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Fly Me to the Moon

A screenshot of the film
Directed by Ben Stassen
Written by Domonic Paris
Starring Nicollette Sheridan, Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Patrick, Kelly Ripa, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Begley Jr., Buzz Aldrin (voices)
Music by Ramin Djawadi
Release date(s) Flag of Belgium January 30, 2008
Flag of the United States August 22, 2008
Country Flag of Belgium Belgium
Language English
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Fly Me to the Moon is a CGI animated feature film. Ben Stassen is a Belgian film producer and director He founded NWave Pictures in 1994 producing highly successful CGI ride films including the groundbreaking Devils Nicollette Sheridan (born November 21, 1963) is a Golden Globe -nominated British -born American Actress. Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946 is an English Actor, Singer, Voice actor, and Composer, as well as having a career as a Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is a three-time Emmy Award -winning American Actor. Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is a Saturn Award -winning American Film and television Actor. Kelly Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970) an American Daytime Emmy Award -winning actress, Television personality and Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11 1945 is an American Television, Film, character and Musical theater actress as well as the Edward James Begley Jr (born September 16, 1949) is an American Actor, Game show Panelist and Environmentalist Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr, January 20, 1930 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American Aviator Ramin Djawadi (born 1974 in Duisburg, Germany) is an Iranian-German Composer of orchestral music for film and television Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics It was released on January 30, 2008 in Belgium, and will be released in the USA on August 22, 2008. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common It is the first animated film to be designed, created, and released exclusively in 3-D. It will only be released in 3D-capable theatres; a standard, non-3-D version of the film does not exist. Fly Me to the Moon is directed by Ben Stassen and produced by nWave Pictures. Ben Stassen is a Belgian film producer and director He founded NWave Pictures in 1994 producing highly successful CGI ride films including the groundbreaking Devils

The total production budget of Fly Me to the Moon is €17. 3 million. nWave financed about 75% of the budget itself. To raise the rest, investors could benefit from Belgium’s Tax Shelter system. The Flanders Audiovisual Fund contributed €100,000, 10% of its annual budget for animation.

Well before the release of the film, a 13-minute version of Fly Me to the Moon could be experienced at theme parks such as Bellewaerde in Ypres, Belgium. Bellewaerde is a Theme park in the West-Flemish countryside near Ypres ( Belgium) Ypres ( French, generally used in English French ipʁ English ˈiːprə Ieper (official name in Dutch, pronounced /ˈiːpər/ or Ypern

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Plot

A tween-aged fly named Nat and his two best friends, I. Q. and Scooter, build a “fly-sized” rocket in a field across from Cape Canaveral, Florida, where the Apollo 11 sits on its launch pad. Cape Canaveral from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County Florida, United States, near the center of that From his earliest memory, Nat remembers his grandfather, Amos, telling him of his daring rescue of Amelia Earhart as she crossed the Atlantic Ocean on her historic flight. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Wanting to be an adventurer like his Grandpa, Nat knows what he has to do. Defying the notion that “Dreamers get swatted!” he tells his friends his plan to get aboard the Apollo 11 and go to the moon. His buddies, with some reluctance, are in. The next morning, as their families realize they are missing, the three flies make it to Space Center command. In their homemade space suits, Nat, I. Q. and Scooter stow away inside the space helmets of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5 1930 is a former American Astronaut, Test pilot, University Professor, and United States Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr, January 20, 1930 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American Aviator Major General Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former American Astronaut and Test pilot. As they blast off, our three tiny adventurers are about to make some history of their own.

Back on earth, Grandpa, Mom and the others watch TV to get news of their offspring’s adventure. As the astronauts appear on camera, the heroic flies wave in the background, visible to other flies but barely seen by humans – except for an attentive NASA team member, who informs Armstrong that there appear to be “contaminants” on board. One other problem: In far-away Russia, there are other flies watching TV - Russian flies that cannot tolerate American flies getting to the moon first. A Russian plan is hatched and operatives are enlisted to interfere with the US mission. Mother Russia puts all its hopes of success on the back of one nasty operative named Yegor. Fortunately, a pretty Russian fly named Nadia also sees the flies on board and hears Nat calling out his Grandpa’s name, the very name of the fly Nadia met in Paris and loved so many years ago.

Back on board the space ship, as the burn cycle to enter the moons orbit begins, the capsule starts to shake violently. There’s a short circuit in a control panel that must be fixed manually or the ship won’t be able to complete its mission. Nat and I. Q. fly through a maze of wires, find the problem and repair it just in time. Unaware of the flies’ aid, the ship enters orbit and all is well. . . or so they think. Just as they congratulate each other, the little flies are sprayed with a numbing aerosol and are captives in a test tube vial – contaminants indeed.

The flies manage to break the vial. Nat sneaks into Armstrong’s helmet just in the nick of time. The Lunar Module lands on the surface of the moon. From inside the helmet, Nat beams with every awe-inspiring historic step. I. Q. and Scooter join him on the surface inside Aldrin’s helmet. Back on earth, other plots are being set in motion. After more than 50 years apart, Nadia finds Grandpa, though the joy of their reunion is brief. She tells Grandpa and Nat’s Mom about the Russian plot to divert the mission to crash directly into Mount Rushmore. Yegor must be stopped. Nat’s Mom faints while Grandpa takes off with a renewed youthful vow to save his grandson. At Mission Control, the Russian operatives have infiltrated and are preparing to alter the descent codes. Unaware of the potential danger looming, the astronauts and the little flies sit back and prepare to come back home as heroes.

Grandpa, Nat’s Mom and Nadia join forces to stop Yegor and the Russian plan as Apollo 11 hurtles closer and closer toward earth. In a series of death-defying stunts, they crush the Russian threat. Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, the world still totally unaware of the three little flies on board who made it all possible. Returning as heroes, the three little flies share a slogan embraced by all: “Adventure forever! Dreamers get swatted? Never!”

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Nicollette Sheridan (born November 21, 1963) is a Golden Globe -nominated British -born American Actress. Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946 is an English Actor, Singer, Voice actor, and Composer, as well as having a career as a Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is a three-time Emmy Award -winning American Actor. Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is a Saturn Award -winning American Film and television Actor. Kelly Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970) an American Daytime Emmy Award -winning actress, Television personality and Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11 1945 is an American Television, Film, character and Musical theater actress as well as the Edward James Begley Jr (born September 16, 1949) is an American Actor, Game show Panelist and Environmentalist Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr, January 20, 1930 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American Aviator Philip Daniel Bolden (born March 19, 1995) is an American Child actor. Scott David Menville (born February 12, 1971) is an American Voice actor, musician and comedian This list of animated feature-length films compiles animated feature Films from around the world and is organized alphabetically under the year of release A computer-animated film commonly refers to Feature films that have been computer-animated to appear three dimensional on a movie screen This is a list of 3-D films that have been publicly screened These films are presented in a way that requires two images one for each eye to achieve Stereopsis. This is a list of films either shot with IMAX cameras or digitally remastered for display in IMAX theaters Allmovie (previously All Movie Guide) is a commercial database of information about Movie stars movies and television shows.
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