From the Earth to the Moon (US)
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Four disc Collector`s Edition
Certificate: none
Running Time: 639 mins
Retail Price: $99.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
The critically acclaimed television series about America`s Apollo Space Program as produced by Tom Hanks, for HBO. Not only visually striking with its attention to detail, the series goes beyond the astronaut stories. Hanks appears in the very last episode.
Powerfully told as never before, these are the stories of the men, women and children, who lived, breathed, and manufactured from the power of the human will, one of the greatest achievements in the history of man.
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
30-Minute "HBO First Look" Featurette
Special Effects Featurette
13 TV Spots
Virtual Tour of the Solar System
3-D Models of the Ships
Mission Objectives
Kennedy`s Speech
Time-line of the Space Missions
History of the Moon
Video Tracks:
Standard 1.33:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Mono Spanish
Subtitle Tracks:
French
English
Spanish
Directed By:
Lili Fini Zanuck
Graham Yost
Jon Turteltaub
Jonathan Mostow
Frank Marshall
Tom Hanks
Michael Grossman
David Frankel
Gary Fleder
Sally Field
David Carson
Written By:
Graham Yost
Andy Wolk
Al Reinert
Peter Osterland
Lisa Mohan
Paul McCudden
Steven Katz
Karen Janszen
Laura Hubber
Tom Hanks
Lawrence Gonzales
Jeffrey Alan Fiskin
Jonathan Marc Feldman
Andrew Chaikin
Erik Bork
Amy Baker
Remi Aubuchon
Starring:
Sam Anderson
Jo Anderson
Brandon Ambrose
Tom Amandes
Mason Adams
Krista Adair
Casting By:
Meg Liberman
Sharon Klein
Marc Hirschfeld
Mark Fincannon
Lisa Mae Fincannon
Craig Fincannon
Soundtrack By:
Pete Townshend
Marc Shaiman
Mark Mancina
Michael Kamen
Mark Isham
James Newton Howard
Brad Fiedel
Mason Daring
Jeff Beal
Director of Photography:
Gale Tattersall
Arnold Peterson
Editor:
Wendy Smith
Christopher Rouse
Richard Pearson
Laurie Grotstein
Lisa Zeno Churgin
Costume Designer:
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko
Production Designer:
Richard Toyon
Producer:
Graham Yost
Janace Tashjian
Bruce Richmond
Bridget Potter
Terry Odem
John P. Melfi
Ron Howard
Brian Grazer
Michael Bostick
Erik Bork
Executive Producer:
Tony To
Tom Hanks
Distributor:
HBO
Your Opinions and Comments
- Facts are real, has plenty of information about what probably is humankind`s greatest achievement. The mix of real footage and amazingly created ones add to its real life/documentary spirit. But it`s far from being a documentary, although every fact is real. It goes beyond on the narration.
- It`s not "Americana" on its spirit. Mr. Hanks and his team deserve merits for showing this great achievement as a mankind victory instead of an "America only" feat. Congratulations!
- Each episode is presented thru an original point of view, not the one you`d expect. This gives new life to the facts. The Apollo 13 episode, for example, shows how an anchor man from a TV network faced his drama at the same time as the astronauts. A great achievement since if it was presented the other way it would fail when compared to the movie. Actually, one complements the other.
- Many generations have not lived the man on the moon. This is the best way to give them a small feeling of what that meant. It`s the closest an historical document can get to emotion. Anyone will learn great and funny facts from the Apollo project and its missions.
- Episodes are very successful in passing the feeling of this great achievement. You`ll be proud of it, specially if you happened to be alive when it happened. At the end you`ll regret the fact that today we (humans/nations) spend too much time and energy with small problems that don`t take anyone anywhere.
- On the latest episode you`ll learn that one of the century`s "greatest" men was, actually, the first pirate whose actions screwed the life of the first great filmmaker.
- Mr. Hanks talents go far beyond acting. Congratulations!
- Acting is amazing, direction perfect, screenplays compelling. You won`t believe this was "just" a 12 episode TV miniseries. It`s FAR better than many movies made on science fiction/space exploration genres.
The only point where they`ve sleeped:
- The box and its opening "book" scheme doesn`t feel it`ll be up to date when man reaches Mars.
I`d like to remind you all that this is not a science fiction miniseries. Its focus is on the spirit, the challenge, the emotions, the technology, the men and women involved on taking the man on a voyage from the Earth to the Moon.
At around US$ 80.00, it`s far from cheap. But worth every cent.