The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)

7.7/10 64 min Documentary History

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.

Cast

Serge Bromberg

Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Costa-Gavras

Self - Filmmaker

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Self - Filmmaker

Michel Gondry

Self - Filmmaker

Michel Hazanavicius

Self - Filmmaker

Georges Méliès

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Tom Hanks

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Thomas A. Edison

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Henri Langlois

Self - Film Archivist (archive footage)

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