On August 13, 1909, A Trip to Jupiter debuted in the United States. Here’s some art inspired by the silent sci-fi classic!
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#FakeMovieFacts: If you look closely in the background of A Trip to Jupiter, you can notice Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.
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Some astronomy trivia for tonight’s programming: Jupiter is the planet where boys go to get more stupider ...
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USA this… Soviets that… clearly the French and Spaniards perfected space travel long before we ever did
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Geez! Kubrick basically stole the entire premise of this film for 2001 ...
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Some celestial art for this Silent Flicker Sunday presentation of A Trip to Jupiter!
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“ … … HHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! …” Georges Melies, sitting down to watch A Trip to Jupiter
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Segundo de Chomón’s “A Trip to Jupiter” is one of his many films that’s often confused for being the work of Georges Méliès (and vice versa)
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Ah great! First, Kubrick forgot to put the face on the moon, now he forgot the face on Jupiter ... you'd think with all the help they got from NASA for this film, it would be a little more scientifically accurate ...
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