" Suddenly, Laura is overwhelmed with memories and tears as she listens to a distant rain whistle:Laura: Oh, Fred.The Melies story of man""s first moon landing was interwoven with the final Apollo 17 moon mission.]Plot SynopsisThe primitive, nostalgia-inducing film was composed of approximately thirty scenes (or skits), without dialogue or closeups, as listed in Melies"" Star Films catalogue:The Scientific Congress at the Astronomic Club.The mini-versions of himself mischievously fought against him, and he fell on a hotstove where he had to lever his face off with a spatula." While ascending the curving, black marble staircase, he stops short when told the grim, morbid truth by the devoted servant: "If you need help with the coffin, call me.