Last week we announced the release of Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon in its original 1902 colors (and featuring a soundtrack by AIR) and Lobster Films‘ new feature length documentary The Extraordinary Voyage in a limited 2-Disc BD/DVD G2 SteelBook Edition. Traveling in a bullet-shaped rocket fired into space by a giant cannon, these voyagers arrive to meet the moon’s inhabitants: the Selenites. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. Six scholars set off on an expedition to the moon. More info from the press release is below: In May 1902, Georges Méliès shot the film, A Trip to the Moon. Following a film exchange with the Filmoteca de Catalunya, Lobster Films received the damaged color print and began the tedious task of peeling off and unrolling the nitrate prints to be able to digitize them. Showing all 22 items. You will be redirected back to your article in, Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. However, the nitrate print had been severely damaged over time and was in such poor condition that attempting any restoration work seemed futile. The fully restored version, 109 years old, was considered lost until the restoration was undertaken by Lobster Films, Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema and the Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Copyright © 2020 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Follow six scholars—members of the Astronomers’ Club—as they set off on an expedition to the moon! They travel in a bullet-shaped rocket fired into space by a giant cannon. New to the film is an original soundtrack by French band AIR. Georges Méliès’ 1902 masterpiece, A Trip to the Moon will screen in hand-painted color at the Cannes Film Festival’s opening night. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The digitization of these elements was done by the Archives françaises du film (CNC-AFF) near Paris. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. The first blockbuster in the history of cinema was immediately pirated and plagiarized. Escaping the Selenties’ king, the scholars fall back to Earth in their rocket and are fished out of the ocean by a sailor. For this purpose, they have asked the French band, AIR, to compose an original soundtrack to accompany this silent film, which was at the time of its first release screened with a musician on stage playing “popular music,” as described the in the film reviews of the time. Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. Initially thought too fragile to restore, the film underwent one of the most complex and ambitious film restoration projects ever. The digital restoration of A Trip to the Moon took place at Technicolor’s laboratories in Los Angeles, California and was supervised by Tom Burton. After arriving on the moon safe and sound, they meet its inhabitants, the Selenites, escape their king and return to Earth. The color version was considered definitively lost, however a color print was finally found in 1993 in Barcelona, Spain, donated by a private film collector to the Filmoteca de Catalunya. It was considered as a long feature at the time – around 14 minutes – and was success worldwide. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. With today’s digital capabilities, fragments of 13,375 frames were reassembled one by one. The color version of the film, considered lost for nearly a century, was found in 1993 by the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Initially thought too fragile to restore, the film underwent one of the most complex and ambitious film restoration projects ever. It was released in black and white, and also in color, hand painted. This Article is related to: Uncategorized and tagged Cannes, Classics, Festivals, Genres. Its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Classics section, will mark the 150th anniversary of the filmmaker’s birth. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Six scholars set off on an expedition to the moon. A black and white original nitrate print belonging to the Méliès family and a positive print belonging to the Centre National du Cinéma (CNC) were used during the restoration. It’s a work of science fiction, inspired partly by stories by people like Jules Verne. Blu-ray + DVD edition. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. Pssst!!!! Once believed lost, a copy of the original, hand-colored version of Georges Méliès’ masterwork 'A Trip to the Moon' was miraculously found in Barcelona, Spain in 1993. In May 1902, Georges Méliès shot the film, A Trip to the Moon. Once believed lost, a copy of the original, hand-colored version of Georges Méliès’ masterwork 'A Trip to the Moon' was miraculously found in Barcelona, Spain in 1993. Applause and a triumphant parade for the six heroes concludes the first outer-space adventure in the history of cinema. Video availability outside of United States varies. It took two years to extract the images fragments. 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