The Trip to the Moon, the first ever sci-fi movie, produced in 1902 France by Georges Melies, based on a Jules Verne story. The end of the movie is animated, and is thus thought to be the first animated movie ever. Last but not least, it may just have been the first pirated movie ever. Georges Melies wanted to show it in the USA and make some well deserved money off it, but Thomas Edison's film technicians secretly made copies of it and exhibited it themselves, with Edison pocketing all the money and Melies going bankrupt!!!
As all movies of the time, it had no soundtrack. Instead, it came with a script read live by a narrator inside the movie theater, typically accompanied by a piano player and quite possibly with a violin or two (just as in this version).
Jul
09
09
Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)
Rating: 118
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Mar
13
13
070309-12a The Longest Video Ever - Takes 1902 Years to Watch
Rating: 1292
