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Project Moonbase

Play trailer Poster for Project Moonbase Released Sep 4, 1953 1h 12m Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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Science-fiction author Robert A. Heinlein co-scripted this story about a lunar expedition threatened by a saboteur.

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Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com Whose idea was it to give out Peter Pan hats and short-shorts to Earth's first guy/girl astro-squad? Rated: 1.5/5 Jun 17, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael T The road of life is short. And this film lies in the path, sitting there, steam rising and flies buzzing around it. Your good sense should tell you avoid coming too near. The screenwriter is a renown Sci Fi author. In fact he was one of the greats. I can only speculate he desperatly needed the money or the final result was nothing like what he wrote. If you simply MUST watch this bomb, I recommend finding the MST3K rendition. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/18/25 Full Review Thomas K Only 3 words necessary: pure unadulterated garbage. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/22/24 Full Review Audience Member A spy thriller and a sci-fi adventure all wrapped into one brief-yet-ridiculous mini-movie. Also based on a Heinlein story, Project Moonbase deals with a guy-girl "space force" team who find their moon mission interrupted by the arrival of a very stupid Russian spy. Much of the 63-minute flick consists of silly sets, insipid dialogue, casual sexism, and (especially towards the end) outright lunacy. And those outfits! Whose idea was it to give out Peter Pan hats and short-shorts to Earth's first guy/girl astro-squad? Still: simply and consistently silly, but not all that weird. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the most boring films I've seen in my entire life but at least they tried? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review anthony w Two people are stranded on the moon and the public is worried about whether or not they are married? Definitely a product of its time. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member As with a lot of these older sci-fi flicks, the rating on this one refers to the MST3K presentation, which makes a character whose name is pronounced Bright Eyes (Briteis? Really?) somewhat tolerable by slinging barbs at the screen until it's all over. Rent the MST3K version. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Science-fiction author Robert A. Heinlein co-scripted this story about a lunar expedition threatened by a saboteur.
Director
Richard Talmadge
Producer
Jack Seaman
Screenwriter
Robert A. Heinlein, Jack Seaman
Production Co
Galaxy Pictures Inc.
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 4, 1953, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2020
Runtime
1h 12m