the inspector general is a 1949 technicolor musical comedy film .

it stars danny kaye and was directed by henry koster .

the film also stars walter slezak , gene lockhart , barbara bates , elsa lanchester , alan hale sr. and rhys williams .

original music by sylvia fine and johnny green .

the inspector general ( film )

chapter 12a , section 3 , of the massachusetts general laws creates an inspector general council .
clip of
yakov ' s elixir
from the film
the inspector general
. video . urltoken
ivan alexandrovich khlestakov , the ' inspector general ' ( as i . gorbachev )
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clip of
yakov ' s elixir
from the film
the inspector general
. [ video ] retrieved from the library of congress , urltoken
clip of
yakov ' s elixir
from the film
the inspector general
. video . retrieved from the library of congress , < urltoken > .
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' s play ,
the inspector general
opened in st . petersburg , russia . in april 1836 .
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with the headline : danny kaye inaugurates new year in ' inspector general , ' a laugh - provoker at strand .
the character mistaken for the inspector general is not a perpetural st ; udent , but rather an illiterate vagabond from a medicine show .
georgi ( danny kaye ) an illiterate member of a gypsy medicine show , is mistaken for the feared and cruel inspector general .
jenni , i remember wishbone and a friend of mine was one of the writers – makes me wonder if he wrote the inspector general episode .
nikolay gogol ' s play ,
the inspector general
opened in st . petersburg , russia . in april 1836 . see more »
innocently is mistaken for the august inspector general , traveling most cleverly incognito . the quicker - witted medicine - show proprietor grasps the true situation and pretends to be the inspector ' s servant , magnanimously accepting the very pleasant treatment accorded to
inspector and servant
, and sensing the bribery income which he can elicit .
there is a strong storyline here where everyone in town i a crook and afraid of napoleon ' s inspector general finding this out .
chapter 12a , section 3 , provides that the inspector general shall meet with the inspector general council at least quarterly , and may consult or request the assistance of members of the council with respect to the duties and responsibilities of the office . each appointed member serves a three - year term and may be appointed for additional terms .
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white christmas .
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sylvia fine’s career in the film industry hit its stride in 1949 when she wrote a majority of the songs for warner brothers’ film the inspector general ( 1949 ) starring danny kaye . prior to this , she had written or reworked songs for kaye’s samuel goldwyn pictures , but never to this extent . for the inspector general , she was able to employ two different styles of songs : ballads ( “happy times” ) and theatrical numbers ( “soliloquy for three heads” and “medicine show number” ) .
sylvia fine . “happy times , ” from the inspector general , 1949 . holograph manuscript . music division , library of congress ( 038 . 00 . 00 )
an inspector calls by j b priestley centres on inspector goole’s interrogation of the birling family , following the death of a young girl called eva smith . are they to blame ?
australian taxpayers could be given a bill of rights , with inspector - general of taxation ali noroozi identifying it as one of the key issues being consistently raised with his office .
the commentary sounds very , very interesting . other than that , the inspector general is a title i’ve seen in more bargain - basement vhs and dvd sales than any other single title !
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yakov ' s elixir
from the film
the inspector general
] notes - clip features danny kaye performing the sylvia fine song
yakov ' s elixir .
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an adaptation of a play by nikolay gogol . a carnival medicine man arrives at an eastern european village and is mistaken for the feared inspector general . originally released as a theatrical production . public domain film . registered dcmp members can also access this title for free at the following url : urltoken
videorecording | 16mm color film | this footage shows people , wildlife , and architecture from various locales in africa and asia . the first portion of the film appears to be shot at a . . .
“a current theme that is gaining momentum in a number of jurisdictions is a bill of rights for taxpayers ,
noroozi says in the report , marking 10 years of the office of the inspector - general of taxation .
a case has been filed for
arson , rioting and unlawful assembly
, police inspector general vishwas nangare patil in kolhapur , maharashtra state , where the filming was moved to after the first attack , told afp .
a criative screenplay and terrific direction , just like the acting , the general is a great motion picture . fresh .
sorry to all those dozens of danny kaye fans the world over , but the inspector general just isn ' t funny . if you want funny , go watch the court jester ; that at least has a couple of funny scenes . even the secret lives of walter mitty was funnier than this . this film puts the decay in d . kaye .
the inspector - general’s office’s investigation into representative cepeda for “procedural fraud” also appears to be unfounded . human rights watch is unaware of a single compelling piece of evidence indicating that representative cepeda provided the attorney general’s office with “fraudulent” testimony in order to “induce them into making an error , ” as the crime of procedural fraud requires .
the inspector - general says the shift in the relationship between his office and the ato “more clearly recognises that my office is able to engage with external stakeholders and the ato in an unbiased , candid and evidentiary - based dialogue to identify improvement opportunities
.
( 4th street theatre ) . tv :
the good wife
,
supernatural investigator
. film :
synopsis : an illiterate peasant ( danny kaye ) working for a traveling medicine show man ( walter slezak ) is mistaken as the feared inspector general by a corrupt mayor ( gene lockhart ) and his fellow town officials .
knock on wood film score . paramount pictures corporation . [ notated music ] retrieved from the library of congress , urltoken
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in the play , the unsuspecting birling family are visited by the mysterious inspector goole . he arrives just as they are celebrating the engagement of sheila birling to gerald croft . the inspector reveals that a girl called eva smith , has taken her own life by drinking disinfectant . the family are horrified but initially confused as to why the inspector has called to see them . what follows is a tense and uncomfortable investigation by an all - knowing inspector through which the family discover that they are all in fact caught up in this poor girl ' s death .
in september 2015 , the vice reporter jason leopold published a story based on the cia’s own inspector general report , titled “potential ethics violations involving film producers , ” which revealed even more embarrassing details about the cia’s cozy relationship with boal and bigelow . as it turned out , the filmmakers had wined and dined agency officials in hollywood and at a hotel near cia headquarters , routinely racking up thousand - dollar restaurant bills . at one point , the inspector general report stated a female cia officer mentioned liking the fashion designer prada . boal responded by saying “he knew the designer personally and offered her tickets to a prada fashion show . ”
knock on wood film score . paramount pictures corporation . notated music . retrieved from the library of congress , < urltoken > .
lindsay tanner , labor’s finance spokesman at the time , had – as part of a “wasted spending
review in 2007 before the election of kevin rudd – publicly declared an intention to sack the inspector - general of taxation , david vos , who had been highly critical of the ato .
to introduce the transformed
inspector and servant
, the film opens earlier than the play , with scenes before georgi and yakov arrive at the town . at the end , the film likewise is extended beyond the play ' s end , wrapping up the enhanced plot and characters . gogol ended the play abruptly with a surprise , which he apparently expected to have a stunning effect on audiences . maybe so for the first audiences in 1836 , but the play ' s fame ensures that not for generations has this surprised anyone but the characters , and even if the filmgoer hasn ' t heard of the story he ' s likely to guess the surprise . all this is to the good in the film .
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knock on wood
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khlestakov is a young flamboyant crook , who is broke . he finds himself in a small russian town , where local authorities are waiting for an undercover inspector from the capital st . petersburg . khlestakov is mistaken for an undercover inspector , and uses the situation for taking bribes from the local governor and flirting with both his wife and daughter . khlestakov abuses the corruption and hypocrisy of the local authorities until , at the end , the real inspector shows up . . .
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it is rare in hollywood to improve upon the writing or plot of an existing story - text as the film - makers convert it to a movie . indeed , writing seems to be the most deprecated of arts in hollywood , such that dismayed film - viewers often wonder if the movie folks even
tv : “good fight” , “mysteries of laura” , “daredevil” , “madam secretary” , “blue bloods” , “person of interest” . film :
inexact title . see the list below . we don ' t have an article named film / theinspectorgeneral , exactly . we do have :
at the time of the invasion of normandy , an american soldier is asked to impersonate a british general in order to confuse the nazi spies and assassins in london .
for the screenwriters and director to start with a famous story and adapt it so cleverly that their film is startlingly better than the original . happily , in
the hinted - at romantic potential in gogol ' s play is elevated in the film to a full romance , with barbara bates as the mayor ' s daughter leza .
somewhere in france , patent medicine salesman walter slezak turns away his inept , and soft - hearted , assistant danny kaye . kaye , hungry and thirsty , wanders into a small village where he hopes to beg some food . the corrupt town counselors of the village , who have been warned of a surprise visit from the inspector general , mistakenly take kaye for the inspector general in disguise . they are soon wining and dining him and trying to find a way to get rid of him . meantime , kaye learns from serving girl barbara bates about the corrupt practices of the counsel and determines to thwart them .
in gogol ' s original , the fake inspector capitalizes on the villagers ' error by living it up and seducing local maidens ; in the film , however , kaye remains pure of heart and really just wants to worm his way out of the situation . walter slezak shines in support as georgi ' s treacherous old boss yakov ( purveyor of a fake remedy called
yakov ' s golden elixir
) , who tries to blackmail the local officials before the real inspector general arrives on the scene . adding to the fun are barbara bates as kaye ' s true love , gene lockhart as the town mayor and elsa lanchester as the mayor ' s wife , who falls in love with georgi .
