Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

ShangLuda Admirable film.

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Brian Wright In searching my memory banks for a movie or miniseries of this much 'scope and hope,' the only thing that comes to mind is another Tom Hanks' production, John Adams, reviewed on these pages several weeks ago. As in that more recent tour de force, From the Earth to the Moon features superbly acted episodes of extraordinary depth and nuance about an era that came to signify what it means to be American (and human)... at least for a significant minority of individual strivers and would-be strivers inhabiting the planet at the time....For my complete review of this movie and for other movie and book reviews, please visit my site TheCoffeeCoaster.com.Brian Wright Copyright 2008

wildcarrde I saw this in its first run back in 1998. I was completely engrossed then, so when the DVDs were released, I was one of the first people to purchase a set. In fact, I had purchased the VHS set before the DVDs were released! "From the Earth to the Moon" is a 12 part narrative of the history of the U.S. Space program from 1961 through 1972 inclusive. Tom Hanks and Imagine Enterainment deliver to us a spectacular rendition of what it took to get a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s.Shot with the full cooperation of NASA and based in part on Andrew Chaikin's book, the series is as accurate as a series can be. Of course, not every detail of the 13 year history of the Mercury/ Gemini/ Apollo programs are told in detail. But the most pivotal moments in the program's history are explored in fine fashion.The favorite episode for me was "1968". Juxtaposed against worldwide turmoil including the Tet offensive, the Chicago convention, the Prague spring and the assassinations of Dr. King and Bobby Kennedy, is the effort to put Americans into Lunar orbit for Christmas. Though all the episodes stand out on their own, this one would have to be any historian's favorite (which is probably why it's mine).So if you lived through that era and want to relive one of the shining moments of American history, you should buy this set and enjoy it. I was 5 at the time of the first moon landing so most of the events were a blur, thus I loved watching this series.If you didn't live through it, and you want to know why we should have made such a monumental effort, you should watch this series to understand what humanity can really do when it puts its differences to the side and focuses on a common purpose.The only reason this set isn't totally perfect is that the superb original music was never released. The soundtrack that was released was just a rehash of old 60s tunes that anyone can get at the local record store or on Amazon.Other than that, a very good series that anyone will enjoy, and other than some mild language sparsely scattered about, fully enjoyable for all ages.

jon-weiss I get sad every time I watch this, because it is excellent in quality and accuracy, and each time I see "From The Earth To The Moon" I recall how much I wish I could have been on the crew of Appllo 8 on that first trip around the Moon. As a young boy I watched this story unfold, as it happened on live television. Sure there are some areas that some viewers have found where cinematic hiccups occur, but if you just watch the show and lose yourself in the story, there is little chance of anyone, space program follower or not, that you can't help but enjoy this outstanding series. My wife gave me the VHS version for a Christmas gift when it first came out and I had to go get the DVD signature version as soon as I saw it.

Ron Brooks Frankly, every time that I watch the series, I get choked up. The dedication and bravery to make a mandate possible...Yes, it was a political mandate, but it seemed to be more in my view. More a quest to prove that it could be done. Never before has anything been undertaken quite like it. Perhaps the Manhatten Project would come close, but it did not have 400,000 people working together as one.To me, it is totally amazing that it was done on the tools available: Slide rules and rudimentary computers.They went to the moon on a computer that had a whopping 32K of memory if I remember correctly.Most home appliances, cell phones (not to mention computers) have much more processing power than what they used to send Apollo to the Moon.Truly an feat that will be remembered for all of history, at least I hope so.Lesson for today is to remember that given a 'impossible' task that almost anything can be accomplished if you set the human mind free and believe. I wish that in my lifetime, mankind will return to the greatness that was attained during Apollo and surpass it as we must. If not, a true shame for all mankind....