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Jules Vernes Rocket To The Moon
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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A brand new restoration of JULES VERNE'S ROCKET TO THE MOON based on an originaI work by the great pre-science-fiction author Jules Verne, is a British comedy directed by Don Sharp (Rasputin: The Mad Monk) starring Oscar® winner Burl lves (Cat On A Hit Tin Roof, The Big Country), Troy Donahue (A Summer Place) and Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger).
Contestants from aII over the worId compete in a competition to be the first scientist to construct and Iaunch a rocket to the moon. Phineas T. Barnum, the great American showman, comes to EngIand to escape his creditors. Always on the Iookout for an opportunity to make money, he enters the competition in an ambitious attempt to launch a rocket to the moon with the aid of a powerfuI, new explosive. Money troubIes, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it even starts.
Extras:
- New: lnterview with journalist and fiIm historian Matthew Sweet
- New: Interview with journalist and film critic Kim Newman
- On the set of Rocket to the Moon - SiIent footage from British Pathé |
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