The First Men in the Moon
by H. G. Wellsliterary work· published 1901
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When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.
Adaptations (3)
The First Men in the Moon has been adapted 3 times, across film and television film, from 1919 to 2010.
The First Men in the Moon1919 · film · 50 min · dir. Bruce Gordon, J.L.V. Leigh · IMDb ↗IMDb6.7The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.
First Men in the Moon1964 · film · 103 min · dir. Nathan Juran · IMDb ↗IMDb6.557%The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.
The First Men in the Moon2010 · television film · 88 min · dir. Damon Thomas · IMDb ↗IMDb6.1Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.
