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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	~~\| name = Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon~~
	\| image = Rocket to the Moon - UK Cinema Poster.jpg		\| image = Rocket to the Moon - UK Cinema Poster.jpg
	\| border = yes		\| border = yes
	\| caption = UK cinema poster		\| caption = UK cinema poster
	\| director = [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]]		\| director = [[Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]]
	\| writer = [[w:Dave Freeman (British writer)\|Dave Freeman]]		\| writer = [[Dave Freeman (British writer)\|Dave Freeman]]
	\| based_on = original story by [[w:Harry Alan Towers\|Harry Alan Towers]] (as "Peter Welbeck")<br>"inspired by the writings of [[w:Jules Verne\|Jules Verne]]		\| based_on = original story by [[Harry Alan Towers\|Harry Alan Towers]] (as "Peter Welbeck")<br>"inspired by the writings of [[Jules Verne\|Jules Verne]]
	\| producer = Harry Alan Towers		\| producer = Harry Alan Towers
	\| starring = [[w:Burl Ives\|Burl Ives]]<br>[[Terry-Thomas]]<br/>[[w:Troy Donahue\|Troy Donahue]]<br>[[w:Gert Fröbe\|Gert Fröbe]]<br>[[w:Hermione Gingold\|Hermione Gingold]]<br>[[Lionel Jeffries]]<br>[[Dennis Price]]		\| starring = [[Burl Ives\|Burl Ives]]<br>[[Terry-Thomas]]<br/>[[Troy Donahue\|Troy Donahue]]<br>[[Gert Fröbe\|Gert Fröbe]]<br>[[Hermione Gingold\|Hermione Gingold]]<br>[[Lionel Jeffries]]<br>[[Dennis Price]]
	\| narrator = [[Maurice Denham]]		\| narrator = [[Maurice Denham]]
	\| cinematography = [[w:Reginald H. Wyer\|Reginald H. Wyer]]		\| cinematography = [[Reginald H. Wyer\|Reginald H. Wyer]]
	\| editing = Ann Chegwidden		\| editing = Ann Chegwidden
	\| music = [[w:John Scott (composer)\|John Scott]]		\| music = [[John Scott (composer)\|John Scott]]
	\| studio = Jules Verne Films		\| studio = Jules Verne Films
	\| distributor = [[w:American International Pictures\|AIP]] (US)<br>[[Associated British Picture Corporation\|Warner-Pathé]] {{small\|(UK)}}		\| distributor = [[American International Pictures\|AIP]] (US)<br>[[Associated British Picture Corporation\|Warner-Pathé]] {{small\|(UK)}}
	\| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|1967\|07\|13\|UK<ref name=TimesReview>{{cite news\|work=The Times\|date=13 July 1967\|page=8\|title=Film that stays on launching pad\|via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref>}}		\| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|1967\|07\|13\|UK<ref name=TimesReview>{{cite news\|work=The Times\|date=13 July 1967\|page=8\|title=Film that stays on launching pad\|via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref>}}
	\| runtime = 117 min		\| runtime = 117 min
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	'''''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon''''' is a 1967 [[w:Eastman color\|Eastman color]] British [[w:science fiction\|science fiction]] [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] and starring [[w:Burl Ives\|Burl Ives]], [[w:Troy Donahue\|Troy Donahue]], [[w:Gert Fröbe\|Gert Fröbe]] and [[Terry-Thomas]].		'''''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon''''' is a 1967 [[Eastman color\|Eastman color]] British [[science fiction\|science fiction]] [[comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] and starring [[Burl Ives\|Burl Ives]], [[Troy Donahue\|Troy Donahue]], [[Gert Fröbe\|Gert Fröbe]] and [[Terry-Thomas]].

