Search - Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon on DVD

Content Advisory: Child Classic Movie Release: 1967 DVD Release: 03/24/2009 Format: DVD - Color Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Wham! USA Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Produced in the wake of the all-star "comedy spectacular" Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Fantastic Flying Fools (originally titled Blast-Off, and also released as Those Fantastic Flying Fools) is based very loosely on a Jules Verne novel. A 19th century British newspaper offers a prize to the first scientist who is able to construct and launch a rocket to the moon. Contestants from all over the world compete for the prize, including Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines cast members Terry-Thomas and Gert Frobe. Much of the slapstick is tiresome and derivative, but there is one cute closing gag involving villains Terry-Thomas and Lionel Jeffries and a Siberian chain gang. There's precious little of the spirit of Jules Verne in Fantastic Flying Fools, save for the woodcut illustrations which decorate the opening credits. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Burl Ives - Phineas T. Bamum
Troy Donahue - Gaylord Sullivan
Gert Fröbe - Prof. Von Bulow
Hermione Gingold - Angelica
Terry-Thomas - Capt. Sir Harry Washington-Smythe
Lionel Jeffries - Sir Charles Dillworthy