Destination Moon

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Destination Moon is a pioneering 1950 American science fiction film that realistically depicts a manned mission to the Moon and helped establish the space exploration genre in cinema.

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Destination Moon canonical 9
Destination Moon (1950 film) 1

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instanceOf film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
academyAwardsYear 1951 ⓘ
artDirectionBy Ernst Fegté ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
basedOn Rocket Ship Galileo ⓘ
cinematographyBy Lionel Lindon ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts manned lunar mission ⓘ
rocket propulsion and spaceflight mechanics ⓘ
director Irving Pichel ⓘ
distributor Eagle-Lion Classics ⓘ
linked to: Orion Classics
filmingTechnique miniature effects ⓘ
wirework for zero gravity ⓘ
genre science fiction film ⓘ
space exploration film ⓘ
hasPosterArtBy Chesley Bonestell ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish the space exploration genre in cinema ⓘ
one of the first major American films to focus on realistic space travel ⓘ
influenced later space exploration films ⓘ
medium theatrical feature film ⓘ
musicBy Leigh Harline ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Color ⓘ
notableFor pioneering depiction of space travel in cinema ⓘ
realistic depiction of a manned mission to the Moon ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer George Pal ⓘ
productionCompany George Pal Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1950-06-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1950 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 92 ⓘ
screenwriter James O’Hanlon ⓘ
linked to: James O'Hanlon

Rip Van Ronkel ⓘ
Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ
setting Moon ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
specialEffectsBy Lee Zavitz ⓘ
stars Dick Wesson ⓘ
John Archer ⓘ
Tom Powers ⓘ
Warner Anderson ⓘ
theme Cold War competition in technology ⓘ
private enterprise in space exploration ⓘ
technological progress ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted near future of the early Cold War era ⓘ
visualStyleInfluencedBy space art of Chesley Bonestell ⓘ

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Irving Pichel → directed → Destination Moon ⓘ
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The Adventures of Tintin → hasAlbum → Destination Moon ⓘ
George Pal → notableWork → Destination Moon (1950 film) ⓘ
linked to: Destination Moon
Leith Stevens → notableWork → Destination Moon ⓘ
Leith Stevens → workedOn → Destination Moon ⓘ
John Archer → notableWork → Destination Moon ⓘ
Dick Wesson → notableWork → Destination Moon ⓘ