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the court jester
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the film has little of the visual dazzle often associated with boorman ' s movies , but the somber , black - and - white cinematography helps even out the often larger - than - life tone .
the protesters are apparently unhappy at speculation that the film will feature romance between rajput queen padmavati , also known as rani padmini , and the 13th and 14th century muslim ruler alauddin khilji .
rajput karni sena accuse the film´s makers of distorting historical facts , but historians say the queen is a mythical character and there is no clear evidence that she ever existed .
cast : danny kaye ( georgi ) , walter slezak ( yakov goury ) , barbara bates ( leza ) , elsa lanchester ( maria ) , gene lockhart ( the mayor ) , alan hale ( kovatch ) , walter catlett ( col . castine ) , rhys williams ( inspector general ) .
regional credits include yale repertory theatre , berkshire theatre group , goodspeed musicals , george street playhouse , mccarter theater . selected film / tv :
a spokesperson for bhansali´s production company denied that there is any truth to the plot rumours , while supporters of the film say the speculation is being fuelled by opportunistic fringe groups who cannot have read the script .
besides the 1954 film with alastair sim and a clutch of periodic revivals on tv , an inspector calls has also been a soviet - era russian mini - series ( inspektor gull , 1979 ) , a madcap cinematic comedy set among the nouveau riche of hong kong ( released in february ) and , as of last year , has taken its place on the gcse syllabus . now it returns to the bbc in a new adaptation directed by aisling walsh , with david thewlis as the mysterious inspector goole who turns the lives of the birling family upside down .
the general is a welcome return to basics for britain ' s most adventurous and visionary director , who has always stayed faithful to his love of cinema .
fair warning : this is a horrible print that instead of
glorious technicolor
looks like really bad colorizing . this definitely affected my enjoyment of the film .
bollywood stars came out in support of director sanjay leela bhansali after a group of up to 30 assailants on wednesday torched props at the film set near mumbai .
maura healey was sworn as attorney general on january 21 , 2015 . the attorney general’s office is an advocate and resource for the commonwealth in many areas , including the fight against fraud and corruption , the protection of civil rights and the promotion of economic recovery . prior to her election , maura healey helped lead the attorney general’s office as head of the civil rights division and as chief of the public protection and business & labor bureaus . attorney general healey was at the forefront of the state’s successful challenge to the defense of marriage act , which she argued and won twice in federal court before the supreme court finally struck it down . early in her career , healey clerked for a federal judge and served as a litigator at the international law firm wilmerhale ( formerly hale & dorr ) and as a special assistant district attorney in middlesex county . attorney general healey graduated from harvard college in 1992 and earned her law degree from northeastern university law school .
before he was mad eye moody , before he took colin farrell to the woodshed
in bruges ,
before
the guard ,
the great irish actor brendan gleeson was the infamous irish crook known as
the general .
an illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge . the town ' s corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise . fearing he will discover they ' ve been pocketing tax money , they make several bungled attempts to kill him .
mumbai : indian protesters burned costumes and vandalised the set of bollywood movie
padmavati
this week over tabloid rumours the film will romantically link a legendary hindu queen with a muslim ruler .
an illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge . the town ' s corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise . fearing he will discover they ' ve been pocketing tax money , they make several bungled attempts to kill him . - imdb description
i’ve enjoyed the kaye film where he has to remember “the vessel with the pessle” and “the flagon with the dragon” , and tslowaltermitty , so i am curious to see this new to me movie . fyi , pbs used to air a show called “wishbone” starring a jack russell terrior , acting out famous stories from literature , and one of our family’s favorites was when the show presented the inspector general . they also presented a great frankenstein , the dog playing dr . f . i know the show’s premise sounds whacky , but it was a great program , my kids still remember the literature portrayed , and betty buckley ( broadway star , 8 is enough ) was the executive producer .
but now a report by the new york police department’s inspector general’s office has undermined the premise of the city’s famed crime - fighting philosophy , widely embraced throughout the country . the report found that over an eight - year period , low - level enforcement had had no bearing on felony crimes . media reported as if the agency’s findings were a bombshell , despite the fact that they mirrored years of academic research that long ago had said the broken windows theory didn’t work .
an illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge . the town ' s corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise . fearing he will discover they ' ve been pocketing tax money , they make several bungled attempts to kill him . written by daniel bubbeo
musical score and parts | 15p . , 30 . 5cm x 23cm | from the paramount pictures :
the five pennies
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the film treatment leaves the above plot basically intact , keeping the fearful reactions and petty bustlings of the mayor and his counsellors . but with a stroke of genius , gogol ' s clerk and servant are transformed and reversed : the government - clerk ' s role becomes in the film a medicine - show juggler and apprentice jack - of - all - trades ; while the servant ' s role is given to the juggler ' s boss , the proprietor of the gypsy wagon and its business . when the apparent imperial warrant is discovered in the possession of the good - natured apprentice ,
the general is a refined , traditional movie about a character who is never more traditional than when he imagines himself outside the law . it ' s a great paradox , but it barely comes alive on the screen .
in a country where impunity is the rule for human rights violations , it is crucial that all sectors of society—ranging from ngos to public officials—collaborate with the justice system to improve accountability for these crimes . rather than punishing those who have fulfilled their legal and civil duty , the inspector - general’s office should direct its efforts at sanctioning public servants who fail to report or assist in the investigation of alleged human rights violations .
bollywood director karan johar , whose own film was the subject of violent protests last year by hindu nationalist groups for featuring a pakistani actor , told reporters the attacks on
padmavati
were
deeply saddening
.
georgi is an illiterate stooge in a travelling medicine show who has to flee when he unwittingly reveals that their outfit is a fraud . he wanders into the small town of brodny , where he is arrested for vagrancy . the town ' s corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general , whom they believe is travelling in disguise . fearing he will discover that they have been pilfering the public purse , they make several bungled attempts on his life . director : henry koster cast : danny kaye as georgi , walter slezak as yakov , elsa lanchester as maria classic comedy subscribe for more quality public domain film
according to a report by the defense department’s inspector general , the then - cia director leon panetta seemed to have stardust in his eyes over the prospect of a hollywood version of the search for bin laden . the cia chief hoped that al pacino would play him in the movie . ( the role went instead to the sopranos star james gandolfini . ) panetta allowed boal to attend a june 2011 meeting at langley that was closed to the press and attended by all the major players in the operation . the cia chief also gave boal names of people whose role in the mission was still secret , and shared other classified information with the filmmakers .
. the story , set in an eastern european village during the 19th century , has kaye as georgi , an illiterate medicine - show huckster who is mistaken for the emperor ' s
inspector general .
because this officer is charged with exposing corruption and has powers to punish and reform , half the villagers grovel over georgi while the others panic at the thought of what his
inspection
may reveal . schemers who have been pocketing tax money attempt to assassinate him .
the 1959 film the five pennies , co - produced by paramount pictures and dena productions , was a semibiographical movie about the jazz trumpet player red nichols . danny kaye starred as nichols . as in many previous films for kaye , sylvia fine wrote several musical numbers : “follow the leader , ” “goodnight sleep tight , ” “lullaby in ragtime , ” and “the five pennies . ” the most famous number from the film was an adaptation fine wrote of “when the saints go marching in” that danny kaye and louis armstrong performed .
a delightful comedy that really understands the importance of tension - especially comedic tension . the last musical number is terribly overlong , but it ' s a really enjoyable film with a great cast and a very fun premise .
instrumental parts | 27p . , 33cm x 24cm | from the danny kaye tour library . used for stage shows from 1960 - 1987 . ( general ) . instrumental parts ( form ) .
this reads equally well as apocalyptic socialism , pacifist prophecy or imitation of christ , and it is the cryptic motor that has powered an inspector calls through 70 years of changing culture . long may it run .
suzanne bump is the 25th auditor of the commonwealth , one of six constitutional officers in massachusetts . the office of the state auditor conducts financial , performance and technical assessments of programs , departments , agencies , authorities , contracts and vendors in the commonwealth . prior to her election in 2010 , auditor bump led the state’s executive office of labor and workforce development as the secretary of labor . she also represented the 5th norfolk district in the house of representatives for eight years . in addition to serving as chair of the inspector general council , auditor bump chairs the municipal finance oversight board and serves on the boards of the public employee retirement administration commission and the massachusetts teachers’ retirement system .