	It was released in the US as ''Those Fantastic Flying Fools'', in order to capitalise on the success of ''[[w:Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines\|Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines]]'' two years earlier.<ref name="gary">{{cite book\|author=Gary A. Smith\|title=The American International Pictures Video Guide\|publisher=McFarland\|date=2009\|page=27}}</ref> Director [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] shot second unit on ''Magnificent Men''.<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=Stephen\|last=Vagg\|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-filmmakers-don-sharp-top-25/\|magazine=Filmink\|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25\|date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>		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\|Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines]]'' two years earlier.<ref name="gary">{{cite book\|author=Gary A. Smith\|title=The American International Pictures Video Guide\|publisher=McFarland\|date=2009\|page=27}}</ref> Director [[Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] shot second unit on ''Magnificent Men''.<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=Stephen\|last=Vagg\|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-filmmakers-don-sharp-top-25/\|magazine=Filmink\|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25\|date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>

	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
	In [[w:Victorian England\|Victorian England]], everyone is trying to make new scientific discoveries, including such failures as the Duke of [[w:Barsetshire\|Barset]]'s attempt to create the first house in England illuminated by electricity (leading to its going up in flames), Sir Charles Dillworthy's [[w:suspension bridge\|suspension bridge]] (which falls apart directly [[w:Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]] cuts its inaugural ribbon) and, in [[w:German Empire\|Germany]], Siegfried von Bulow's powerful new explosive (which is intended to require only a minute quantity)'s disastrous recoil. In the US, meanwhile, when [[w:Phineas T. Barnum\|Phineas T. Barnum]]'s "Greatest Show on Earth" burns to the ground, he heads to England with his star, [[w:General Tom Thumb\|Tom Thumb]].		In [[Victorian England\|Victorian England]], everyone is trying to make new scientific discoveries, including such failures as the Duke of [[Barsetshire\|Barset]]'s attempt to create the first house in England illuminated by electricity (leading to its going up in flames), Sir Charles Dillworthy's [[suspension bridge\|suspension bridge]] (which falls apart directly [[Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]] cuts its inaugural ribbon) and, in [[German Empire\|Germany]], Siegfried von Bulow's powerful new explosive (which is intended to require only a minute quantity)'s disastrous recoil. In the US, meanwhile, when [[Phineas T. Barnum\|Phineas T. Barnum]]'s "Greatest Show on Earth" burns to the ground, he heads to England with his star, [[General Tom Thumb\|Tom Thumb]].

	Barnum and Thumb are invited to a scientific lecture by Von Bulow who proposes the idea of sending a projectile to the Moon using his 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.		Barnum and Thumb are invited to a scientific lecture by Von Bulow who proposes the idea of sending a projectile to the Moon using his 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.
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	==See also==		==See also==
	[[w:First Men in the Moon (1964 film)\|First Men in the Moon]]		[[First Men in the Moon (1964 film)\|First Men in the Moon]]

	==References==		==References==

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	'''''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon''''' is a 1967 [[w:Eastman color\|Eastman color]] British [[w:science fiction\|science fiction]] [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] and starring [[w:Burl Ives\|Burl Ives]], [[w:Troy Donahue\|Troy Donahue]], [[w:Gert Fröbe\|Gert Fröbe]] and [[Terry-Thomas]].		'''''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon''''' is a 1967 [[w:Eastman color\|Eastman color]] British [[w:science fiction\|science fiction]] [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] and starring [[w:Burl Ives\|Burl Ives]], [[w:Troy Donahue\|Troy Donahue]], [[w:Gert Fröbe\|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.<ref name="gary">{{cite book\|author=Gary A. Smith\|title=The American International Pictures Video Guide\|publisher=McFarland\|date=2009\|page=27}}</ref> Director [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] shot second unit on ''Magnificent Men''.<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=Stephen\|last=Vagg\|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-filmmakers-don-sharp-top-25/\|magazine=Filmink\|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25\|date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>		It was released in the US as ''Those Fantastic Flying Fools'', in order to capitalise on the success of ''[[w:Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines\|Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines]]'' two years earlier.<ref name="gary">{{cite book\|author=Gary A. Smith\|title=The American International Pictures Video Guide\|publisher=McFarland\|date=2009\|page=27}}</ref> Director [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] shot second unit on ''Magnificent Men''.<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=Stephen\|last=Vagg\|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-filmmakers-don-sharp-top-25/\|magazine=Filmink\|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25\|date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>

