Le voyage dans la Lune, Méliès, 1902

Star Wars, only 76 years earlier. Then it was inconceivable that anyone would actually ever visit the moon. Thankfully Star Wars set in a galaxy far, far away, a long long time ago, so all the "scientific problems" are solved... it's a fantasy extravaganza like this one, nobody would have taken the Jules Verne's idea of launching people in a cannon to the Moon seriously, even in Verne's time. The sudden acceleration will kill any passengers in an instant. Only liquid fueled rockets got us there.

@Phranky yeah ! and talk about a shoddy story in this one - hello hg wells (not to mention the shoddy shoddy science)

@AfroHorseProductions i don't see why the thumbs down - this is a great triumph of the science that this film celebrates !

Im just saying how far we have advanced in technology.

@AfroHorseProductions yeah ! its great

Incredible experience, cinematographic wonder of a film. Fantastic effects, it does put movies such as Avatar (average at best) to shame.

Does anyone know the title and composer of the piano piece playing in the background?

Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a poster print of the film? If so where? I just found one on ebay from 1914 which was amazing. Sadly the $500,000 + asking price is a little out of my range.