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From the Earth to the Moon - The Signature Edition |  | Director: Michael Grossman
Actors: Tom Hanks, Nick Searcy, Lane Smith, David Andrews, Daniel Hugh Kelly
Studio: HBO Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  316 reviews
Sales Rank: 2021
Format: AC-3, Box set, Collector's Edition, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 720 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.8 x 1.6
MPN: D98853D
ISBN: 0783128428
UPC: 026359885327
EAN: 9780783128429
ASIN: B000A0GYD2
Theatrical Release Date: April 5, 1998
Release Date: September 20, 2005
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Originally broadcast in April and May of 1998, the epic miniseries From the Earth to the Moon was HBO's most expensive production to date, with a budget of $68 million. Hosted by executive producer Tom Hanks, the miniseries tackles the daunting challenge of chronicling the entire history of NASA's Apollo space program from 1961 to 1972. For the most part, it's a rousing success. Some passages are flatly chronological, awkwardly wedging an abundance of factual detail into a routine dramatic structure. But each episode is devoted to a crucial aspect of the Apollo program. The cumulative effect is a deep and thorough appreciation of NASA's monumental achievement. With the help of a superlative cast, consistent writing, and a stable of talented directors, Hanks has shared his infectious enthusiasm for space exploration and the inspiring power of conquering the final frontier. NASA's complete participation in the production lends to its total authenticity, right down to the use of NASA equipment, launch locations, and even spacecraft. The re-creation of the lunar landscape is almost as impressive as the real thing and is further enhanced by the use of helium balloons to lighten the actors playing moon-walking astronauts. (These and other backstage details are revealed in the "making of" featurette, along with a wealth of supplemental materials, on a bonus disc in the miniseries' DVD package.) With a fictional, Walter Cronkite-like TV reporter (Lane Smith) serving as the dramatic link for all 12 episodes, this ambitious production may not be a great work of art. But as a generous and definitive example of nonfiction drama, it's full of the same kind of awe, inspiration, and humanity that led to "one giant leap" in the all-too-short history of 20th-century space exploration. --Jeff Shannon
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 Houston we have a miniseries. March 18, 2010
Julian Kennedy (St Pete Florida)
From the Earth to the Moon: 5 out of 10: From the Earth to the Moon is a strange bird. Not a mini series in the strictest sense. Each episode is self-contained with virtually no characters, except the space program itself, moving from one episode to the next. Each episode therefore is its own one-hour movie simply sharing the same sets with the other films.
Three are brilliantly done (episode 2 "Apollo 1" episode 5 "Spider" and episode 7 "That's all there is") The rest are either simply OK to outright misses (episodes 8 and 9) and by the time you are ready to spend an hour exclusively with the astronaut's wives (episode 11) the whole thing seems a bit of a slog.
Don't get me wrong the acting, sets and special effects are brilliant throughout but some magic is missing. When Apollo 11 lands on the moon there is no magic, no excitement. It is all very low key strangely focused on Buzz Aldrin's feelings about being second. I was also wondering what they were to do next since we land on the moon episode six in a twelve episode series.
The lack of a character or two that can be followed from episode to episode gives one little reason to invest in the slower episodes that follow number 7. There simply is no payoff in sticking with the program.
In the beginning of episode 8 about Apollo 13 Tom Hanks laments that Americans had become bored with the space program. The episode then spends 50 minutes digging up old chestnuts about old media versus new media. Turns out the American viewing public weren't the only ones bored with outer space.
 One of these days, Alice... February 1, 2010
Roy Deeds (Sacramento, CA USA)
This four disc collection was purchased as a Christmas gift that was on my son-in-law's wish list. I assume that he's enjoying it as well as sharing it with his young son. No negative feedback from them, so I'm giving it five stars.
compelling history! February 1, 2010
Gadget mom (Atlanta, Georgia)
My 11 year old son got this from Santa for Christmas, and our whole family pretty much watched it beginning to end over the next week. Not only was it a great story, with drama and suspense that kept you on the edge of your seat at times, but it lets kids who weren't around when it all happened see how they worked with what they had to get to the moon and back. As my son said - an iPhone has 10 times the computing power of the instruments of an Apollo rocket.
The most fun our family has had together in months. January 29, 2010
Lois Huneycutt (Columbia, MO USA)
I bought this set for my space history crazy 13 year old son, and he persuaded my husband and me to watch it with him over the course of two weeks. It was a great time together. This is a very well done series, and for the most part, historically accurate. I must admit I found it a bit disconcerting in places where fact and fiction were intertwined -- for instance, on the Apollo 13 series, where they did the old veteran professional journalist being upstaged and ultimately replaced by the hotshot young tabloid-style reporter. I wanted to know who the old guy was supposed to have been, and found out he was a fictional character. I loved the first two episodes, but was less entranced by the third, which was the Apollo 7 episode. Mark Harmon just didn't get Wally Schirra right. The fourth and fifth episodes, depicting Apollos 8 and 9 (and 10 got a brief mention) were wonderful. The episode on Apollo 11 focused on the complex character of Buzz Aldrin, and I think it could have been done better. Apollo 12 was pure joy; and the one on Apollo 13 I liked even though it was the least focused on the mission itself. I found myself not swept away by the Apollo 14 mission one, mostly because, again, it's hard to get Shepard right, and this one came close enough to be irritating when it didn't. We loved the Apollo 15 episode, that focused on how hard it is to train pilots to be geologists. I liked the Apollo 16 episode which focused on the wives of the second group of astronauts and their fates; my 13 year old son, as you can imagine, would have preferred hearing more about Duke, Young, and Mattingly on the moon. The only episode I thought truly did not work was the last....so the series kind of fizzles to an end, just like the Apollo program, I guess!
A gift January 24, 2010
Kaye Wakefield
This was sent to my son for a christmas gift. He called and told me it came in excellant condition and was received promptly. He has enjoyed it very much.
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