	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==

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	'''''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]].		'''''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon''''' is a 1967 [[w:Eastman color\|Eastman color]] British [[w:science fiction\|science fiction]] [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] and starring [[w:Burl Ives\|Burl Ives]], [[w:Troy Donahue\|Troy Donahue]], [[w:Gert Fröbe\|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.<ref name="gary">{{cite book\|author=Gary A. Smith\|title=The American International Pictures Video Guide\|publisher=McFarland\|date=2009\|page=27}}</ref> Director [[Don Sharp]] shot second unit on ''Magnificent Men''.<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=Stephen\|last=Vagg\|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-filmmakers-don-sharp-top-25/\|magazine=Filmink\|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25\|date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>		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.<ref name="gary">{{cite book\|author=Gary A. Smith\|title=The American International Pictures Video Guide\|publisher=McFarland\|date=2009\|page=27}}</ref> Director [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]] shot second unit on ''Magnificent Men''.<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=Stephen\|last=Vagg\|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-filmmakers-don-sharp-top-25/\|magazine=Filmink\|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25\|date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>

	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
	In [[Victorian England]], everyone is trying to make new scientific discoveries, including such failures as the Duke of [[Barsetshire\|Barset]]'s attempt to create the first house in England illuminated by electricity (leading to its going up in flames), Sir Charles Dillworthy's [[suspension bridge]] (which falls apart directly [[Queen Victoria]] cuts its inaugural ribbon) and, in [[German Empire\|Germany]], Siegfried von Bulow's powerful new explosive (which is intended to require only a minute quantity)'s disastrous recoil. In the US, meanwhile, when [[Phineas T. Barnum]]'s "Greatest Show on Earth" burns to the ground, he heads to England with his star, [[General Tom Thumb\|Tom Thumb]].		In [[w:Victorian England\|Victorian England]], everyone is trying to make new scientific discoveries, including such failures as the Duke of [[w:Barsetshire\|Barset]]'s attempt to create the first house in England illuminated by electricity (leading to its going up in flames), Sir Charles Dillworthy's [[w:suspension bridge\|suspension bridge]] (which falls apart directly [[w:Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]] cuts its inaugural ribbon) and, in [[w:German Empire\|Germany]], Siegfried von Bulow's powerful new explosive (which is intended to require only a minute quantity)'s disastrous recoil. In the US, meanwhile, when [[w:Phineas T. Barnum\|Phineas T. Barnum]]'s "Greatest Show on Earth" burns to the ground, he heads to England with his star, [[w:General Tom Thumb\|Tom Thumb]].

	Barnum and Thumb are invited to a scientific lecture by Von Bulow who proposes the idea of sending a projectile to the Moon using his 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.		Barnum and Thumb are invited to a scientific lecture by Von Bulow who proposes the idea of sending a projectile to the Moon using his 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.

