A Trip to the Moon / The Extraordinary Voyage - Review

[Yami]

A Trip to the Moon Blu-ray

WINNER! 2011 National Society of Film Critics - "Best Film Restoration" Award

Flicker Alley is pleased to bring the original hand-painted color version of Georges Méliès' masterpiece, A Trip to the Moon (1902), to home video 110 years after its first release.

Georges Méliès, one of the celebrated heroes of Martin Scorsese's new movie Hugo, was a master of cinematic invention and enchantment.

Packaged in a limited-edition, SteelBook case, A Trip to the Moon also features The Extraordinary Voyage, a fascinating documentary directed by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange about the life of Georges Méliès and the magic of film history and preservation.

[newginafets]

When is it?

[Yami]

I can't find a date so I've tweeted them to enquire. It looks like it actually might be available now.

[jbannow]

Nice! I'm definitely going to be buying this one.

[Donat96]

Definitely buying this one. Pretty cool that it's a SteelBook.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Yami

I can't find a date so I've tweeted them to enquire. It looks like it actually might be available now.

I doubt it, it is available to order, but they would have announced it a while back if it were to be available now. I did order one though, just in case...

[TwntyOneTwlv]

I will definitely buy one. Need some more information though!

[McCrutchy]

After my order, I got this e-mail:

Dear Flicker Alley Customer,

Thank you very much for your interest ordering the A TRIP TO THE MOON IN COLOR & THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE BD/DVD Combo Limited SteelBook edition.

Please note that this is a "pre-release" item order and that the item, although charged to your account now, will not ship until on or before the release date of Tuesday, March 27, 2012. If you do not wish your card to be charged now, please send a message to info@flickeralley.com and we will be happy to refund your order.

Orders will be shipped with free Media Mail shipping to any US address. All other shipping options for international shipments will remain the same.

Thank you very much for your business!

Sincerely,
The Flicker Alley Team

[arcadeforest]

I'm getting this as well, bonus that it will be a steelbook .

[Wally Q]

I'm really looking forward to this release. I remember being mesmerized as a kid seeing this and I'm really looking forward to seeing how they've restored it. This will go well with Hugo when both are out on Blu.

[P@t_Mtl]

It is only going to be available with them?

[bigshot]

I believe this restoration is on Serge Bromberg's fantastic Saved From the Flames DVD series. I would like to know what else is on it though. It would make for a mighty short bluray with just one short film on it.

[rezpekt]

Originally Posted by bigshot

I believe this restoration is on Serge Bromberg's fantastic Saved From the Flames DVD series. I would like to know what else is on it though. It would make for a mighty short bluray with just one short film on it.

Did you even read the first post?

[TwntyOneTwlv]

Alright, screw it. I put in an order. This is too good to pass up.

Edit: Here's the link for anyone who is interested: http://www.flickeralley.com/fat_trip_01.html

[Yami]

The image in the first post is actually hyperlinked it you never noticed

[TwntyOneTwlv]

Originally Posted by Yami

The image in the first post is actually hyperlinked it you never noticed

>_<

In my defense, that wasn't incredibly obvious.

But still. I feel dumb.

[bboisvert]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

It is only going to be available with them?

All of their other titles are available at other retailers (Amazon, etc.) The steelbook may be unique to the FA site, I'm not sure.

We've got time before it comes out, so I'm just going to wait and see. I suspect we'll have an Amazon preorder link in a few days.

[nateynate87]

Are we sure this is a blu ray though?

Flicker alley has only released 1 blu ray to date.

Edit: oops nevermind. I see in the email they sent it says combo

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by bboisvert

All of their other titles are available at other retailers (Amazon, etc.) The steelbook may be unique to the FA site, I'm not sure.

We've got time before it comes out, so I'm just going to wait and see. I suspect we'll have an Amazon preorder link in a few days.

Thanks! I am just not that interested in a steelbook, just the movies so I am hoping to have them from Amazon but I was scared this is like Twillight releases where it's limited and you can only get them from the website.

[Adrock]

I'm very excited for this release. My favorite musical duo, Air, is reported to have created a soundtrack for the film.

‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune’ (A Trip To The Moon) is a classic black & white silent film by revered French director Georges Méliès.
Released in 1902, this legendary 16-minute film is widely considered one of the most important works in film history, and the very first to use science fiction as its theme, incorporating special effects that were very state-of-the-art at the turn of the 19th century. It was loosely based on two popular novels of the time: Jules Verne's ‘From the Earth to the Moon’ and H. G. Wells ‘The First Men In The Moon’.
A hand-coloured print, the only one known to survive, was rediscovered in 1993 by the Filmoteca de Catalunya. It was in a state of almost total decomposition, and many years of painstaking, manual restoration took place until 2010, when digital technology finally came to the rescue. Following another year at the Technicolor Lab of Los Angeles, it was finally ready to share with the world. Eager to put a contemporary spin on this classic silent film, the producers decided to approach AIR’s Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel, to compose an original modern soundtrack, an enormous honour for French musicians, considering the film’s place in the canon of French cinema.
Spurred on by their work on this short movie, AIR decided to develop the project into a full album inspired by the film. Expanding the original musical themes beyond cinematic instrumentals, the album also features the vocal talents and lyrics of Au Revoir Simone and Victoria Legrand (Beach House). The band’s lunar fascinations have been evident since the beginning of their career with the release of the seminal 1998 classic Moon Safari. Now in 2012 Nicolas and JB have returned to explore the further regions of their very unique musical “space.”

Source: Air's website Aircheology