Apollo 11

Xander Berkeley did a great job on this one. For those of us who were there at the Cape during that time, it really brought back memories. No weak-kneed modern day politically correct representations. It was "macho" and on the mark. Anyone that hasn't seen Apollo 11 probably thinks it wouldn't be that exciting or touching - but it was and everyone should see it.

I watched this movie when it first came out. I was very pleasantly surprised by the movie and thought it was quite excellent ! The casting was well done and the characters were totally believable. There was a fantastic blend of period music and actual film footage inter spliced. You could not help but be riveted to your chair feeling just like it was happening the first time. But then, I *did* see it happen the first time so that drove the movie home even more. The documentaries on the event are great, but this movie flows to more of the human side of how it all came together. Fascinating, entertaining, factual and a good addition to your collection. Enjoy !

The movie is very well done with a combination of period music as well as integrated actual footage. It shows the interactions of the entire crew, astronauts and ground crew and family in a nicely done way. You MUST see it. I did record the movie at the time it aired on VHS tape. Tho many do not know this, it actually was created on a video tape which was not available to the general public. I have a copy of it. It is marked NOT FOR SALE FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY - FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I quit breathing when it was found fearing my poor VHS copy would be all that ever existed of it. I search but have never found a DVD of it. I intend to make my own. You really should see it. The music was matched very nicely to each segment. And the closing music by Alvin Lee and Ten Years After couldn't have been more appropriate. Watch this one with the whole family so they can appreciate one of the major milestones of human history as man first set foot on the moon. As far as I'm concerned, it is the best movie of 1996.

If anybody knows who sings this song please tell me! It's a choir instrumental piano song with lyrics in Latin or greek, whatever. It consists of four words sounding like : "Hope sonnen forte patriares" The soundtrack listing of imdb says it could be (or else the song isn't listed there) "No name blues" by The Mersh Bros. Band, written by Phil Marshall. There's no soundtrack CD or any hint of the performers nor the writer on the internet! Please write to me, if you know something about this song!

I watched this movie on the Family Channel way back when it aired in November of 1996. I recorded it by way of VHS, and still pull it out and watch it every once in awhile. Anything having to do with the Apollo program still fascinates me...I was 11 when the moon landing occurred. From everything I know about the Apollo 11 landing, pretty much everything in the movie is mostly factually correct, such as the tension that existed between Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. I've searched online to see if I can find the movie on DVD, but as far as I've been able to determine, it's never been put out on either VHS or DVD. Does anyone out there know if a copy of this movie can be obtained? I don't know why this one was not put on DVD, if it wasn't. Any info on this would be appreciated!