SEP 1998- "TOM HANKS AND ANDREW CHALKIN GO ""FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON' "

Originally Aired 09/98:Actor, director and producer Tom Hanks and writer Andrew Chaikin collaborated on the HBO mini-series "From Earth to the Moon" which ran in April and has been nominated for seventeen Emmys. Hanks was the executive producer for the project. Chaikin, a consultant on the series, wrote the book "A Man on the Moon" which the program is largely based on. Hanks also starred in the film "Apollo 13." He received Academy Awards for his roles in "Forrest Gump," and "Philadelphia."