This was a mini-series that ran on HBO in the late 1990s, it chronicled man's trips to the moon from the beginning of the "space race" through the end of the Apollo program. It was a twelve episode mini-series with each hour-long episode focusing on some particular aspect (or mission) of the program.
The movie was produced by Tom Hanks and Ron Howard shortly after their marvelous work on "Apollo 13", the miniseries also endeavored to not re-produce stuff already in other documentaries or movies (for example, the episode dealing with the crisis on Apollo 13 takes place from the perspective of the media following things with a fictionalized battle between a distinguished and respected Cronkite-ian newsman and a young, hot-shot, journalist prone to more aggressive field journalism.)
Some episodes focus on certain aspects of the missions (one focuses on the experiences the "Apollo Wives" had) and an episode focusing on those working on constructing the LEM.
I say all of this for those who've never seen the series.
I've never seen it and I purchased the DVDs at Vintage Stock a few months ago and just never got around to watching it. I highly enjoyed it. While I wish things had been maybe a bit more dramatic and documentary-like (the first episode dealing with the various test missions leading up to the Apollo program is great) I did like it. Sometimes it was a bit goofy (the "antics" of the Apollo 12 crew was bit much especially with Dave Foley's "awe shucks" naive country boy narration) but overall it's a fantastic series.
It really does make you marvel at the wonders accomplished with man's trips to the moon. It could have focused more on the trials taken to get there, but overall it was a fantastic mini-series.
The movie was produced by Tom Hanks and Ron Howard shortly after their marvelous work on "Apollo 13", the miniseries also endeavored to not re-produce stuff already in other documentaries or movies (for example, the episode dealing with the crisis on Apollo 13 takes place from the perspective of the media following things with a fictionalized battle between a distinguished and respected Cronkite-ian newsman and a young, hot-shot, journalist prone to more aggressive field journalism.)
Some episodes focus on certain aspects of the missions (one focuses on the experiences the "Apollo Wives" had) and an episode focusing on those working on constructing the LEM.
I say all of this for those who've never seen the series.
I've never seen it and I purchased the DVDs at Vintage Stock a few months ago and just never got around to watching it. I highly enjoyed it. While I wish things had been maybe a bit more dramatic and documentary-like (the first episode dealing with the various test missions leading up to the Apollo program is great) I did like it. Sometimes it was a bit goofy (the "antics" of the Apollo 12 crew was bit much especially with Dave Foley's "awe shucks" naive country boy narration) but overall it's a fantastic series.
It really does make you marvel at the wonders accomplished with man's trips to the moon. It could have focused more on the trials taken to get there, but overall it was a fantastic mini-series.
He was one of my favorites in this. 
