DESTINATION MOON AFI Fest All-Night Movie Marathon: Left Wing Versus Right Wing

Call it “1948: A Space Odyssey.” Rarely seen on the big screen, the first American space
movie is a fascinating could-have-been alternative to the Apollo program. One of the most
unabashedly libertarian films ever made in Hollywood, Robert Heinlein’s story involves a
group of concerned American industrialists who finance a privately run trip to the Moon.
Great looking, thoughtfully designed sets and effects are frequently let down by boneheaded
dialog, but the ideas are genuinely interesting.