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all these enhancements are deftly woven into gogol ' s original fabric , enriching it in action , wit , character , color , and substance . of course
a visit from an inspector / boss / general !
stirs and unsettles its victims in our time and place not unlike it did in tsarist russia , and probably not unlike pharaoh ' s egypt , too .
khlestakov is a young flamboyant crook , who is broke . he finds himself in a small russian town , where local authorities are waiting for an undercover inspector from the capital st . . . . see full summary »
third , representative cepeda was legally obligated to submit the ex - paramilitaries’ statements to the attorney general’s office . article 67 of the criminal procedural code provides that public servants who become aware of the commission of a crime are obligated to “immediately report the event to the competent authority . ” representative cepeda would have been in breach of this legal obligation had he failed to provide prosecutors with the ex - paramilitaries’ statements , which allege multiple serious crimes , including the formation of paramilitary groups and killings . indeed , by failing to report the statements , he could have come under investigation by the inspector - general’s office , which according to article 278 of the constitution , should remove from office public servants who act with “manifest negligence” in “denouncing criminal acts that they become aware of as a result of exercising their posts . ”
langley’s investment in ben affleck , and vice versa , paid handsome dividends with the hugely popular , if factually challenged , 2012 film argo , directed by affleck , who also starred as the cia makeup artist tony mendez . based on a 2007 wired article by joshuah bearman , argo told the [ sort of ] true story of how the cia rescued several american hostages in tehran , with the help of mendez , who set up a fake hollywood production company and was pretending to shoot a science - fiction fantasy film in iran . according to richard klein , a consultant who helps connect hollywood studios with the cia and other government agencies , argo was the first movie to get permission to film inside langley headquarters in fifteen years .
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comedian danny kaye describes the work of the united nations international children ' s emergency fund . shows children of india , japan , korea , burma , and thailand . . .
india´s hindi film industry churns out hundreds of movies every year but filmmakers often face intimidation from fringe groups , as well as an over - zealous censor board , which fuels fears over creative freedom in the country .
( rsc ) tv includes : “fraiser” , “the blacklist” , “flesh and bone” ( recurring ) , “blue bloods” , “law & order” , “l & o criminal intent” , “hope & faith” , “sister sister” . film :
with danny kaye as the incognito inspector general , such a reworking of gogol ' s plot probably is the only way to showcase him : for danny kaye is such a one - man - band of manic comedy — talk and song and dance — that it is difficult to imagine him in a scene , let alone a movie , and not be its star turn . he is perfect for the dual role as innocent gypsy and pretend - official , and propels the action .
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a thief , pursued by an old friend from the neighborhood , evades the cops and the ira . brendan gleeson is fantastic as the eponymous character ; he ' s both awkward and wily , not looking the part of the thief but pulling it off believably . the rest of the supporting cast supports gleeson admirably , but even jon voight doesn ' t deliver a stand - out performance . the story is fairly basic - - a crime drama in which the criminal cleverly eludes his pursuers - - and i can ' t say that by the end of the film i cared about the characters . the film is so evenly presented that i wondered what it was saying . what is unique about this criminal that we haven ' t seen before besides his physique ( compare gleeson to george clooney ' s danny ocean ) ? overall , there ' s not a lot to feel strongly about in this film except gleeson ' s superb performance .
of course i have to chime in here — kaye is my long - time favorite comedian . check out my stash of kaye memorabilia in my closet and you’ll understand ! i think “the inspector general” is a great movie , as rhs says because of a top - notch supporting cast , lush production values , classic comedy routines and a liberal dose of romance . kaye’s great in the movie , with a really good acting job and quite charming and vulnerable .
you can read eric schlosser’s guide to the long - secret documents that help explain the risks america took with its nuclear arsenal , and watch and read his deconstruction of clips from “dr . strangelove” and from a little - seen film about permissive action links .
musical score and parts | 22p . , 33cm x 24 . 25cm | from the danny kaye tour library . used for stage shows from 1960 - 1987 . ( general ) . musical score and parts ( form ) .
not kaye ' s best effort by any stretch , but a colorful setting and enthusiastic supporting cast make it worthwhile . there ' s some decent fun to be had from the increasing desperation of the corrupt town officials who dress up the film ' s routine mistaken - identity plot .
musical score and parts | 18p . , 30 . 5cm x 23cm | dated : oct . 1 , 1958 ( date ) . from the paramount pictures :
the five pennies
( general ) . musical score and parts ( form ) .
a foia request about the film filed by judicial watch , a conservative watchdog group , turned up a series of emails between the filmmakers and langley that further demonstrated how eager the cia was to support the project . on june 7 , 2011 , cia spokesperson marie e . harf argued that both the agency and pentagon should back the boal / bigelow film over competing projects . “i know we don’t pick favorites but it makes sense to get behind a winning horse , ” she wrote . “mark and kathryn’s movie is going to be the first and the biggest . it’s got the most money behind it , and two oscar winners on board . ”
if the conceit of an inspector calls is familiar , though , the execution is more unusual . priestley began writing plays in the early thirties , after a successful career as a novelist and essayist : his book the good companions ( 1929 ) won the james tait black memorial prize , became a bestseller , and largely freed priestley from financial worries thereafter .
the law frequently refers to market value , but does not define market value in any general provision . there’s also an “arm’s length
value for transfer pricing , thin capitalisation and consolidation – all areas that have caused major disputes between companies and the ato .
sylvia fine , kaye ' s wife from 1940 , served as co - producer and contributed original music to the film , including the kaye numbers
happy times
and
the gypsy drinking song .
johnny mercer co - wrote the latter song , and johnny green won a golden globe for his musical score .
“this is absolute madness , ambassador , ” president merkin muffley says in the film , after being told about the soviets’ automated retaliatory system . “why should you build such a thing ? ” fifty years later , that question remains unanswered , and “strangelove” seems all the more brilliant , bleak , and terrifyingly on the mark .
this film is good entertainment in a civilized society . consider the time it was made - some 60 years ago . at the time the baby boomers were being born and there was demand for everything . happy times . today , this film could not and would not be made . firstly , there is no actor , who could do the tricks done by danny kaye . secondly , the society has become non - functional - just consider hurricane kathrina , transfer of production to china , high foreign debt , tv ads of pharmaceutical or insurance companies etc . if i am not mistaken , too many of us are involved in activities we dislike . but on the other hand , so many of us want to live in a civilized society that the change will come . and this film will again be appreciated as what it is - good entertainment .
it is our understanding that chief inspector painito bera ng’ang’ai and constable james ngaparini , who were attached to nairobi area cid , were arrested in connection with the january 2014 abduction of mr sulub ahmed and mr ali hussein . it is also our understanding that shortly thereafter they were released without charge and their whereabouts are now unknown . what investigations were undertaken into the abduction of mr . sulub ahmed and mr ali hussein ? what investigations were taken into the role of chief inspector painito bera ng’ang’ai and constable james ngaparini in their abduction ? what happened to the two arrested officers ?
in the end , the cia’s energetic cooperation with boal and bigelow paid off enormously , with zero dark thirty serving as the most effective piece of propaganda for the agency’s torture program since 24 . the film made the case that bin laden’s capture would not have been possible without information that was extracted under torture . the filmmakers might have taken great pains to portray the smallest details of bin laden’s compound accurately . but on this fundamental issue , they blatantly violated the truth .
videorecording | 16mm color film | this home movie shows danny kaye teeing off and taking instruction from another golfer . there are also shots of bob hope golfing . ( print viewed ) . 4 : 3 videorecording . . .
