Destination Moon

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Destination Moon

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Destination Moon

Destination Moon

Destination Moon

film by Pichel [1950]

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George Pal
…as producer for Irving Pichel’s Destination Moon (1950), Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide (1951), and Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds (1953). The films all won Oscars for special effects, with Pal’s production company receiving the award for Destination Moon. Accepting a deal to produce and design films for…
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…as producer for Irving Pichel’s Destination Moon (1950), Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide (1951), and Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds (1953). The films all won Oscars for special effects, with Pal’s production company receiving the award for Destination Moon. Accepting a deal to produce and design films for…
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Irving Pichel
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Destination Moon (1950) was one of the first science-fiction movies, and though it was made on a small budget with a no-name cast, Pichel and producer George Pal turned it into a creditable adventure with Oscar-winning special effects.
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Destination Moon (1950) was one of the first science-fiction movies, and though it was made on a small budget with a no-name cast, Pichel and producer George Pal turned it into a creditable adventure with Oscar-winning special effects.
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