Peter Finch appears briefly as a messenger. He was reputedly only visiting the set when the original actor assigned to play the part failed to show up.
[Kate thinks a gun is a good thing to have along]
Joseph Cavor:
Madam, the chances of bagging an elephant on the Moon are remote.
Arnold Bedford:
Poor Cavor! He did have such a terrible cold.
Selenite:
It's... absolutely... imperial.
Anachronisms: Large 48-star US flag in the parade scene (presumably stock footage).
Factual errors: When the 19th century astronauts reach the Moon, the lighted side of the half Earth is angled slightly downward, which is impossible when the lunar surface is sunlit.
Continuity: The next time we see the Earth, it is in the opposite phase -- the other half is lit -- indicating a time two weeks later, but it's supposed to be a matter of hours.
Continuity: The next time we see the Earth after that, a lunar eclipse is beginning, indicating the passage of at least another week.
Factual errors: The lunar eclipse takes place far too fast, and the Earth should look much larger than the Sun, not about the same size.
Crew or equipment visible: When Bedford is stuck on the ceiling after sitting in a chair that has been treated with anti-gravity Cavorite, you can see a cable attached to the ceiling holding up the chair.
Revealing mistakes: When Cavor first starts jumping around after leaving the sphere, the line that is pulling him up is clearly visible.
Factual errors: When Cavor is momentarily stuck in the rocks on the moon's surface, he calls out SOS. The year is supposed to be 1899. However, a proposal for a distress signal was not proposed until 1903, and the SOS signal wasn't adopted until 1905 by the Germans and worldwide in 1908.
Version of
The First Men in the Moon (1919)
Referenced in
Titanic (1997)
Featured in
Fantastic Fantasy Fright-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)
- This film's theatrical trailer is featured.
The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998) (TV)