Scenes from the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon."
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- A demo featuring three of my scenes in Episode V, "Spider" of the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon."
The eighteen Emmy Award-winning, twelve-part series was executive produced by Tom Hanks in conjunction with Imagine Entertainment and HBO. Graham Yost was supervising producer on the series, and he directed Episode V, "Spider." Gale Tattersall was the director of photography. (Full cast and crew credits for Episode V as well as the entire series can be found on IMDb.com.)
I appeared in scenes with Matt Craven, Grant Shaud, and other cast members playing engineers at Grumman who were designing the Lunar Module that transported Apollo astronauts to and from the surface of the moon. The series "From the Earth to the Moon" tells the extraordinary story of NASA's Apollo program.
This video is simply intended to serve as a demonstration of my motion picture acting skills in the HBO Series. As of this posting, "From the Earth to the Moon" is available for viewing on HBO and HBO Max.
My Grandfather was on the production line in Bethpage, his hands built the LEMs.
Thank you and the rest of the crew for telling Grumman's story.
This isn’t only the best episode of this entire series, but this ranks (IMO) as one of the best episodes of TV of all time.
Thanks, Jeff. Everyone involved in the production, from production assistants to the cast to Graham Yost and Gale Tattersall, was devoted to telling the engaging, true story of Grumman Aircraft Engineering and the Luna Excursion Module.
Any time I've loaned out my copy, I got told "I really liked 'Spider'."
I've always been impressed with the engineers that were able to design all this. It really amazes me, to be honest.
The only component that never suffered trouble during operational missions.
This entire episode is completely fantastic. It is one of my favorite pieces of entertainment media of all time.
Thanks, Mike. Everyone in the production was wholeheartedly devoted to telling the story as authentically as possible. It was a pleasure to be a part of the telling of the story of the Apollo program.
Agree! I’ve watched this series probably 10 times and this is by far my favorite episode!!
@@JohnDrewVoice Except for the fictional news network.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver The Emmett Seaborn character, played by Lane Smith, seems partly patterned after the late Jules Bergman. I’m unsure why an actual science commentator wasn’t represented in the script, but it may have do with people’s intense likes and dislikes of certain reporters, commentators, anchors, and networks.
@@JohnDrewVoice That 'dislike' was not a thing in 1997 nor in 1967.
Spider was one of my favorite episodes in From the Earth to the Moon. To design, test the individual components, and then build such a complex vehicle from scratch, including the computer software to make it work, in seven years is incredible. The Lunar Module was an incredible machine. So much pride those engineers had to have in the machines they designed and built. The actors in the show were memorable. Matt Craven did an amazing job portraying Tom Kelly. "I want to show my kids where I was while they were growing up." I've even used Frank's line, "Sarcasm's really helpful (insert name here)", with a few people at work. I even remember how Grant Shaud's character's face dropped when Tom Kelly informed them they had to change the hatch from round to square. And another favorite quote, "Astronauts are smart. They'll figure it out."
The story of the LEM/LM is probably the greatest triumph of the entire Apollo Program.
These heroes designed and built a machine for an environment none of them had ever experienced, using only second-hand data from prior NASA unmanned missions in their final design decisions.
The machine they produced operated flawlessly in every evolution of the flight, on every mission it was carried. Indeed, on Apollo 13 it performed feats that it was never intended to do.
On another channel a commenter asked about the longevity and structural durability of a company product, asking when the airframe would be beyond usefulness.
I replied: "Well, it's a Grumman, so.......... Never"
What you want to say "The only thing the US Americans kinda developed on their own was the LM Module, although the Rockets which got it off from the Moon again were also built by Nazi War Criminals."?
@@DaroriDerEinzige Wow. I can tell you're deeply traumatized.
So, a bad American touched you on your private parts?
Can you show us on the doll where the bad American touched you?
@@karlbrundage7472 For an example at the Sudan, it touched me, or in Yemen in which they bomb daily civilians via Drones to obvlivion.
@@DaroriDerEinzige The LM was not designed or built by Germans, dickhead.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Yeah, well, ... Funny story; the important parts were.
From the Systems which brought it back into then Lunar Orbit to the System which allowed it to function in general.
It's kinda like the Atomic Bombs of the USA were also basically built by German Immigrants.
... Did an US American actually invent anything at all? Afterall, we also know that Edison wasn't sucht an inventor at all.
Probably liberal/turbo Capitalism doesn't inspire too much invention at all.
