Scenes from the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon."

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Scenes from the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon."

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Күн бұрын

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.

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@brianwickey3557 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@anb7408 2 ай бұрын

I've watched this miniseries more times than I can count. It never gets old! Love it!

@WereMike 2 жыл бұрын

This entire episode is completely fantastic. It is one of my favorite pieces of entertainment media of all time.

@JohnDrewVoice 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jeffw8218 Жыл бұрын

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.

@JohnDrewVoice Жыл бұрын

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.

@marcschneider4845 11 ай бұрын

I've always been impressed with the engineers that were able to design all this. It really amazes me, to be honest.

@karlbrundage7472 2 жыл бұрын

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"

@DaroriDerEinzige 2 жыл бұрын

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."?

@karlbrundage7472 2 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@DaroriDerEinzige 2 жыл бұрын

@@karlbrundage7472 For an example at the Sudan, it touched me, or in Yemen in which they bomb daily civilians via Drones to obvlivion.

@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын

@@DaroriDerEinzige The LM was not designed or built by Germans, dickhead.

@DaroriDerEinzige Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@MrGruffteddybear 2 жыл бұрын

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."

@ElmoUnk1953 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite episode.

@JohnDrewVoice 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Rob-eo5ql 2 жыл бұрын

Same.

@richarddexter7641 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@MrGruffteddybear 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@SpongeDarth 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work in "Spider", thanks for sharing!

@JohnDrewVoice 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Alexander.

@SpongeDarth 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDrewVoice Also my humble thanks for being an advocate for environmental conservation

@MMCUSN 2 жыл бұрын

Build something that's never been built before by this date. No pressure.

@user-jh6vt8vx4v 2 жыл бұрын

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."

@mmack647 Жыл бұрын

I work in IT and I HAVE been in meetings EXACTLY like the one in "Spider" shown here.

@kbanghart Жыл бұрын

@@mmack647 this scene reminded me completely of the whole Challenger debacle. Pressures from management and peer pressure, egos, pride, etc.

@sfeigh 3 ай бұрын

Sat in several meetings with the same script. LOL

@DrForrester87 2 жыл бұрын

Spider is my favorite episode.

@valeenoi2284 2 жыл бұрын

Grumman also designed the US Postal Service mail trucks and UPS' as well.

@bradwooldidge6979 2 жыл бұрын

And they were all built from ALCOA Davenport Works aluminum! I worked there for 30 years.

@valeenoi2284 2 жыл бұрын

@@bradwooldidge6979 I hope you got a nice pension and don't die like the rest of us in misery.

@anthonylicari7776 2 жыл бұрын

I live 5 minutes from the Grumman plant where the lander was built. Sadly now it's a movie studio.

@kbanghart Жыл бұрын

Sad? Sounds pretty cool

@skipperg4436 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@kbanghart 2 ай бұрын

@@skipperg4436 Yes, we learned a lot from those times. Those machines were great, but yeah power consumption, not quite sustainable.

@skipperg4436 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@kbanghart 2 ай бұрын

@@skipperg4436 I never said anything about Chinese stuff. And, saying "just build nuclear" is laughably simplistic.

@markmaz56 5 күн бұрын

Nice work!

@JohnDrewVoice 5 күн бұрын

Thanks, Mark. It was nice work on the part of the cast and the entire crew.

@markmaz56 5 күн бұрын

@@JohnDrewVoice I bought the DVDs so I hope you got a slice! 😁

@leftcoaster67 Жыл бұрын

And Apollo 8 just took the CSM for a trip around the moon, and they were ready to go the next mission.

@shawnstrode3825 2 жыл бұрын

How many rubber balls ended up on the roof? Apollo 13 made them stop laughing at the design.

@castlearghhh6023 Жыл бұрын

Maybe the episode?

@JohnDrewVoice Жыл бұрын

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.