On Jan 19, 9:33 am, TreyWins...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> I hope this is the right group for this question, since it is at least
> somewhat sci-fi related.
>
> I'm trying to find a movie I remember seeing on TV when I was a kid,
> many years ago.
>
> I think the movie is from the sixties, or even the fifties, but I
> can't remember if it's in black and white. I'm pretty sure it's
> American.
>
> It is a comedy about a man who's training to be an astronaut. He's
> very naive and oblivious to the fact that one of his fellow astronauts
> is diligently trying to sabotage his training.
>
> In the course of the training they are subjected to all kinds of
> tests, like the sentrifuge and such.
> I particularly remember a scene where the protagonist is placed in a
> chamber where the temperature can be regulated, from extremely hot to
> extremely cold. He is completely oblivious to the temperature changes,
> and passes the time by reading the paper (which promptly catches fire)
> and attempting to drink coffe (which immediately freezes solid as he
> pours it out of his thermos).
>
> That's pretty much all I remember. Can anyone point me in the right
> direction?
> (I'm pretty sure it isn't "The reluctant astronaut" with Don Knotts,
> but not 100 %)
>
I believe the movie is _The Man in the Moon_, starring Kenneth Moore,
probably best known to Americans from _The Forsyth Saga_.
Peter Wezeman
anti-social Darwinist
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