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From Earth To The Moon

This twelve part HBO mini-series tells the story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972. Tom Hanks served as Executive Producer and introduced each segment.

 

From Earth To The Moon (1998)

From Earth To The Moon

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.

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.

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 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.

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Running Time : 1 hour
Premiered : April 05, 1998
Date Ended : May 10, 1998
Number of Episodes : 12
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Language : English
TV Station : HBO
Country : United States
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Genre : Action, Drama, Thriller, Periodic

Tags : History, Based on Novel, TV Mini-Series, Space, Spacecraft, 1960s, 1970s, Based on True Story, Astronaut, Disaster, NASA, Space Program, Space Race, 1950s, Apollo 1, Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 7, Apollo 8, Apollo Program, First Man Into Space, Gemini Capsule, Georges Melies, Handball, Mercury Capsule, Moon Landing, Saturn V Rocket, Apollo 13