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	\| director = [[Don Sharp]]		\| director = [[w:Don Sharp\|Don Sharp]]
	\| writer = [[Dave Freeman (British writer)\|Dave Freeman]]		\| writer = [[w:Dave Freeman (British writer)\|Dave Freeman]]
	\| based_on = original story by [[Harry Alan Towers]] (as "Peter Welbeck")<br>"inspired by the writings of [[Jules Verne]]		\| based_on = original story by [[w:Harry Alan Towers\|Harry Alan Towers]] (as "Peter Welbeck")<br>"inspired by the writings of [[w:Jules Verne\|Jules Verne]]
	\| producer = Harry Alan Towers		\| producer = Harry Alan Towers
	\| starring = [[Burl Ives]]<br>[[Terry-Thomas]]<br/>[[Troy Donahue]]<br>[[Gert Fröbe]]<br>[[Hermione Gingold]]<br>[[Lionel Jeffries]]<br>[[Dennis Price]]		\| starring = [[w:Burl Ives\|Burl Ives]]<br>[[Terry-Thomas]]<br/>[[w:Troy Donahue\|Troy Donahue]]<br>[[w:Gert Fröbe\|Gert Fröbe]]<br>[[w:Hermione Gingold\|Hermione Gingold]]<br>[[Lionel Jeffries]]<br>[[Dennis Price]]
	\| narrator = [[Maurice Denham]]		\| narrator = [[Maurice Denham]]
	\| cinematography = [[Reginald H. Wyer]]		\| cinematography = [[w:Reginald H. Wyer\|Reginald H. Wyer]]
	\| editing = Ann Chegwidden		\| editing = Ann Chegwidden
	\| music = [[John Scott (composer)\|John Scott]]		\| music = [[w:John Scott (composer)\|John Scott]]
	\| studio = Jules Verne Films		\| studio = Jules Verne Films
	\| distributor = [[American International Pictures\|AIP]] (US)<br>[[Associated British Picture Corporation\|Warner-Pathé]] {{small\|(UK)}}		\| distributor = [[w:American International Pictures\|AIP]] (US)<br>[[Associated British Picture Corporation\|Warner-Pathé]] {{small\|(UK)}}
	\| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|1967\|07\|13\|UK<ref name=TimesReview>{{cite news\|work=The Times\|date=13 July 1967\|page=8\|title=Film that stays on launching pad\|via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref>}}		\| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|1967\|07\|13\|UK<ref name=TimesReview>{{cite news\|work=The Times\|date=13 July 1967\|page=8\|title=Film that stays on launching pad\|via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref>}}
	\| runtime = 117 min		\| runtime = 117 min

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{{Infobox film
| name = Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
| image = Rocket to the Moon - UK Cinema Poster.jpg
| border = yes
| caption = UK cinema poster
| director = [[Don Sharp]]
| writer = [[Dave Freeman (British writer)|Dave Freeman]]
| based_on = original story by [[Harry Alan Towers]] (as "Peter Welbeck") "inspired by the writings of [[Jules Verne]]
| producer = Harry Alan Towers
| starring = [[Burl Ives]] [[Terry-Thomas]] [[Troy Donahue]] [[Gert Fröbe]] [[Hermione Gingold]] [[Lionel Jeffries]] [[Dennis Price]]
| narrator = [[Maurice Denham]]
| cinematography = [[Reginald H. Wyer]]
| editing = Ann Chegwidden
| music = [[John Scott (composer)|John Scott]]
| studio = Jules Verne Films
| distributor = [[American International Pictures|AIP]] (US) [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé]] {{small|(UK)}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1967|07|13|UK<ref name=TimesReview>{{cite news|work=The Times|date=13 July 1967|page=8|title=Film that stays on launching pad|via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 117 min
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = $3 million<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tide Running Out for Beach Films, In for Protest Movies|author=Thomas, Bob|work=Los Angeles Times|date=Feb 12, 1966|page=b7}}</ref>
}}

'''''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.<ref name="gary">{{cite book|author=Gary A. Smith|title=The American International Pictures Video Guide|publisher=McFarland|date=2009|page=27}}</ref> Director [[Don Sharp]] shot second unit on ''Magnificent Men''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-filmmakers-don-sharp-top-25/|magazine=Filmink|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25|date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>

==Plot summary==
In [[Victorian England]], everyone is trying to make new scientific discoveries, including such failures as the Duke of [[Barsetshire|Barset]]'s attempt to create the first house in England illuminated by electricity (leading to its going up in flames), Sir Charles Dillworthy's [[suspension bridge]] (which falls apart directly [[Queen Victoria]] cuts its inaugural ribbon) and, in [[German Empire|Germany]], Siegfried von Bulow's powerful new explosive (which is intended to require only a minute quantity)'s disastrous recoil. In the US, meanwhile, when [[Phineas T. Barnum]]'s "Greatest Show on Earth" burns to the ground, he heads to England with his star, [[General Tom Thumb|Tom Thumb]].

Barnum and Thumb are invited to a scientific lecture by Von Bulow who proposes the idea of sending a projectile to the Moon using his 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 project attracts investment from all over the world; however, the spaceship designed by Sir Charles Dillworthy proves useless since it does not provide a means for returning to Earth.

