The Extraordinary Voyage

Dec 8, 2011

1h 4m

★ 7.8

Overview

An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip to the Moon (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

France Télévisions

Lobster Films

Steamboat Films

The Extraordinary Voyage Trailers

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Cast

Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Serge Bromberg

Self - Filmmaker

Costa-Gavras

Self - Filmmaker

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Self - Filmmaker

Michel Gondry

Self - Filmmaker

Michel Hazanavicius

Self - AFF Member

Nicolas Ricordel

Self - Filmmaker

Eric Lange

Self - Filmmaker

Tom Burton

Self - Film Colorist

Marie Bromberg

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Georges Méliès

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Tom Hanks

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Thomas A. Edison

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