Fly Me to the Moon

Fly Me to the Moon (2008)

First ever animated movie created for 3D

Three young houseflies stow away aboard the Apollo 11 flight to the moon.

Date of release
2008-08-15
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (200)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Family
Director
Ben Stassen

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $25M
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Fly Me to the Moon is a 2008 animated science fiction comedy film about three flies who stowaway aboard Apollo 11 and travel to the Moon. It was directed by Ben Stassen and written by Domonic Paris. The film was released in digital 3-D in Belgium on 30 January 2008, and in the US and Canada on 15 August. The film was also released in IMAX 3-D in the US and Canada on 8 August. The film serves as a fictionalized retelling of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission by incorporating a story of three young flies that stow away on the rocket to fulfill their dream of going up to the moon, while their families take on a group of Soviet flies who try to sabotage the mission.

Production

The total production budget of Fly Me to the Moon is €17.3 million (about $25.2 million). nWave financed about 75% of the budget itself. To raise the rest, investors could benefit from Belgium's Tax Shelter system. The Flanders Audiovisual Fund contributed €100,000 ($146,100), 10% of its annual budget for animation.

Apart from the feature-length version, two further versions of the films exist. The 49-minute Attraction version was released across theme parks starting in the summer of 2007. Venues showing this version, which features added 4-D effects, include Isla Magica in Spain, Mirabilandia in Italy, Bellewaerde in Belgium, Bakken and Planetariet in Denmark, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the UK, as well as the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and the Museum…

Fly Me to the Moon marked the final film role of actor Charles Rocket; it was released three years after his death in 2005. Charles Rocket played the voice of Mission Control for the scenes set in 1961.

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