Barnum then meets an American [[aeronaut]], Gaylord Sullivan, who has run off with his girlfriend, Madelaine, on her wedding day to another man, the wealthy Frenchman Henri. Upon arriving in Wales and meeting Barnum, 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. Meanwhile, 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 in order to win large wagers on the failure of the moonship expedition.

When Madelaine discovers their plan, she is kidnapped and taken off to Angelica's Home for Wayward Girls. She escapes, however, and arrives back at the launching pad, located on a mountain in Wales, just as unconscious Gaylord is being removed from the sabotaged moonship.

Dillworthy, Washington-Smythe, and a Russian spy, Bulgeroff (who rendered Gaylord unconscious), sneak into the spaceship to continue their sabotage. Bulgeroff pulls the takeoff lever, and the three men are sent soaring on a one-way trip thanks to Von Bulow explosive.

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; Washington-Smythe and Dillworthy find themselves as part of the [[Burlak]] work brigade hauling barges under the [[knout]] of the foreman (Bulgeroff) to the tune of [[The Song of the Volga Boatmen]].

==Main cast==
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* [[Burl Ives]] as [[Phineas T. Barnum]]
* [[Troy Donahue]] as Gaylord Sullivan
* [[Gert Fröbe]] as Professor Siegfried von Bulow
* [[Hermione Gingold]] as Angelica
* [[Lionel Jeffries]] as Sir Charles Dillworthy
* [[Dennis Price]] as The Duke of Barset
* [[Daliah Lavi]] as Madelaine
* [[Terry-Thomas]] as Captain Sir Harry Washington-Smythe
* [[Stratford Johns]] as Royal Engineer Sergeant
* [[Graham Stark]] as Bertram Grundle
* Renate von Holt as Anna Lindstrom
* [[Jimmy Clitheroe]] as [[General Tom Thumb]]
* [[Judy Cornwell]] as Lady Electra
* [[Joachim Teege]] as Joachim Bulgeroff
* [[Edward de Souza]] as Henri
* [[Joan Sterndale-Bennett]] as [[Queen Victoria]]
* [[Allan Cuthbertson]] as Colonel Scuttling
* [[Hugh Walters (actor)|Hugh Walters]] as Carruthers
* [[Derek Francis]] as Puddleby
* Anthony Woodruff as Announcer
{{div col end}}

==Production==
Towers (as "Peter Welbeck") devised the story, very loosely based on the 1865 novel ''[[From the Earth to the Moon]]'' by [[Jules Verne]], whilst the script was by [[Dave Freeman (British writer)|Dave Freeman]], a comedy writer for ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. Don Sharp, who eventually directed the film, said Freeman's original script was "glorious" which encouraged Towers to make an all-star film.<ref name="don">{{cite interview |last=Sharp |first=Don |subject-link= |interviewer=
Teddy Darvas and Alan Lawson |title=Don Sharp Side 5|work= |date=2 November 1993 |publisher=History Project |location=London |url= https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/don-sharp|access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref>

The film was originally announced as going to star [[Bing Crosby]] as [[Phineas T. Barnum]] and [[Senta Berger]], along with Terry-Thomas, Gert Fröbe and [[Wilfred Hyde-White]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Crosby Signs for 'Moon' Trip|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 27, 1966|page=d8}}</ref> AIP said it would be a "wild adventure laced with comedy."<ref>{{Cite news|title=On Bing Barnum's 'Moon'|author=Weiler, A H.|work=New York Times|date=June 26, 1966|page=D11}}</ref> In the end [[Lionel Jeffries]] replaced Hyde-White and Burl Ives and Daliah Lavi stood in for Crosby and Berger.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Disney Signs Robinson|author=Martin, Betty|work=Los Angeles Times|date=Aug 12, 1966|page=c10}}</ref>

"The cast just grew and grew," recalled Sharp, "so the cost became bigger than the original budget."<ref name="don"/> Sharp says this meant the script was rewritten to accommodate stars who could raise finance. He said what had been "a glorious, tight 100 minutes of comedy grew and grew and it got unwieldy."<ref name="don"/>