i have always enjoyed watching “the inspector general” . my mom and i used to watch it on pax channel ( now ion television ) for the midday movie . it was so funny ! we would laugh and laugh . i have also seen “the court jester” . it is very silly , i love it ! my sister and i grew up watching “wishbone” . it really did help my love of literature . i have read a great many books and not all of them for school . movies can give us such happiness , especially when the actors are so talented . thanks for the article .
the most unlikely and absurd plot element in “strangelove” is the existence of a soviet “doomsday machine . ” the device would trigger itself , automatically , if the soviet union were attacked with nuclear weapons . it was meant to be the ultimate deterrent , a threat to destroy the world in order to prevent an american nuclear strike . but the failure of the soviets to tell the united states about the contraption defeats its purpose and , at the end of the film , inadvertently causes a nuclear armageddon . “the whole point of the doomsday machine is lost , ” dr . strangelove , the president’s science adviser , explains to the soviet ambassador , “if you keep it a secret ! ”
in march 2004 , the cia announced that garner—reflecting the growing merger between langley and hollywood—had filmed a recruitment video for the agency . “the video emphasizes the cia’s mission , and its need for people with diverse backgrounds and foreign language skills , ” the agency’s press release stated . “ms . garner was excited to participate in the video after being asked by the office of public affairs . the cia’s film industry liaison worked with the writers of alias during the first season to educate them on fundamental tradecraft . although the show alias is fictional , the character jennifer garner plays embodies the integrity , patriotism , and intelligence the cia looks for in its officers . ”
feinstein , who shared mccain’s convictions about torture , was outraged by zero dark thirty , walking out of a special screening arranged for her just fifteen or twenty minutes into the film . “i couldn’t handle it , ” she explained . “because it is so false . ”
after the film was released in december 2012 , it came under sharp attack by senator dianne feinstein , who chaired the senate intelligence committee’s torture investigation , and senator john mccain , himself a torture victim at the hands of the north vietnamese . as the senate committee determined , cia interrogators gained no useful information by torturing their victims , either regarding bin laden’s whereabouts or any other significant security issue . mccain’s rejection of the film’s cia - friendly premise was particularly persuasive : “i know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence . . . acting without conscience isn’t necessary ; it isn’t even helpful in fighting this strange and long war we’re fighting . ”
the agency has established a very active spin machine in the heart of the entertainment capital , which works strenuously to make sure the cloak - and - dagger world is presented in heroic terms . since the mid - 1990s , but especially after 9 / 11 , american screenwriters , directors , and producers have traded positive portrayal of the spy profession in film or television projects for special access and favors at cia headquarters .
the explorers club , lives of the saints , mere mortals , the last sunday in june , the jew of malta / the merchant of venice .
n for someone other than himself . russian author nikolai gogol dreamed up the source story , supposedly ( never invest 100 % belief in anything gogol tells you ) by way of an anecdote related by alexander pushkin , and published it as a play in 1836 . the sardonic and bitingly comedic gogol had long wanted to write a play based on imperial and governmental corruption but his fears of censorship stayed his hand until pushkin floated him the story of the time he was mistaken for an inspector general . still , there was enough hullabaloo from high places to prevent a production of said play until czar nicholas i intervened and gave his consent . the play was a success and gogol was heralded as a genius for its construction . there have been , over the years , various stage versions ( fyodor dostoyevsky once played the title character in a production mounted for charity ) , film versions and even operettas . the key to the popularity of this property lies in its vintage ; with gogol dead since 1852 , the rights are free .
i am writing to express my concern over the disciplinary investigation the inspector - general’s office opened against representative iván cepeda castro for collecting information about possible human rights violations and submitting it to the justice authorities . a prominent human rights defender and member of the human rights commission of congress , representative cepeda is widely respected in colombia , washington and elsewhere for his firm commitment to protecting the rights of victims of colombia’s internal armed conflict . human rights watch is concerned that your office’s investigation not only appears to be unjustified , but also that it could have a chilling effect on public officials and others who seek to promote accountability for human rights violations .
the former labor government in the may budget asked the board of taxation to examine the “arm’s length test
that applies to the thin capitalisation rules and clarify when the test applies .
in addition to writing material for kaye , she also wrote music for two otto preminger films : the moon is blue ( 1953 ) and the man with the golden arm ( 1955 ) . the man with the golden arm was a departure for fine who generally wrote music for comedic performance . the film , starring frank sinatra , eleanor parker , and kim novak , was a drama telling the story of a heroine addict’s struggles after being released from prison .
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a decade after the release of “strangelove , ” the soviet union began work on the perimeter system— - a network of sensors and computers that could allow junior military officials to launch missiles without oversight from the soviet leadership . perhaps nobody at the kremlin had seen the film . completed in 1985 , the system was known as the dead hand . once it was activated , perimeter would order the launch of long - range missiles at the united states if it detected nuclear detonations on soviet soil and soviet leaders couldn’t be reached . like the doomsday machine in “strangelove , ” perimeter was kept secret from the united states ; its existence was not revealed until years after the cold war ended .
locally , the new york times editorial board ( 7 / 26 / 14 ) —more than 20 years after the fact—took the position that broken windows’ benefits were “hypothetical . ” the new york post was , well , the new york post ( 6 / 23 / 16 ) , finding a way to blame mayor bill de blasio for the ig report’s findings . the new york daily news , which had published pretty damning statistics on the crush of quality - of - life policing on black and latino new yorkers ( 8 / 4 / 14 ) , took editorial outrage at the inspector general’s report undermining the city’s most - cherished policing method ( 6 / 23 / 16 ) . what the news described as “88 pages of embarrassment” was “a jabberwocky’s mouthful of statistical mumbo - jumbo . ” still fuming three days later ( 6 / 26 / 16 ) , the editorial board made the strange case that a report critical of policing policy was flawed because the agency that created the report was “filled with prosecutors and cops . ”
vice admiral tim giardina , the second - highest - ranking officer at the u . s . strategic command—the organization responsible for all of america’s nuclear forces— - was investigated last summer for allegedly using counterfeit gambling chips at the horseshoe casino in council bluffs , iowa . according to the iowa division of criminal investigation , “a significant monetary amount” of counterfeit chips was involved . giardina was relieved of his command on october 3 , 2013 . a few days later , major general michael carey , the air force commander in charge of america’s intercontinental ballistic missiles , was fired for conduct “unbecoming an officer and a gentleman . ” according to a report by the inspector general of the air force , carey had consumed too much alcohol during an official trip to russia , behaved rudely toward russian officers , spent time with “suspect” young foreign women in moscow , loudly discussed sensitive information in a public hotel lounge there , and drunkenly pleaded to get onstage and sing with a beatles cover band at la cantina , a mexican restaurant near red square . despite his requests , the band wouldn’t let carey onstage to sing or to play the guitar .
this doesn’t seem out of line with the play’s ambitions . the period setting and creaky detective plot serve several functions in an inspector calls , but one of them is surely a kind of snake - charming : because the play takes its place so unthreateningly in the theatrical tradition of the drawing - room thriller , its political aspect can be more easily dissimulated . as the action is located within the moral strictures of the detective story , it forces audiences to consider its drama of capital and social class as a sequence of decisions about personal morality .
in addition to writing material for kaye , she also wrote music for two otto preminger films : the moon is blue ( 1953 ) and t he man with the golden arm ( 1955 ) . the man with the golden arm was a departure for fine who generally wrote music for comedic performance . the film , starring frank sinatra , eleanor parker , and kim novak , was a drama telling the story of a heroine addict’s struggles after being released from prison .
is the vice president of privacy & fraud prevention and recovery at harvard pilgrim health care ( harvard pilgrim ) . mr . walsh is responsible for overseeing harvard pilgrim’s privacy program and the development , implementation and adherence to the organization’s policies and procedures covering privacy , access and patient health information in compliance with federal and state laws . he also leads harvard pilgrim’s efforts to detect , investigate and prevent fraud , waste and abuse by providers and members against harvard pilgrim . prior to joining harvard pilgrim in 2012 , mr . walsh was a prosecutor for over seventeen years in the commonwealth of massachusetts . in 2011 , attorney general martha coakley appointed mr . walsh to the position of chief of the criminal bureau in the massachusetts attorney general’s office . in that position , he oversaw a bureau tasked with prosecuting major white collar felonies , enterprise and organized crimes , cybercrimes , insurance and unemployment fraud and environmental crimes . he had previously served four years as chief of the attorney general’s medicaid fraud division , which is responsible for investigating and prosecuting fraud committed against masshealth , the state’s medicaid agency .
on august 1 , 2013 , your office opened an investigation against representative cepeda for “abuse of public function” and “procedural fraud . ” the investigation relates to interviews representative cepeda carried out in various prisons with ex - paramilitaries about former president álvaro uribe’s alleged ties to paramilitaries , which he subsequently submitted to prosecutors . the inspector - general’s office’s investigation is based on a complaint filed by mr . uribe’s lawyer alleging that representative cepeda was authorized to visit prisons to verify the human rights conditions in detention centers—and not to conduct interviews about paramilitary crimes—and that he knowingly delivered false information from the interviews to justice authorities . mr . uribe has also alleged that representative cepeda gave money to the family of one of the ex - paramilitary witnesses , an accusation we believe may form part of your office’s investigation .
