture.
Themes
Making
Zecca supervised. Chomón both directed and shot it.
Look
Chomón photographed it. Seventy-two meters of the 180-meter negative were stencil-colored at Pathé.
Technique
Pathé's stencil process colors 72 meters of the 180-meter film.
Notes
- The capsule enters the Moon's mouth. In Méliès's 1902 film it hits the eye.
- The Selenite who returns is a dancing moon-maiden, and the film ends with her betrothal.
- The French title is Excursion dans la lune.
Scenes
- The capsule flies into the Man in the Moon's open mouth.
- A dancing moon-maiden returns to Earth and is betrothed to an astronomer.
Influenced by
- A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Excursion dans la lune (1908).ogv)
