From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)

From the Earth to the Moon
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Genre	Docudrama
Based on	A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin
Theme music composer	Michael Kamen
Composers	Michael Kamen Mark Mancina Mark Isham Mason Daring James Newton Howard Brad Fiedel Jeff Beal Marc Shaiman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Tom Hanks
Producers	Brian Grazer Ron Howard Michael Bostick
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Imagine Television HBO Original Programming
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	April 5 (1998-04-05) – May 10, 1998 (1998-05-10)
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From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part 1998 HBO television miniseries co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks and Michael Bostick. 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.^[1] 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.