From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)

From the Earth to the Moon was 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 superbly accurate telling of the story of Apollo and outstanding special effects.

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HBO - Television - Miniseries - 1998 - Ron Howard - Brian Grazer - Tom Hanks - Michael Bostick - Apollo - Moon - 1960s - 1970s - Andrew Chaikin - A Man on the Moon - Special effect

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The series takes its title from, but is not based upon, the famous Jules Verne science fiction novel, From the Earth to the Moon. One episode of the series begins with a look at the making of Georges Méliès' film based upon the book.

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Jules Verne - Science fiction - From the Earth to the Moon - Georges Méliès

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The series has only one small segment on the Mercury program and does not recap any of the material shown in The Right Stuff. Hanks, Howard and Grazer had produced Apollo 13 only recently and did not reproduce any of that movie's scenes in this series, concentrating instead on the media reaction to Apollo 13. Two short shots from the final scenes of the Apollo 13 movie were used in the episode "That's All There Is" - the splashdown of 13 in the movie was shown as the splashdown of Apollo 12, and a view of Apollo 13's recovery ship from the movie was shown as Apollo 12's recovery ship.

Related Topics:
Mercury program - The Right Stuff - Apollo 13 - Apollo 13

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The episodes of the series are:

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• Can We Do This? tells the story of the decision to go to the moon and covers the Mercury and Gemini programs.
• Apollo 1 is the story of the fire and subsequent investigation of the Apollo 1 accident.
• We Have Cleared the Tower tells the story of the recovery and preparation for the flight of Apollo 7.
• 1968 reminds us of the events of the year 1968 which culminated in Man's first flight around the Moon during Apollo 8.
• Spider tells the story of the development of the Lunar Module and of its first manned flight during Apollo 9.
• Mare Tranquilitatis is the story of the first Moonlanding during Apollo 11.
• That's All There Is tells the story of a flight to the Moon from the point of view of Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean on Apollo 12.
• We Interrupt This Program shows the reporters' view of the 'successful failure' of Apollo 13.
• For Miles and Miles details the return to flight of Alan Shepard and his mission to the moon on Apollo 14.
• Galileo Was Right shows the scientific side of the Apollo program and the training the Apollo astronauts went through to become geologists on the Moon's surface, culminating in the Apollo 15 mission.
• The Original Wives Club tells 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.
• La Voyage Dans La Lune mixes the story of the last Apollo flight to the Moon on Apollo 17 with the 19th century vision of a trip to the moon by French film maker Georges Méliès.
 
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