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First Men in the Moon

1964 · 103 min · Director: Nathan Juran ★ IMDb 6.5 · 7,441 ratings

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The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

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First Men in the Moon (1964) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 30%, Excitement 25%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe30%
  2. Humor10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Excitement, Curiosity. Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Excitement and Curiosity. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Awe

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Awe

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Curiosity
Tension
Awe
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 43 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionAwe
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity48 %47 %18 %25 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity55 %57 %14 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity53 %54 %10 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor50 %45 %13 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity53 %46 %15 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor53 %45 %20 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor51 %38 %29 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Humor51 %28 %36 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Humor59 %28 %45 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Humor66 %36 %44 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Awe66 %45 %38 %54 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Curiosity65 %50 %48 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Tension69 %41 %64 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension71 %39 %61 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Curiosity68 %51 %49 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Tension65 %48 %54 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Tension64 %40 %60 %15 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Curiosity65 %46 %59 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Tension70 %43 %55 %19 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Sadness72 %33 %43 %10 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

GH
Gladys Henson

HM
Hugh McDermott

HM
Hugh McDermott

Richard Challis

BM
Betty McDowall

EC
Erik Chitty

EC
Erik Chitty

Gibbs (uncredited)

DI
Douglas Ives

PF
Peter Finch

Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

MM
Marne Maitland

Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)

LH
Laurence Herder

Glushkov, UN Space Agency

PC
Paul Carpenter

Reporter from the 'Express' (uncredited)

JF
John Forbes-Robertson

First Reporter (uncredited)

KW
Kenneth Watson

Second Reporter (uncredited)

SK
Sean Kelly

Col. Rice, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

GR
Gordon Robinson

Sgt Andrew Martin, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

JM
John Murray Scott

Cosmonaut Nevsky, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

BW
Brook Williams

British Astronaut, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Nathan Juran
Written by
Nigel Kneale, Jan Read
Type
Movies
Released
1964
Runtime
103 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 7,441 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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