Five Weeks in a Balloon (film) intended to exploit the hype of Fox’s own "Cleopatra" (1963). Allen's film is played much more for comedy than Juran's film. In Verne's novel and the Woolner Brothers' film, the balloon was named the "Victoria". Allen's film renames it the "Jupiter" with Allen giving the name "Jupiter II" to the spaceship on "Lost in Space". Filming took place in early 1962. It was the only film being made on the Fox lot at the time, due to costs incurred by "Cleopatra" (1963). The film was entirely shot in Hollywood except for some second unit shots in Africa. Allen wanted to
First Spaceship on Venus In 1990 the film was featured in the second season of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" and was released on DVD in 2008 by Shout! Factory, as part of their "MST3K 20th Anniversary Edition" collection. In 2007 the film was shown on the horror hosted television series "Cinema Insomnia". Apprehensive Films later released the "Cinema Insomnia" episode on DVD. First Spaceship on Venus First Spaceship on Venus, (a.k.a. in German: Der Schweigende Stern; in Polish: Milcząca Gwiazda; literal English translation: The Silent Star), also known in English as Planet of the Dead and Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply, is a 1960