“the ato has begun to harness the consultative aspect of my role ,
noroozi says in the report .
“that was a grand slam , ” observed the former cia officer robert baer , whose memoir see no evil inspired its own cinematic tale of foreign intrigue , the critically acclaimed 2005 film syriana , with george clooney starring as a fictional cia officer partly based on baer . but , baer added , argo “had nothing to do with reality . anybody involved in that operation knows that . the unit mendez worked for is fictional . he was a makeup guy . he made the first mustache i used . they aren’t supposed to last a long time , so they don’t remember your face . ” when people ask baer what he thinks is the best film made about the cia , he tells them to watch hbo’s the wire . “it’s the same mindless bureaucracy and politics and ambition , ” he explained . “all the other crap you run into in a police department , you run into in intelligence . ”


jules verne 's rocket to the moon is a 1967 eastman color british science fiction comedy film directed by don sharp and starring burl ives , troy donahue , gert fröbe and terry-thomas .

it was released in the us as those fantastic flying fools , in order to capitalise on the success of those magnificent men in their flying machines two years earlier .

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jules verne ' s rocket to the moon cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of jules verne ' s rocket to the moon actors includes any jules verne ' s rocket to the moon actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each jules verne ' s rocket to the moon actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of jules verne ' s rocket to the moon have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
flight of the rocket shell into the moon . appearance of the earth from the moon .
jules verne ' s rocket to the moon ( 1967 ) jules verne comedy . stars : burl ives , terry - thomas , gert frobe . director - don sharp . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
an original script used in the production of jules verne ' s rocket to the moon , the 1967 science fiction picture directed by don sharp also known as those fantastic flying fools .
the astronomers find the shell again . departure from the moon in the rocket .
jules verne ' s rocket to the moon is a 1967 british science fiction comedy film directed by don sharp and produced by harry alan towers . it was known in the . . .
jules verne ' s rocket to the moon is a 1967 british science fiction comedy film directed by don sharp and starring burl ives , troy donahue , gert fröbe and terry - thomas .
jules verne ' s rocket to the moon . synopsis . . . . it ' s doubtful whether this 1967 version ever really lived up to its poster tagline as
the most fabulous event of the year !
. . . director : don sharp ; writer : dave freeman , jules verne ; producer : harry alan towers ;
jules verne ' s rocket to the moon is a 1967 eastman color british science fiction comedy film directed by don sharp and starring burl ives , troy donahue , gert fröbe and terry - thomas .
rocket to the moon 1967 terry - thomas uk quad poster . original british 30 inch x 40 inch quad poster for the 1967 don sharp sci - fi comedy jules verne’s rocket to the moon starring burl ives , troy donahue , gert fröbe , terry - thomas , . . .
the
rocket to the moon
poster exhibited here has been linen - backed .
the 1950s and 60s offered a fad for films based on the works of jules verne . this was started off with disneys excellent and serious
during production , the film was known as jules verne ' s rocket to the moon , but when it was screened by the british censors on 21 february 1967 , it was registered as rocket to the moon ( unusually , it was presented to the bbfc by the producer , harry towers , instead of the distribution company , which indicates that no distribution deal had been struck at the time ) . however , by the time it was released , on 13 july 1967 , it was once again known as jules verne ' s rocket to the moon .
the fabulous world of jules verne ( 1958 ) aka a deadly invention . director - karel zeman . jules verne adaptation / steampunk . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
the film does not work particularly well either as comedy or as sf , and was unsuccessful at the box office . the novelization is jules verne ' s rocket to the moon ( 1967 ) by jim fagan . [ gst ]
rocket to the moon ( 1967 ) , . . .
rocket to the moon
( aka those fantastic flying fools ) ( 1967 ) ( don sharp )
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during production , the film was known as jules verne ' s rocket to the moon , [ 7 ] but when it was screened by the british censors on 21 february 1967 , it was registered as rocket to the moon ( unusually , it was presented to the bbfc by the producer , harry towers , instead of the distribution company , which indicates that no distribution deal had been struck at the time ) . [ 9 ] however , by the time it was released , on 13 july 1967 , it was once again known as jules verne ' s rocket to the moon . [ 1 ]
towers ( as
peter welbeck
) devised the story , very loosely based on from the earth to the moon by jules verne , and the script was by dave freeman .
towers ( as
peter welbeck
) devised the story , very loosely based on from the earth to the moon by jules verne , and the script was by dave freeman .
kritzerland has announced a cd release of john scott ' s score for the harry alan towers production / aip release jules verne ' s rocket to the moon ( a . k . a . those fantastic flying fools ) . the release is limited to 1 , 000 copies . track listing and audio samples : urltoken
is its extraordinary visual originality . karel zeman has set out to reproduce the look of the original woodcuts and lithographs in vernes
is the most famous of karel zemans films in english - speaking countries . this was largely due to the fortuitousness of its timing . zeman conducted an adaptation of one of the more obscure jules verne novels
in the pioneer days of aircraft a syndicate of showmen try to make an explosive that will send a rocket to the moon .
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there are no featured reviews for those fantastic flying fools ( rocket to the moon ) at this time .
is a cheat . most of the various retitlings and the films advertising campaign lead one to expect a trip to the moon or even that we see the rocket launched , which the film entirely fails to provide .
in case you aren ' t familiar with this book , it describes a group of people that make a trip to the moon ( as the name implies ) written in 1865 . what does jules verne say about the weight of the voyagers as they travel to the moon ?
to sum it up , the only way to fully understand a visual story is by either watching a lot of television and movies or being very familiar with the ideas in the story . for a trip to the moon , most of the audience didn ' t have much experience watching films , but they were very familiar with the ideas in this film . jules verne ' s from the earth to the moon , released 37 years before this film , had popularized the idea of space travel . h . g . wells ' s the first men in the moon expanded on verne ' s work by introducing a race of insect - like moon aliens called
selenites
. the tone of méliès ' s film mirrors that of jacques offenbach ' s a trip to the moon operatic parody of verne ' s novels while the structure of the film follows that of an attraction at the 1901 pan - american exposition in new york .
as mentioned in the liner notes ,
for it’s u . s . release , the film was retitled
additional information ' rocket to the moon ' by don sharp ; starring gert frobe . made in gb , 1967 .
voyage dans la lune , le / a trip to the moon ( france , 1902 ) , the screen ' s first science fiction story , was a 14 minute masterpiece ( nearly one reel in length ( about 825 feet ) ) , created by imaginative french director and master magician georges melies ( 1861 - 1938 ) in his version of the jules verne story . the silent film ' s plot , a light - hearted satire criticizing the conservative scientific community of its time , was inspired by jules verne ' s from the earth to the moon ( 1865 ) and h . g . wells ' first men in the moon ( 1901 ) .
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rocket to the moon
is a new comedy movie by don sharp that was released in 1967 . phineas t . barnum and associates assemble a massive gun , built into the side of a mountain , in order to fire the first rocket to the moon .
this film is loosely based on jules verne ' s from the earth to the moon and concerns a race in rocketships during the victorian era . troy donahue , daliah lavi , and gert frobe co - star , with burl ives as legendary showman p . t . barnum .
( 1956 ) , which won the best picture academy award in its year . this created a spate of other jules verne adaptations over the next few years with the likes of
. . . translated into castilian as
rocket to the moon
is a 1967 british film directed by don sharp , . . . rocket to the moon ( 1967 ) ads . in this movie guide , you find the most important information about the tv films and premieres in 3d in the u . s . theaters and cinemas .
