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Moon | Based On Novel Or Book
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Box Office Collection 1,650,000 USD
This is the only one of Ray Harryhausen's films to be shot in anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) due to the higher cost of anamorphic camera and projection lenses needed for his Dynamation Process.
In the book, the large monster which the Selenites hunt is called a Mooncalf. This is an old English term for idiot, since it was believed that being out under a full moon could cause madness (think also "lunatic"), but is also a clever pun on H.G. Wells' part, as the Selenites also hunt this beast like cattle, the young of which is called a calf.
The character of Katherine Callender does not appear in the original H.G. Wells book. Her being from Boston is possibly an allusion to the Jules Verne Moon stories, where the lunar exploration society was based in that city.
The Russian spoken by the astronauts at the film's beginning is in fact Czech.
William Rushton was originally supposed to play the bailiff's man in the film, but he was taken ill on the morning he was due to do his one brief scene. Peter Finch, who was working on an adjoining soundstage on The Pumpkin Eater (1964), replaced him at the last minute.
"The Grand Lunar: You say men cling to different tongues and beliefs. Is there no one ruler? Joseph Cavor: No. No, every century some despot tries, but up to now no one's succeeded. People like Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Napoleon... The Grand Lunar: Does this not lead to confusion? Joseph Cavor: Yes, it does. And worse. Starvation... hostility... even war. The Grand Lunar: Tell me of war. Joseph Cavor: Tell you of war? Oh my goodness... Well... it usually starts with a whacking great explosion."
"Joseph Cavor: Yet to fight in a war is considered an honor. Well, it's difficult to explain, but men who are killed in battle are heroes. That's odd, isn't it? The Grand Lunar: Men enjoy to make war? Joseph Cavor: No. No, they detest it! The Grand Lunar: Then if they make war, they are defective. Joseph Cavor: Well... well, we're not perfect. Well, mankind is still developing. We're not, we're not perfect. There are men of peace. The Grand Lunar: My concern is with the men of violence, the men who kill. Soon others will be coming from Earth. Our galleries will be strewn with dead. Joseph Cavor: There needn't *be* any others! There needn't *be* any others! I'm the only one who holds the secret of Cavorite. The Grand Lunar: Then you and your secret will remain here on the Moon. Arnold Bedford: [shouts] Cavor! [leaps from hiding] Arnold Bedford: Cavor, this is not an audience! You're on trial!"
