NUDE ON THE MOON (1960)

[The Burgomaster]

This DVD was my first foray into the nudie-movie world of director Doris Wishman.  I highly recommend this movie as a TRULY CHEAP and EXTREMELY TERRIBLE piece of celluloid hilarity.

It starts out with a young rocket scientist announcing to his older partner that he has inherited $3 million.  Now, they can finally build a rocket and go to the moon!

For some reason, the first 30 minutes or so of this 70 minute movie are wasted with boring scenes of the scientists working in their cheesy lab, talking, or driving around in a convertible.  Finally, they drive to the forest where there rocket (a dime store toy) is waiting on the launching pad behind a chain link fence.

After they blast off, they communicate with each other by talking into hand sets, even though they are sitting right beside each other.

When they land on the moon (which is covered with beautiful trees, grass, plants, etc. . . . and looks VERY much like Florida, where this movie was filmed), they emerge from their rocket wearing the worst looking spacesuits since PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE.  They open the visors on their helmets and start walking around.  After awhile, one guy warns the other that their oxygen is running out (yet, they have their visors open?????)  I guess the rationale is that they have little plastic nozzles in front of their mouths that are attached to tubes leading to their oxygen tanks.  The nozzles must blow oxygen close enough to their mouths and noses that it's okay for their visors to be open.

As expected, they encounter a civilization of topless, telepathic moon people who have antennae on their heads (which appear to be made of pipe cleaners or aluminum foil or something).  The moon people just sort of lounge around while the scientists "study" them.  (The extensive research efforts consist of watching the moon people and then writing notes in little notebooks).  This goes on for about a half hour.  Then they guys get back in their rocket and return home.

Wow.



Post Edited (01-09-05 08:43)

[Andrew]

You forget to mention the haunting theme song.  Sometimes I will just start singing it to Katie.  She usually hits me with a pillow.

I said most everything I could about this movie in my review.  However, once again, if your society involved lounging around in the buff, why in the world would you have furniture made from volcanic rock?

[lester1/2jr]

loved it

[The Burgomaster]

Andrew wrote:

"You forget to mention the haunting theme song."

Ah, yes.  "I'm mooning over you . . . "

[Sugar_Nads]

Do you think the creators were really serious about their um, "craft" at the time or were they just really high?

I guess I just don't see the marketability.

[Flangepart]

Uh...."Nude" is not marketable? Oh...depends on the quality of the nude...right...

[Dave Munger]

Was Bettie Page in this?

[Scott]

Saw a trailer of NUDE ON THE MOON on the SOMETHING WEIRD SAMPLER and the film appears to have been shot at Coral Castle in Florida. It's somewhere between Miami and Key West. Plan to stop there if we ever journey through Florida again. Check out the story about the man who build this mysterious place.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/FLHOMcoral.html



Post Edited (01-10-05 19:14)