From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon, the signature edition, DVD cover
Format	Drama, History
Starring	See Casting From the Earth To the Moon
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ron Howard Brian Grazer Tom Hanks Michael Bostick
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	HBO
Original run	5 April 1998 – 10 May 1998
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO television miniseries (1998) co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick detailing the landmark Apollo expeditions to the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. Largely based on Andrew Chaikin's book, A Man on the Moon, the series is known for its accurate telling of the story of Apollo and outstanding special effects. For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... This article is about the study of the past in human terms. ... Casting the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon provided unique challenges to the producers. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor, and an Academy Award winning film director, and producer, known for his roles on sitcoms, movies and television. ... Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is a Jewish-American film and television producer who founded Imagine Entertainment with partner Ron Howard. ... Thomas Jeffrey Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is a Jewish-American film and television producer who founded Imagine Entertainment with partner Ron Howard. ... Thomas Jeffrey Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. ... This article is about the series of human spaceflight missions. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Andrew Chaikin is an author, speaker and space journalist. ... A Man on the Moon (ISBN 0140272011) is a 688-page book by Andrew Chaikin, first published in 1994. ... Special effects (also called SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to realize scenes that cannot be achieved by live action or normal means. ...

The series takes its title from, but is not based upon, the famous Jules Verne science fiction novel, From the Earth to the Moon. The last episode of the series begins with a look at the making of Georges Méliès' film based upon the book. This article is about the French author. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The projectile, as pictured in an engraving from the 1872 Illustrated Edition. ... Georges Méliès (December 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. ...

Integration with existing films

The miniseries, concentrating on the Apollo space program, was produced with an intent not to repeat other dramatic portrayals of events of the space race. Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America (NASA) using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961 – 1975. ...

Project Mercury, which was portrayed in the movie The Right Stuff, was briefly summarized in the first episode. Miniseries producers Hanks, Howard and Grazer, who had previously produced Apollo 13, deliberately shot the episode We Interrupt This Program from the perspective of the media covering that flight, as the film had already covered the story from the point of view of the crew and the mission control team. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. ... Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970. ...

Awards

The series won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best miniseries in 1998. An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Episodes

The episodes of the series are:

1. Can We Do This? — Depicts the early events of the space race from the perspective of NASA, including the decision to send men to the moon. Briefly covers the Mercury and Gemini programs along with reconstructions of the first American spacewalk and the Gemini 8 near-disaster.
   
2. Apollo One — Concentrates attention on the Apollo 1 fire and subsequent investigation. The episode focuses on several key individuals, including Harrison Storms of North American Aviation, Joseph Shea of NASA, and Frank Borman of the astronaut office, all of whom were involved in the investigation.
   
3. We Have Cleared the Tower — Follows a fictional documentary team covering the preparation for the flight of Apollo 7. Although a well-received episode, some criticism occurred over the episode's ending with the launch of the mission, and failing to delve into the difficulties between Apollo 7's crew and Mission Control during the mission.
   
4. 1968 — Including much actual documentary footage of political events in the United States during the year 1968, this episode depicts the first manned lunar flight (Apollo 8). Much of the story is told from the point of view of Frank Borman's wife, Susan, and is shot in black and white, with the only exceptions being newsreel footage of news events, and the dramatized action in the spacecraft. Also depicts the Apollo 8 Genesis Reading.
   
5. Spider — Focuses on the development of the Lunar Module and its first manned flights during Apollo 9 and Apollo 10, from the point of view of both the crew of Apollo 9 as well as the Grumman design team headed by Tom Kelly.
   
6. Mare Tranquilitatis — A dramatization of the first moon landing (Apollo 11), with flashback sequences to a television interview between the Apollo 11 crew and fictional broadcaster Emmett Seaborn. The title Mare Tranquilitatis refers to the actual landing site of the mission.
   
7. That's All There Is — The story of Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean and his experiences on the Apollo 12 mission. The episode is a humorous depiction of the most tight-knit crew to serve on an Apollo mission.
   
8. We Interrupt This Program — Depicts the television media's point of view concerning the 'successful failure' of Apollo 13. The episode avoids comparison with the movie Apollo 13 by focusing entirely on Earthbound events, and adds a fictional subplot about the rivalry between a veteran TV news reporter who appears throughout the whole mini-series, and a young upstart.
   
9. For Miles and Miles — Tells the story of the return to flight status of Alan Shepard and his mission to the moon on Apollo 14. The title refers to Alan Shepard's famous golf swing on the lunar surface.
   
10. Galileo Was Right — Focuses on the training the Apollo astronauts undertook to become geologists on the Moon's surface, specifically the Apollo 15 astronauts. The contributions of scientists Lee Silver, Harrison "Jack" Schmitt and Farouk El-Baz are highlighted. The title refers to Galileo Galilei and his theory that gravity would act equally in a vacuum on bodies of different mass. The theory was proven correct by astronaut Dave Scott in an experiment recreated for the episode.
    
11. The Original Wives Club — The story of Apollo from the point of view of the wives who had to endure the dangers of spaceflight at home, framed by the Apollo 16 mission.
    
12. Le Voyage dans la Lune — Intercuts the story of the last Apollo mission, Apollo 17, with the turn-of-the-century vision of a trip to the moon by French film maker Georges Méliès. The title of the episode is also the title of the early 20th century film shot by Méliès.

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Cast

See main article: Casting From the Earth To the Moon Casting the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon provided unique challenges to the producers. ...

Production Information

• Many of the actors had opportunity to interact and form friendships with the real life astronauts they were portraying. Brett Cullen, who played Apollo 9 Command Module pilot and Apollo 15 commander David Scott, was invited to the Scott family home each time an episode he appeared in was first televised.

• Two short clips from the final scenes of Apollo 13 were used in "That's All There Is"; a splashdown sequence, and a view of the recovery ship USS Iwo Jima (portrayed by USS New Orleans).

• The original series was shot in 1.33 aspect ratio, intended to be viewed on standard television sets. The series was released on DVD as a 4-disc set. With the proliferation of widescreen flat-panel TV sets the series was remastered in 1.78 aspect ratio and rereleased in 2005 as a 5-disc DVD box set. New framing causes loss of top and bottom parts of the frames from the original movie. This is not always noticeable because of careful transfer process, but in some scenes important details are lost. For example, in Disc 1, when the Gemini 8 / Agena assembly is tumbling around the sky with a stuck thruster, the thruster is not visible in the new widescreen version as it is cut off by the top of the frame. Some captions have also been compromised.^[1]

Brett Cullen was born August 26, 1956 in Houston, Texas. ... Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day Earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. ... David Scotts Apollo 15 training space suit on display in the Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. Colonel David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932), a former NASA astronaut, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963 and is one of only twelve... Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970. ... USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the lead ship of her class—the first ship to be designed and built from the keel up as an amphibious assault ship. ... The third USS New Orleans (LPH-11), an Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy. ...

References

1. ^ From the Earth to the Moon: 2005 Signature Series DVD Box set, user's comments.

External links

• From the Earth to the Moon at the Internet Movie Database