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 in Avoca in Co.Wicklow, other exterior scenes were shot in the sand dunes of [[Brittas Bay]],<ref name=TomThumb>{{Cite news|work=The Times|date=26 September 1966|page=12|title=Putting Tom Thumb into space|via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref> and the interior scenes were shot at [[Ardmore Studios]], just south of Dublin.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062363/locations?ref_=ttfc_ql_6 IMDb: ''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon'', Filming Locations] Linked 2014-03-01</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Films Come to the Emerald Isle: Emerald Isle Welcomes Films|author=Joseph, Robert|date=Mar 17, 1968|work=Los Angeles Times|page=q26}}</ref>

Director [[Don Sharp]] who had made several films for the producer [[Harry Alan Towers]] recalled that the film was Towers' most expensive. Attempting to obtain more funds for the projected US$3 million budget, Towers approached several international film studios who planned to release the films in their home countries; [[Constantin Film]] in West Germany, [[Anglo-Amalgamated]] in Great Britain and [[American International Pictures]] in the United States of America. In exchange, each of the film studios provided funds with the provisos that their national stars of [[Gert Fröbe]], [[Terry-Thomas]] and [[Troy Donohue]] received more screen time expanding the originally much tighter screenplay.<ref>{{cite book|page=130|author=Taves, Brian|title=Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|date=16 Apr 2015}}</ref> Sharp did say the shoot was pleasant experience.<ref name="don"/>

==Release==

===British Release===
During production, the film was known as ''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon'',<ref name=TomThumb/> 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 [[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]] by the producer, [[Harry Alan Towers|Harry Towers]], instead of the distribution company, which indicates that no distribution deal had been struck at the time).<ref>[http://www.bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/any/any/any/any/any/0/any/any/aff039370/any/any/any/any?advanced=true BBFC: ''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)''] Linked 2014-03-01</ref> However, by the time it was released, on 13 July 1967, it was once again known as ''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon''.<ref name=TimesReview/>

''[[The Times]]''' reviewer, Michael Billington, was not impressed: <blockquote>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.<ref name=TimesReview/></blockquote>

===US Release===
In the United States, the film was first released by [[American International Pictures]] in Los Angeles on 26 July 1967 as ''Those Fantastic Flying Fools'',<ref name=AMPAS>[http://wwwdb.oscars.org:8100/servlet/impc.DisplayCredits?primekey_in=2007112416:05:14120842819 AMPAS Index to Motion Picture Credits: ''Those Fantastic Flying Fools''] Linked 2014-03-02</ref> in order to capitalise on the success of ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (1965), which also starred [[Terry-Thomas]] and [[Gert Fröbe]], and where the director [[Don Sharp]] was responsible for the aerial sequences.<ref name=TomThumb/> However, it wasn't the hit that the distributors expected, so it was cut down to 95 minutes and released as ''Blast-Off'' elsewhere in the US – but that version was no success either.<ref name="gary"/><ref name=AMPAS/>

The ''Los Angeles Times'' said the film had a "leisurely, not to say soporific pace... it takes its time which is risky in a slapstick enterprise. Still it does retain an easy sauntering tone of amiable nonsense, with enough pratfalls and explosions to keep the small fry happy."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Victorian Era Recaptured in 'Fantastic Flying Fools'|author=Champlin, Charles.|date=July 31, 1967|work=Los Angeles Times|page=d18}}</ref> The ''New York Times'' said "it's all been done before, and better, but there are still some smiles."<ref>{{cite news|title=Screen: 'Far From the Madding Crowd' at Capitol: Hardy Story Presented by John Schlesinger 'Fantastic Flying Fools' in Neighborhoods|author=BOSLEY CROWTHER|work=New York Times|date=Oct 19, 1967|page=59}}</ref>

==See also==
[[First Men in the Moon (1964 film)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{BFI Explore|4ce2b6adb97b9|Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon}}
* {{BBFC title|aff039370|Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon}}
* {{IMDb title|tt0062363|Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=93024}}
* {{AllMovie title|49611}}
* {{AFI film|id=23832|title=Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon}}

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