( 1865 ) , which was a serious work about a gun club that makes plans to build an enormous cannon to launch a projectile to the moon using a powerful new explosive . for anybody coming on the jules verne connection or even expecting a science - fiction film ,
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in victorian england , an american showman uses a wealthy frenchman ' s finances to build a german explosives expert ' s giant cannon designed to fire a people - filled projectile to the moon but spies and saboteurs endanger the project .
by the time of rocket to the moon , the word - of - mouth on john scott’s film scoring abilities was spreading , and director don sharp hired him to do the score – that began a fruitful director / composer relationship that continued for several years . for rocket to the moon , scott came up with a tuneful , eclectic , and wonderful score – the main theme is so infectiously melodic that it’s hard to get it out of your head once you’ve heard it .
by the time of rocket to the moon , the word - of - mouth on john scott’s film scoring abilities was spreading , and director don sharp hired him to do the score – that began a fruitful director / composer relationship that continued for several years . for rocket to the moon , scott came up with a tuneful , eclectic , and wonderful score – the main theme is so infectiously melodic that it’s hard to get it out of your head once you’ve heard it .
in victorian england , an american showman uses a wealthy frenchman ' s finances to build a german explosives expert ' s giant cannon designed to fire a people - filled projectile to the moon but . . . see more »
so in jules verne ' s version , you would feel the net force of gravity . this would be true if the space craft were not accelerating . still , i think it is interesting to see an explanation from quite some time before this was actually accomplished .
a 1967 science fiction / comedy film directed by don sharp , starring burl ives , troy donahue , gert fröbe . . . ( also known as
blast off
,
tolldreiste kerle in rasselnden raketen
,
jules verne ' s rocket to the moon
) is a science fiction / comedy film , released in the usa on june 21 of 1967 . . .
the astronomers shove themselves into the rocket ' s interior - all except for the president , who is left behind - outside the shell . to propel it back to earth , he climbs down a rope that hangs from the front of the shell . his weight as he slides down the rope gives the rocket enough impetus to cause it to fall off the edge of the moon . one of the selenites hangs on the flat end of the projectile and accompanies it on the trip as the rocket drops in space and falls
down
to earth . the brief journey is a vertical tumble through space .
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by jules verne , photography ( b & w ; )  jiri tarantik , music  zdenek liska , production design  zdenek rozkopal . production company  ceskoslovensky statn film .
here you can see the net gravitational force , the blue line . the point where the net gravitational force is zero seems to be around a distance of 3 . 43 x 10 8 meters from the center of the earth 0 . 886 the distance from the earth to the moon ( center to center ) . this is a different value than the one from jules verne - 47 / 60 or 0 . 78 . maybe he had different values for the mass of the moon or something .
verne wrote about a boat that went underwater . everyone said that wa . . .
my question is this : what forces did the astronauts experience as they were in transit to the moon ? in this case the individuals would feel the force of the rocket accelerating them forward ( added to the waning gravitational force of the earth ) and they would be pulled to the back of the rocket walls , correct ? conversely , as they approached the moon ( before entering orbit ) would the moons gravitational pull gradually pull them to the front of the ship if it is stronger than the rockets acceleration ? thanks .
karel zeman was a czech animator who is not widely known in the west . zeman has however gained a small cult for his films , which contain amazing blends of animation and live - action . zemans films , which frequently draw on the works of jules verne , include
. as lubor tokoss narration at the start indicates , the film seems to take place in a universe where all of vernes characters lived with tokos speaking of captain nemo , barbicane and robur as the great inventors and explorers of the age . scenes like where the submarine rams the other vessels are very much modelled on
now , if i call the direction from the earth to the moon the x - direction i can make a plot . suppose a 1 kg mass moves from the surface of the earth to the surface of the moon . this is a plot of the net gravitational force .
( 1948 ) by marjorie hope nicolson for an expansive history of this literature . ) by the time we get to the works of jules verne and h . g . wells , these dreams are married to a modern pride in technology and an unabashed confidence in scientific advances . as such , these authors created stories of a different flavor , freed from the magical and mythical , and married to a quasi - realistic narrative style . novels such as verne’s
plot summary for blast off aka rocket to the moon ( 1967 ) phineas t barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them . . . . directed by don sharp with very good period costumes , believable sets , fun special effects .
the plot behind a trip to the moon is pretty simple – a group of professors uses a giant cannon to launch themselves to the moon and then take a nap on the lunar surface , kill a bunch of moon aliens , return to earth with a splashdown in the ocean , and celebrate their journey with a parade in the city .
ok , back to from the earth to the moon . what about this
neutral point
? here is another passage from the book .
jules verne ' s rocket to the moon i ' ve waited a long time for this title to come to dvd . when it finally became available on urltoken i ordered it . the actual film deserves a 3 out of a 5 review , but this release on wham ! usa , listed on urltoken from moringside , that i received leaves a lot to be desired . it ' s widesreen but very
fizzy
for viewing to my eyes and even worse is that the audio synic is way off track which makes watching this version almost unbearable . think about this before you order this tile . there ' s gotta be a better version to come out before i watch this dvd again .
film ( 1967 ; vt those fantastic flying fools us ; vt rocket to the moon ) . jules verne films , ltd / warner - pathé uk / american international pictures us . produced by harry alan towers . directed by don sharp . written by dave freeman from an original story by towers ( credited as peter welbeck ) , very loosely based on de la terre a lune ( 1865 ) and autour de la lune ( 1870 ) by jules verne . cast includes jimmy clitheroe , gert frobe , burl ives , lionel jeffries and terry - thomas . 114 minutes , cut to 95 minutes for us release . colour .
rocket to the moon was released on lp in the uk  this is its cd debut . john scott ' s music has delighted and touched audiences all over the world , and it ' s enlivened and enhanced a whole slew of movies . no matter what the genre , his scores are filled with wonderful themes , running the gamut from drama to comedy to romance , to adventure , thrills , and suspense , or whatever else the films might have called for .
] , producer  harry alan towers , photography  reg wyer , music  john scott , special effects  les bowie & pat moore , art direction  frank white . production company  jules verne films .
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rocket to the moon ( 1967 ) starring burl ives , troy donahue , gert fröbe , hermione gingold , lionel jeffries , dennis price , daliah lavi , stratford johns , . . .
view the trailer for rocket to the moon ( 1967 ) . directed by don sharp . starring burl ives , troy donahue , gert fröbe , hermione gingold , lionel jeffries , dennis price , daliah lavi .
the lagrangian point will be closer to the earth than the neutral line so that there is a net force towards the center of the orbit . there are actually 5 points around the earth - moon system in which the net gravitational force will make an object at that location be stationary relative to the earth - moon .
the rocket ship shell moves closer and closer to the moon , and then crashes into the pie - face , smack into the right eye of the man in the moon . extremely unreal but very memorable , when the human - faced moon grimaces . after
landing ,
the scientists ' team steps onto the desolate lunar surface through the shell ' s door , delighted by the unfamiliar landscape marked by craters . against the moon ' s horizon , the visitors from another planet ( dressed in victorian garb ) look back and see the earth slowly rising into space . [ the illusion of its rising is created by the descent of some of the backdrops . ] as they are about to explore , a violent explosion ( volcanic ? ) sends them in all directions . to rest their fatigued bodies after a
rough trip ,
they stretch themselves out on the ground under blankets .
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did you hear about the shrimp that went to the prawn ' s cocktail party ? he pulled a mussel .
