From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

Directed by

David Frankel

Genre

drama film, action film, docudrama, thriller film, historical film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 133 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries chronicles the Apollo program from the 1960s through the early 1970s. It covers the missions and the people behind them in a docudrama style. The final episode shifts to a pseudo-documentary format that includes a reenactment of the making of an early film about a moon voyage.

educationalawe-inspiringpatrioticinformativenostalgicdramaticreverentsuspenseful

What happens

From the Earth to the Moon is a 1998 American twelve-part television miniseries co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks and Michael Bostick. The series aired on HBO from April 5 to May 10, 1998. In docudrama format, it tells the story of the Apollo program during the 1960s and early 1970s. Largely based on Andrew Chaikin's 1994 book, A Man on the Moon, the series is known for its accurate telling of the story of Apollo and the special effects under visual director Ernest D. Farino. The series takes its title from, but is not based upon, Jules Verne's 1865 science fiction novel From the Earth to the Moon. Hanks appears in every episode, introducing each of the first eleven. The twelfth and final episode, represented in pseudo-documentary format, is narrated by Blythe Danner, interspersed with a reenactment of the production of Georges Méliès' 1902 film Le Voyage dans la Lune, also in part inspired by Verne's novel. Hanks narrates and appears in these scenes as Méliès' assistant, with Tchéky Karyo as Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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