It's July 1969 and as the world waits with baited breath for news of the Apollo 11 astronauts a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford (Rory Kinnear) who tells an extraordinary story of two men's journey to the Moon way back in 1909. As a young man Bedford chances to meet Professor Cavor (Mark Gatiss) a somewhat unworldly scientist with an amazing invention: Cavorite - anything to which it is applied becomes opaque to the force of gravity. Knowing a miracle when he sees one and with a keen eye on profit Bedford encourages Cavor to think big. And so the two men... construct a copper and cast-iron sphere which will fly them to the Moon. But what terrors await them in the lunar interior? And will they ever succeed in returning to Earth? [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play One small step That had been taken before The year is 1909 Bankrupt businessman Julius Bedford is going nowhere - until he meets the eccentric scientist Professor Cavor Because Cavor has invented an extraordinary substance Anything it touches becomes lighter than air! Together the two men devise a wild scheme Why not go to the Moon? But the lifeless world isn&39;t quite as dead as it seems Soon Bedford and Cavor are pitched into a thrilling struggle deep beneath the Moon&39;s surface and an encounter with its terrifying alien masters - the Selenites! Adapted from the classic novel by HG Wells The First Men in the Moon is a delightful funny and scary adventure for all the family Actors Mark Gatiss Rory Kinnear Alex Riddell Peter Forbes Katherine Jakeways Lee Ingleby & Julia Deakin Certificate PG Year 2010 Languages English
Feature-length BBC sci-fi drama based on the novel by H.G Wells. In July 1969, as the world waits for news of the Apollo 11 astronauts, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford (Rory Kinnear) who tells the story of his own extraordinary journey to the Moon 60 years earlier.
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