A Trip to the Moon

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A Trip to the Moon

Released Oct 4, 1902

14m

Adventure

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

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Astronomers go on an expedition to the moon.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A treat for cineastes and sci-fi fans alike.

Rated: 4/4

Feb 8, 2023

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

Melies was a true visionary and pioneer who shall always be remembered as will A Trip to the Moon, as partly where everything we love as film fans and dramatists began.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 8, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Melies was clearly pushing boundaries and demonstrating the potential for narrative storytelling, searching for product that couldn't be emulated by the stage.

Rated: 7/10

Aug 1, 2020

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Pamela Hutchinson

Silent London

This is live-action film, but transformed by Méliès's ingenious in-camera editing and those gorgeous paints to be something more like a cartoon. It's gorgeous, it's ludicrous and it's heaps of fun.

Mar 26, 2020

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Tyler Smith

Battleship Pretension

It has not lost much of its original power, to dazzle and entertain.

Jul 9, 2019

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

That childlike wonder at the power of cinema is what makes A Trip to the Moon, and indeed all of Méliès' work, so very special

Rated: 4/4

Jun 3, 2019

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Robert C.

Ahead of its time. And it influenced my favorite Smashing Pumpkins video. 👍

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Aldahbra

Of its time. Hilariously wrong.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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AJ G

I couldn’t give a low rating to the first ever film in television ever. So I give it 5 full stars

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/25

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Audience Member

Amazing. 1902, good quality. The reply of Christopher B was wrong, because it was 1902. That was the best movie they could make. Really rewrote the film industry with sci-fi films.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/06/25

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Alexsander F

Georges Méliès is a genius of cinema, an avant-gardist, while the Lumière brothers filmed banalities, Méliès filmed dreams, what was playful, what was lyrical about our lives, simply fantastic and pioneering.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/25/25

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David Manuel R

Good in that time but now not is not interesting

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/23/25

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Georges Méliès

Director

Jeanne d'Alcy

Secretary

Georges Méliès

Prof. Barbenfouillis

Victor André

Astronomer

Bleuette Bernon

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Synopsis

Astronomers go on an expedition to the moon.

Director: Georges Méliès
Producer: Georges Méliès
Screenwriter: Georges Méliès
Production Co: Star Films
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 1902, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.4K
Runtime: 14m

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