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This true 3-D motion picture of the H.G. Wells' tale, over 2 years in production, is not to be confused with the traditional 2-D UK BBC version, announced as being in production in October of 1999, and announced as slated for a spring 2010 release.
Based on the famous H.G. Wells’ 1901 novel, The First Men In The Moon In 3-D (2010) tells the tale of two adventurers from 1895 who manage a dangerously reckless trip to the moon in a floating glass and metal sphere. In this imaginative Victorian-era story the moon is a place filled with weird creatures, wild adventures and a society of unearthly ant-men-like beings called Selenites. This film is manifestly closer to Wells’ story than any previous motion picture of this tale, derived at parts as direct screenplay transcripts of Wells’ dialogue The First Men In The Moon In 3-D developed and produced in an old-fashioned style of adventure films from days past, though the technology used in the film is current, including a version of the film in true anaglyphic 3-D. The film also employs a traditional orchestral score by composer Daniel Godsil who claims inspiration from the works of Bernard Herrmann’s scores for Alfred Hitchcock and Charles Schneer, and John Williams' work in Star Wars, and Aaron Copland.
The anaglyphic 3-D requires the usual red/blue glasses for the 3-D effect, but the film was mastered fully in left and right versions so as to be able to engage future 3-D technologies as well.
Points of interest:
- In the novel, adventurers travel in a glass and metal polyhedron, but all previous versions of the film and in virtually every book cover and illustration, the sphere is represented as a globe with segments, not a true polyhedron, probably because a true polyhedron is impossible to draw. A true polyhedron is used in the 3-D film.
- H.G. wells' The First Men In The Moon In 3-D was shot in three states in the US: New Jersey, New York and Vermont, utilizing genuine locations preserved in their original condition from the mid-1800's.
- Significant rehersal time with the actors was required to provide precise interaction between the CGI creatures and the live actors.
- The story touches comments on the structure of society and the inherent qualities of humankind, both noble and foolhardy.
- This 3-D version is in no way affiliated with the BBC 2-D production.