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The Extraordinary Voyage

    Documentary
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Dec 8, 2011
Rated NR

An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece “A Trip to the Moon” (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.

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Cast

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Costa-Gavras
Self - Filmmaker
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Self - Filmmaker
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Michel Gondry
Self - Filmmaker
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Michel Hazanavicius
Self - Filmmaker
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Eric Lange
Self - Filmmaker
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Nicolas Ricordel
Self - AFF Member
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Tom Burton
Self - Filmmaker
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Marie Bromberg
Self - Film Colorist
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Serge Bromberg
Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
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Georges Méliès
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Tom Hanks
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Thomas A. Edison
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Henri Langlois
Self - Film Archivist (archive footage)

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