A Trip to the Moon



A Trip to the Moon is a 1902 French film directed by Georges Méliès. Based on stories by Jules Verne, the film depicts a team of astronomers who propel themselves to The Moon on a capsule fired from a cannon.

Connections

 * Tom Hanks played Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon assistant Jean-Luc Despont in the TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon episode "Le voyage dans la lune"
 * Ben Kingsley played Georges Méliès in Hugo for sequences referencing A Trip to the Moon