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after taking flight , the terrified astronomers are captured when overwhelmed by large numbers of moon people . the group of terrestrials are bound and taken to the palace of the king of the moon people . on his planet ' s splendid throne , the king is surrounded by living stars . president barbenfouillis makes a dash at the king of the selenites , picks him up , and violently dashes him to the ground , causing him to burst like a bombshell . although pursued , all of them manage to defend themselves , reduce their fragile adversaries to dust with a whack from an umbrella , and escape back to the rocket ship shell - a dissolve moves from one scene to the next .
it does not seem as if goodwin ' s song made an appearance outside of the film .
as also mentioned in the liner notes , the film changed titles in the u . s . in a failed attempt to squeeze out some additional box office .
dillworthy and his shady brother - in - law , harry washington - smythe , who have already embezzled most of barnum ' s funds , immediately plot to sabotage gaylord ' s flight .
a tightly edited narrative combined with stunning visual effects helped a trip to the moon become first international motion picture hit .
the jules verne adaptations of this period were prototypic of what was called steampunk about four decades later  a fad in retro science - fiction that creates an imagined era of victorian technology and later a real world subculture and fashion sense derived from it . among these ,
a fun film , i recal it ' s first showing in the 60s on tv and it was advertized several weeks in advance and was something of a big event like the tv showings of 20 , 000 leagues under the sea and wizard of oz , , a very enjoyable film with a wonderful cast of pros , i believe it was also called blast off , journey that shook the world , p . t . barnum ' s rocket to the moon
phineas t barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them . they attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a welsh mountain , but money troubles , spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts .
on the tops of the roofs of the town , pompous preparations have been made . at the launch site , the rocket shell is in position , ready to receive the travelers . the travelers arrive - they respond and reply to the acclamations of the crowd and then enter the steel - riveted shell ( their space vehicle ) . a scantily - clad female assistant closes the door behind them . many more female assistants / gunners push the shell up an incline into the mouth of the cannon - and it is closed . everyone anxiously awaits the signal to start the shell on its voyage to the moon - viewed in the far distance . an officer gives the signal for a man on a ladder to ignite the gun . the rocket shell is fired out of a monstrous iron cannon pointed into space .
rocket to the moon ( 1967 ) german subtitles . genre : sci - fi / comedy director : don sharp cast : burl ives / jimmy clitheroe / terry - thomas / graham stark / gert fröbe . . .
inspired by jules verne
, the credits for this film rather cryptically announce . one can ' t argue with the credits , of course ; but a more instantly recognizable inspiration is that brand of screen comedy that assumes that a large gathering of well - known names plus some vintage piece of machinery ( a car for preference , but a plane or rocket will do ) adds up to irresistible mirth . but , as this film takes nearly two hours to demonstrate , it ' s no use cramming the cast with comedy actors if you ' re not going to give them anything very funny to do .
2 . or , its speed failing , and unable to reach the point of equal attraction , it would fall upon the moon by virtue of the excess of the lunar attraction over the terrestrial .
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inspired by jules verne
, the credits for this film rather cryptically announce . one can ' t argue with the credits , of course ; but a more instantly recognizable inspiration is that brand of screen comedy that assumes that a large gathering of well - known names plus some vintage piece of machinery ( a car for preference , but a plane or rocket will do ) adds up to irresistible mirth . but , as this film takes nearly two hours to demonstrate , it ' s no use cramming the cast with comedy actors if you ' re not going to give them anything very funny to do .
hilarious take on the verne classic . brit comedy fans will love it . terry thomas is his wonderful roguish self . campy , yet clever .
rocket to the moon . . . by 1967 , the contempt must have faded . don sharp ( or his producers ) portrayed wilhelm as rather ordinary , apart from the fancy dress uniform . it is a bit puzzling why a british production passed up an opportunity to make fun of willy .
phineas t barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them . they attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a welsh mountain , but money troubles , spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts . written by rhino
the clash of incompetent inventors over how to get a man to the moon attracts american showman pt barnum , who galvanises the venture . however rivalry , jealousy , and idiocy undermine the high - profile project every step of the way .
( 1956 ) that paved the way that the majority of these subsequent verne adaptations took where they became colourful and silly works that were like circus / variety shows with numerous stars in guest cameos and where everything was played with a distinct tendency towards campy unseriousness . other films in this verne cycle included
i ' m going to move chronologically and start with the first science fiction film ever made – georges méliès ' s 1902 le voyage dans la lune ( a trip to the moon ) , a film that unravels how cinema works and highlights the elements of all successful science fiction movies .
[ note : episode 12 of host / narrator tom hanks ' and hbo ' s 12 - part docudrama mini - series from the earth to the moon ( 1998 ) focused on the making of the iconic film la voyage dans la lune ( in italian with english subtitles ) , with tchéky karyo playing melies and hanks playing melies ' fictional assistant and camera operator jean - luc despont , with an older despont ( also hanks ) being
interviewed
about the events . the melies story of man ' s first moon landing was interwoven with the final apollo 17 moon mission . ]
they land in what is presumably barren wasteland to find inhabitants singing in russian . the befuddled washington - smythe can only conclude that the russians are already on the moon .
phineas t . barnum ( burl ives ) and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them . they attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a welsh mountain , but money troubles , spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts . . .
here the red line is the gravitational force due to the moon and the green is for the earth . really , these are components of the force in the x - direction . that is why they can be positive or negative . the problem is that the forces are quite large on the surfaces of the objects . let me zoom in some .
the story might sound simple now , but audiences back then loved it . we don ' t know much about the film ' s early reception ( there ' s a story about how its first audience applauded for hours after seeing the film ) but we do know the film was in high demand . so much so that negatives were stolen and pirated across the world . nearly all of the copies shown in america were illegally duplicated by thomas edison and removed any mention of méliès . rival studios made similar films about trips to the sun and jupiter . then there ' s “ an excursion to the moon ” which is a complete plagiarism of méliès ' s work . sadly , méliès never saw any of the profits from the illegal duplicates of his film .
nonetheless , wells—in stark contrast to verne , who laboriously outlined the technological details of how his travelers were propelled to the moon—simply concocts a phantasmagoric substance called cavorite—an anti - gravity metal that lets his explorers shoot off into the stratosphere without any need of fuel or engine or moving parts . one is inevitably reminded of “flubber” ( a name created by compressing the longer term “flying rubber” ) , first introduced to moviegoers in the 1961 walt disney film
he is invited to a lecture by german explosives expert siegfried von bulow who proposes the idea of sending a projectile to the moon using a powerful new explosive . von bulow is ridiculed but barnum thinks the idea has the potential to make him money . he sets about finding the financial backing in order to build a giant cannon to fire the projectile , carrying a reluctant tom thumb .
the foundries . the chimney - stack . the casting of the monster gun / cannon .
ah , but maybe verne meant that it would remain in the same spot relative to the earth and moon . again , this won ' t work . since the earth and moon both rotate around a common center of mass ( which is inside the earth ) , the space craft at the neutral line would also have to orbit . if an object moves in a circle , it must accelerate ( centripetal acceleration ) . and how do you accelerate ? you need a net force to accelerate . so , if the neutral line is the point of zero net gravitational force , the object would not move in a circle .
so the neutral point is where the net gravitational force would have a magnitude of zero . how would you calculate the location of this
neutral point
? diagram time . this is a mostly to scale diagram of the earth and moon . there is some point ( the red dot ) that i am drawing ( not to scale ) forces from the earth and moon .
1 . either it would retain a certain amount of motion , and pass the point of equal attraction , and fall upon the moon by virtue of the excess of the lunar attraction over the terrestrial .
great question . great enough to deserve it ' s own post . ok , let me give a quick answer . no . as long as both the space craft and the astronauts are in a motion due to a gravitational force , they will be
weightless
. it doesn ' t matter if this is a gravitational force due to the earth , the moon or a combination of the two .
it is the great victorian age of science where everyone is trying to make new scientific discoveries . when his business goes up in fire , the showman phineas t . barnum flees from financial ruin in the united states and travels to england . barnum is invited to a lecture by the german explosives expert siegfried von bulow where von bulow proposes the idea of sending a projectile to the moon using a powerful new explosive . von bulow is ridiculed but barnum thinks the idea is marketable and sets about finding the financial backing in order to build a giant cannon to fire the projectile . braving foreign spies , saboteurs , crooked accountants and the romantic woes of his engineer , barnum determines to launch the rocket .
this original production used script is dated 5 sept , 1966 and comprises of 128 pages in addition to a cover page and cast list bound within front and rear covers of textured blue card with the movie title ' rocket to the moon ' embossed to the front . the two page cast list at the front of the script gives the character name , a brief summary of their character and the name of the actor or actress portraying them , in the case of angelica and henri no performer is listed presumably as hermione gingold and edward de souza had not been cast when the script went to print .
after his girlfriend ' s pregnancy forces him to marry her , a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother - in - law .
on bing barnum ' s ' moon ' weiler , a h . new york times ( 1923 - current file ) [ new york , n . y ] 26 june 1966 : d11 .
here is a short passage from the book ( which is available in many formats online at project gutenberg ) . in this part , the three travelers are in the space ship ( which is just a giant shell that was shot from a canon ) and traveling too the moon . the
neutral point
that they refer to is the point where the gravitational force from the moon and the earth are the same , but in opposite directions .
