A Trip to the Moon (Chronicle)
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"A Trip to the Moon" is a 1964 television science fiction comedy film, produced as an episode of the CBS series Chronicle. The script was written by Jonathan Miller and Robert Goldman, based on Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon. All characters are portrayed by Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Miller, and Dudley Moore, who had first worked together in the revue Beyond the Fringe.
"A Trip to the Moon" | |
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Chronicle episode | |
Teleplay by | |
Based on | From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne |
Narrated by | Charles Collingwood |
Produced by | Robert Goldman |
Featured music | Robert Prince |
Original air date | February 12, 1964 (1964-02-12) |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Guest appearances | |
The hour-long show adapts the plot of Verne's novel to comment satirically on the Moon race then underway between the United States and the Soviet Union, juxtaposing Victorian ideas and aesthetics with contemporary themes of space travel. It received mixed reviews, and Miller later dismissed it as a failure.