Rendezvous in Space (1964) [N/A]

Featuring:
Marcia McBroom, Jim Backus, Mel Blanc

Written by:
Frank Capra
Jonathan Latimer
Tedd Pierce

Directed by:
Frank Capra


Release Date:
September 10, 1964

Original Title:
Rendezvous in Space

Genres:
Animation | Documentary

Production Companies:
Frank Capra Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 16

This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the Martin-Marietta Corporation for exhibition in the Hall of Science at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Frank Capra's last film was a documentary for Martin Marietta Corporation, shown at the Hall of Science Pavilion of the New York World's Fair of 1964-1965. After a series of scenes of Earth from space, narrator Danny Thomas gets various opinions on space travel from "the man in the street" (actually, actor Sid Melton and players from other Capra films like Charles Lane, Alan Reed, Doodles Weaver and John Litel, plus a black woman, an Asian man, a heavyset woman, a man with a large family, and a no-nonsense type who says knowledge isn't expensive, ignorance is.) Animated sections illustrate the invention of gunpowder, a typical space shuttle visit to resupply a space station, and the problems to be overcome living for long periods in space.

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Rankings and Honors

Rendezvous in Space (1964) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.8/10

Art Direction:
Raymond Beal

Assistant Director:
Joel Freeman

Dialogue:
Tedd Pierce
Ned Wendell

Director:
Frank Capra

Music Editor:
Eugene Marks

Special Effects:
Lee LeBlanc

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