The First Men in the Moon (2010)
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.
Director:
Damon Thomas
Writer:
Mark Gatiss
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Rory Kinnear as Bedford |
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Mark Gatiss as Cavor |
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Alex Riddell as Jim |
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Reece Shearsmith as Moon |
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Lee Ingleby as Chessocks |
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Peter Forbes as Dad |
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Steve Pemberton as Sun |
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Philip Jackson as Voice of Grand Lunar |
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Julia Deakin as Mrs Fitt |
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Katherine Jakeways as Mum |
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Ian Hallard as Voice of Phi-Oo |
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Richard Rosson as Selenite (uncredited) |
| Directing | Damon Thomas | Director |
| Writing | Mark Gatiss | Screenplay |
| Writing | H. G. Wells | Novel |
| Editing | Liana Del Giudice | Editor |
| Camera | Graham Frake | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Michael Price | Original Music Composer |