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| From the Earth to the Moon - The Signature Edition | 
 enlarge | Directors: David Carson, David Frankel, Frank Marshall, Gary Fleder, Graham Yost
Actors: Tom Hanks, Krista Adair, Mason Adams, Tom Amandes, Brandon Ambrose
Studio: HBO Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
Buy New: $17.48
You Save: $42.50 (71%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $13.53
Avg. Customer Rating:  (266 reviews)
Sales Rank: 685
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Collector's Edition, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 720 minutes
Number Of Items: 5
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.8 x 1.9
MPN: HBOD98853D
ISBN: 0783128428
UPC: 026359885327
EAN: 9780783128429
ASIN: B000A0GYD2
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: April 5, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Epic Series August 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This edition is incredible. The stories are inspiring, the cinematography breath taking and the approach is refreshing and powerful, particularly regarding the Apollo 13 mission. It captures the majesty, trials and triumphs of the space program. While watching this you realize that one of the problems in America today is our lack of a sense of mission and a pursuit of a common goal, we have, in a way, become a nation of individuals.
Do not pay any attention to the complaints about format, you would have to be an A/V fanatic to notice anything, this looks great on my wide screen and the sound is excellent.
From the Earth to the Moon July 14, 2008
I loved this HBO miniseries on the Apollo space program. The episode titled "Spyder" completely epitomizes why I became an engineer.
An Inspiring, Touching and Astoundingly Beautiful-looking Miniseries June 13, 2008
I had already seen many of the episodes of From The Earth To The Moon in a class about manned spaceflight I had taken. I was shown them on a small screen in 4:3. It did not diminish the human stories or the interesting science that are the main components of this miniseries, but it greatly diminished the look and sound. When I bought these DVDs I knew I had gotten my money's worth. The picture is absolutely beautiful. I found myself very surprised to learn that the series had been broadcast in 1998. But most importantly, this series was able to explain about what happened in the Apollo program (and to a lesser extent Mercury and Gemini) without befuddling the viewer without prior knowledge of the science. The series non-obtrusively explains the science, but the focus are the amazing human stories. This series is filled with wonderful acting and producing. The best example is the episode about the Apollo 8 mission, "1968". The episode not only tells the story of the Apollo 8 mission but also gives an overview about things going on that year like the Vietnam war, the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and MLK Jr, and the Chicago riots. The only episodes I disliked were the Apollo 13 episode (where the series made sure not to repeat the movie Apollo 13 and instead covered the changing style of the press) and the Astronaut's wives' episode which was melodramatic and filled with the culture of 60's wife-in-suburbia. The music is also excellent.
Highly Recommended
I bought the '98 release 4 disk set June 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
and had forgotten just how good this mini-series was. I last saw it when it was broadcast on TV in NZ. I had always meant to buy the series .. but ... just didn't until now. I can only reinforce all the other positive reviews as to the quality of production and the outstanding performances of all the actors and actresses.
You will not regret buying this mini-series. It reminds us of a time when we did things not because they were fast and easy with instant gratification, but because they were hard and required focus and dedication to the task at hand.
The SCREEN FORMAT question: I bought the original '98 release as I felt it more important to not loose any subtitle information etc while watching on our 16x9 format TV, so I was expecting the sidebars on screen from the 1.33:1 image. I don't know if our TV is automatically reformatting it to 16x9 but it fills the screen, and there is no lose of image that I can see/remember. Subtitles are there, as is the stuck thruster that a recent reviewed mentioned was missing from the widescreen format.
In watching and remembering this my only regret has nothing to do with the mini-series itself ... it's the fact that somewhere along the way we seem to have lost our direction in our Journey from the Earth to the Moon.
best series about the moon ever April 28, 2008
i loved this when i first saw it in HBO like 10 years ago and its still great
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