Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.8 / 5.0

Moving Soundtrack frames an engrossing story:

If you enjoy the idea of the American entrepreneurial/pioneer spirit, and, though imperfect and at times prone to failure, this spirit is the best thing on earth...or the moon, you will enjoy this DVD set. Similarly, if you are intriqued by engineering and the process of getting technology from research to reality, this DVD will entrance you. And if a romantic, cinderela story, filled with real personalities is your cup of tea, you too will find yourself unable to wait to see the next episode in this... more info

Very good...:

Awesome series, with first class Moon special effects, with some faults (they showed a Soyuz rocket start before Leonov's spacewalk, instead of a Voshod rocket , two different actor plays Pete Conrad), with very good actors, directors (for example Frank Marshall) and composers (Michael Kamen, James Newton Howard and Mason Daring for example). It is dramatic,exciting, interesting and we can learn some really touching things about these heroes. Without doubt the best episode is the 'Mare Tranquilitatis' about... more info

It was 35 Years Ago Today:

HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon" (E2M) is everything a good docu-drama mini-series should be. Tom Hanks has brought to life the true story of man's greatest adventure to "land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth". For those of us who were alive, E2M allows us to relive those incredible days. And for those who were born afterwards, it gives them a chance to understand exactly what it was they missed. If you have even the slightest interest in the space program, obtaining a copy of this DVD set... more info