Mars and Beyond

Name: Mars and Beyond
Genre: Documental, Animación
Released: 1957-12-04
Duration: 53 min
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Paul Frees, Wernher von Braun, Ernst Stuhlinger

1957 53 min

Documentary Animation

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“Mars And Beyond”

Directed by renouned animator Ward Kimball, ' Mars and Beyond' is a lighthearted exploration of the history and future of Space Travel as understood back in 1957! Theories from scientists and philosophers are discussed. Focusing on Mars. Ideas from science-fiction authors H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs are brought to life with colorful animation. Pulp science fiction comics of the time are parodied. Life on other planets is considered, profiling each of the planets in the solar system from the perspective of what would happen to man on them. A masterpiece of animation and sci-fi that was way ahead of it's time. Ward Kimball was perhaps the most inventive of all Disney animators and probably the only one who admitted to experimenting with psychedelic drugs in the 60's. Also the only animator who Walt Disney ever called a "genius."

Director: Ward Kimball
Status: Released
Release date: 04/12/1957
Original language: English