rocket to the moon was released on lp in the uk – this is its cd debut . john scott’s music has delighted and touched audiences all over the world , and it’s enlivened and enhanced a whole slew of movies , including antony and cleopatra , england made me , billy two hats , a whole series of jacques cousteau specials , north dallas forty , the final countdown , where eagles fly , greystoke : the legend of tarzan , harem , the shooting party , king kong lives , man on fire , black rainbow , shoot to kill , becoming collette , the whistle blower , and many , many others . no matter what the genre , his scores are filled with wonderful themes , running the gamut from drama to comedy to romance , to adventure , thrills , and suspense , or whatever else the films might have called for .
rocket to the moon was released on lp in the uk – this is its cd debut . john scott’s music has delighted and touched audiences all over the world , and it’s enlivened and enhanced a whole slew of movies , including antony and cleopatra , england made me , billy two hats , a whole series of jacques cousteau specials , north dallas forty , the final countdown , where eagles fly , greystoke : the legend of tarzan , harem , the shooting party , king kong lives , man on fire , black rainbow , shoot to kill , becoming collette , the whistle blower , and many , many others . no matter what the genre , his scores are filled with wonderful themes , running the gamut from drama to comedy to romance , to adventure , thrills , and suspense , or whatever else the films might have called for .
in rural norfolk , villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby raf station is taking over the island of children , a much - loved and untouched bird sanctuary , for rocket practice .
«rocket to the moon» , a 1967 film directed by don sharp , starring burl ives , troy donahue , . . . renate von holt ( as renata holt ) as anna . derek francis . as puddleby . . . . 1967 : directed by : don sharp : cast :
melies wrote the whimsical script , acted in the film in the lead role , designed the sets and costumes , directed , photographed , and produced the film ! he hired acrobats from the folies bergere to play the lunar inhabitants named selenites , and the scantily dressed assistants ( or pages ) who launched the cannon were dancers from the châtelet ballet . the image of the lunar capsule landing in the eye of the moon is a memorable sight and widely - recognized in cinematic history .
legendary american showman phineas t barnum designs a space rocket , which he hopes will take him to the moon , but his scheme is threatened when two crooks get wind of his plan and decide to sabotage the craft . sci - fi comedy , starring terry - thomas , lionel jeffries , burl ives , gert frobe , dennis price and hermione gingold .
a trip to the moon was a success because it summarized ideas already popular in culture and presented them in a stunning new way . that ' s why films like planet of the apes , star wars , back to the future , and the matrix were so popular while 2001 : a space odyssey and donnie darko were appreciated by people who had watched a lot of science fiction .
! and somewhere a window was broken . … “what’s that ? ” said i . “it isn . . .
barnum then meets an american balloon enthusiast , gaylord sullivan , who has run off with his girlfriend , madelaine , on her wedding day to another man , the wealthy frenchman henri . gaylord claims that he has designed a projectile equipped with round - trip rockets . henri offers to finance gaylord ' s missile if he agrees to take tom thumb ' s place .
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thanks to neuroscience we now know that edited films like méliès ' s lead to similar changes in brain activity across audiences . edited films increase activity in areas of the brain responsible for vision , sound , language , emotion , facial recognition , and conscious thought . even eye movements match up when a group of people watch an edited film . unedited scenes of daily life don ' t have this effect – everyone’s brain reacts differently . so the more tightly you edit your film , the greater influence you will have on someone ' s brain . that ' s probably why film edits have become quicker and faster throughout the 20th century .
in victorian england , everyone is trying to make new scientific discoveries . in the usa , phineas t . barnum ' s
greatest show on earth
burns to the ground , so he heads for england with his star , tom thumb .
' s film scoring abilities was spreading , and director don sharp hired him to do the score  that began a fruitful director / composer relationship that continued for several years . for
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there is also a wonderfully droll sense of humour that runs through the film . zeman nails perfectly the sense of unflappable calm in the midst of chaos that is the essence of victorian propriety  the gentleman on the train whose newspaper is shot through by a gun blast and carries on reading as though nothing had happened ; jana zatloukalova casually airing out her wet clothes on the barrel of a cannon and using a heated ramrod as an iron ; the crane that turns and delicately picks up the engineer ( vaclav kyzlink ) s dropped pencil and hands it to him ; or the perfect moment where the hero scales the villains castle wall , tries to enter through jana zatloukalovas bedroom window but is made to climb back down to the ledge below so that she can get dressed before he comes in . a film that almost approaches pure art in its very uniqueness .
as a young child jack the ripper ' s daughter witnesses him kill her mother . as a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father . a psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences .
but , in reality , a time must come when the projectile would no longer be subject to the law of weight , after allowing for the other celestial bodies whose effect could not be set down as zero . indeed , the projectile ' s course was being traced between the earth and the moon . as it distanced the earth , the terrestrial attraction diminished : but the lunar attraction rose in proportion . there must come a point where these two attractions would neutralize each other : the projectile would possess weight no longer . if the moon ' s and the earth ' s densities had been equal , this point would have been at an equal distance between the two orbs . but taking the different densities into consideration , it was easy to reckon that this point would be situated at 47 / 60ths of the whole journey , i . e . , at 78 , 514 leagues from the earth . at this point , a body having no principle of speed or displacement in itself , would remain immovable forever , being attracted equally by both orbs , and not being drawn more toward one than toward the other .
now , suppose you have rockets on your spacecraft . in that case , if you fire the rockets you will feel a force . here is a diagram of the apollo capsule firing rockets on the way to the moon . i have drawn a force diagram for the person inside .
you can get an object to be
balanced
by the gravitational forces and stay in the same relative location . but to do this you still need some force . this is called a lagrangian point . let me draw a not - to - scale diagram of the earth - moon system with an object at the lagrangian point .
i don ' t know how you missed it before , pricey , as it ' s been on television numerous times before . it ' s a cut - price harry alan towers follow - up to those others you mention . i think lionel jeffries is particularly good in it .
people like watching movies where the hero wins , appreciate films that make us think , and feel enriched by stories that make us ask big questions . what makes the science fiction film genre so amazing is that it’s capable of achieving all of these goals in one story . a trip to the moon wasn ' t just an enjoyable experience ; it made audiences reflect on the possibilities of spaceflight and dream of what would happen if we met an alien life form . you can connect the dots between this film and the apollo 11 moon landing .
the film nominally uses the real life character of showman and notorious self - promoter phineas taylor barnum ( 1810 - 91 ) as its hero . there is some occasional truth to the portrait in that p . t . barnum did tour europe and meet queen victoria in the mid - 1840s , although the rest of the film about his attempting to build a rocket must be regarded as complete fiction .
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the film opens in a scientific meeting / congress of a french astronomical society - the astronomic club . the president and various other astronomers enter into a large hall embellished with instruments and are given their telescopes by six female assistants / manservants . a white - bearded , academic professor with a pointed hat named professor barbenfouillis ( georges melies himself ) , the president of the society , enters while everyone sits , and explains to the members of his plan for an exploratory trip to the moon . on a blackboard behind him with a basketball - looking earth and a small moon in the upper right hand corner , he illustrates how a rocket will be fired from earth from a great space gun toward the lunar surface .
blast - off ( 1967 ) trailer , review , video clips , interviews , starring burl ives , troy donahue , gert frobe , hermione gingold , lionel jeffries , daliah lavi . directed by don sharp . login . . . ( troy donahue ) and an inventor ( gert frobe ) to send gen . tom thumb in a rocket to the moon . director : don sharp .
in order for the astronaut to have a motion different than due just to the two gravitational forces , the floor must also push on him . this is what he feels .
the monster gun . march past the gunners . fire ! ! ! saluting the flag .
the film was almost entirely shot in ireland starting 6 august 1966 . the rocket launch was shot at the site of a disused copper mine south of dublin , other exterior scenes were shot in the sand dunes of brittas bay , and the interior scenes were shot at ardmore studios , just south of dublin .
3 . or , lastly , animated with sufficient speed to enable it to reach the neutral point , but not sufficient to pass it , it would remain forever suspended in that spot like the pretended tomb of mahomet , between the zenith and the nadir .
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the dream of ' stars ' ( the bolies , the great bear , phoebus , the twin stars , saturn ) .
his scheme is approved by many , but one member violently objects . when order is finally restored after the president throws his papers and books at the dissenter ' s head , the trip proposed by the president is voted upon . five learned men / explorers make up their minds to go with him . the female assistants / manservants bring traveling suits for them to change into .