I've watched this miniseries more times than I can count. It never gets old! Love it!
The pause at "... the Other John?"
Love your work in "Spider", thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Alexander.
@@JohnDrewVoice Also my humble thanks for being an advocate for environmental conservation
My favorite episode.
It was beautifully written by Andy Wouk, and Graham Yost, who was the Supervising Producer for the entire series, was a truly exceptional director. I’d jump at the chance to again be directed by Graham. The crew was flawless in their work. Gale Tattersall, as Director of Photography, was surreal in his ability to capture the scenes, especially all the flawless hand-held shots. And, of course, the actors were perfectly cast and consummately devoted to playing their roles, even the extras. Everyone arrived on set in the mornings, filled with positive energy and enthusiasm. It was the perfect example of the motion picture production process.
Same.
As much as I loved "Spider", I think I loved "Galileo Was Right" a bit better. And yet, now I get to watch my son work on Psyche 16, Europa 22, and the Mars Recovery Project for NASA/JPL--perhaps those scenes will be the best in my life.
Galileo Was Right was an awesome episode. Although when the real Professor Silver saw it, he said it romanticized the real story a bit too much.
Build something that's never been built before by this date. No pressure.
"Spider" and "Is That All There Is?" are my favorite episodes.
I'm a big fan of the LM & Apollo 12 was my favorite mission.
This is a great series.
Typical engineering meeting...lol "is the due date gonna hold?" "Yes" "are you sure?" "er... Yes,!?" "I think it is gonna slip" "Yes, it is going to slip."
I work in IT and I HAVE been in meetings EXACTLY like the one in "Spider" shown here.
@@mmack647 this scene reminded me completely of the whole Challenger debacle. Pressures from management and peer pressure, egos, pride, etc.
Sat in several meetings with the same script. LOL
Spider is my favorite episode.
And Apollo 8 just took the CSM for a trip around the moon, and they were ready to go the next mission.
I live 5 minutes from the Grumman plant where the lander was built. Sadly now it's a movie studio.
Sad? Sounds pretty cool
@@kbanghart once upon a time US used to make a lot of really cool machines.
Forget the lander, I once rented an apartment that had General Electric US-made freezer made in 1970-ies and it was running better than any modern one. It was noise, power-thirsty and BIG - like US cars - but it did darn good job.
@@skipperg4436 Yes, we learned a lot from those times. Those machines were great, but yeah power consumption, not quite sustainable.
@@kbanghart you do realize that chineese cr@p that serves just a few years before breaking down is order of magnitude more wasteful than building one machine that would serve for ~60 years?
As for power consumption, just build nuclear. Technology that allows to use "wastes" as fuel is as old as this fridge.
@@skipperg4436 I never said anything about Chinese stuff.
And, saying "just build nuclear" is laughably simplistic.
"I don't see it. I don't see it."
Nice work!
Thanks, Mark. It was nice work on the part of the cast and the entire crew.
@@JohnDrewVoice I bought the DVDs so I hope you got a slice! 😁
@@markmaz56 I do get a residuals check once or twice a year.
Grumman also designed the US Postal Service mail trucks and UPS' as well.
And they were all built from ALCOA Davenport Works aluminum! I worked there for 30 years.
@@bradwooldidge6979 I hope you got a nice pension and don't die like the rest of us in misery.
I still think those should have been named the "Mailcat"
How many rubber balls ended up on the roof? Apollo 13 made them stop laughing at the design.
A lot, and production assistants had to go up there and remove them all because the buildings we used in those scenes belong to the U.S. Navy. It had to be left exactly as it was found before shooting began.
Maybe the episode?
I don't understand your question. The entire series is available HBO and HBO Max. I don't think pricing by episode exists, although I think Episode V was exceptionally well produced and directed. I'd share more of it, but I'm limited to showing only scenes in which I appeared.
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The dialogue in this whole series was awful.
@@lucabrazi3067 It’s unfortunate that you feel that way. The dialogue is quite authentic. Graham Yost was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing. He wrote and directed the episode I was in.
No, your views are awful.
@@RideAcrossTheRiverI don’t know what that statement means. I’ll think about it all the way to the bank to deposit the residuals check I received in today’s mail for my work in the series.
@@JohnDrewVoice Was talking to the OP.
Is this the series where the purple haired feminists and effeminate SJW lead the space program to the moon?
??????? No.
You're at the same level of maturity.
I love how SJWs trigger idiots.
No, that's the series you imagine with all that impotent hatred.
Sarcasm detected.