"From the Earth to the Moon" 1968 (1998)

Director:

David Frankel

Writers:

Andrew Chaikin (book)
Al Reinert (written by)

TV Series:

"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998)

Original Air Date:

12 April 1998 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Program | Apollo 8 | Apollo 1 | Astronaut

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Host
Brandon Ambrose	...	Edwin Borman
Sam Anderson	...	Thomas Paine
David Andrews	...	Frank Borman
Robert John Burke	...	Bill Anders
Maury Covington	...	CIA #2
Tim Daly	...	Jim Lovell
Keith Dickerson	...	Engineer
Steve DuMouchel	...	NASA Rep.
Cary Elwes	...	Michael Collins
Tracy Frenkel	...	Rocco Petrone
David Drew Gallagher	...	RETRO
Andrew Heller	...	CIA #1
Jim Howard	...	William Schneider
Steve Howard	...	CAPCOM

Runtime:

53 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M (video rating)

Filming Locations:

John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Trivia:

Executive producer Tom Hanks played Jim Lovell in _"Apollo 13". Here, Lovell's wife is portrayed by Tom Hanks' real-life wife, Rita Wilson.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In this episode, Jim Lovell accidentally deploys the life vest in the Apollo 8 command module on the way to the moon. After some discussion of what to do, Frank Borman, a graduate of West Point, says in a gently teasing tone "Navy man." Bill Anders repeats the remark, also in a somewhat derogatory tone. This would most likely not have been something Bill Anders would have said, as he was a 1955 graduate of the Naval Academy, similar to Jim Lovell, who graduated in 1952. It is unlikely that a fellow USNA grad would disparage, even in teasing, a fellow USNA grad.

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