"Mr. Amandes, how did HBO,  Tom Hanks, and the other workers on "From The Earth To The Moon" simulate weightlessness?"

Tom Amandes: "...For the series, we accomplished weightlessness in a number of ways. Sometimes it was by a particular way you stood that would simulate weightlessness. When you see the lunar EVAs, that was done with very large helium balloons that were attached to the backpacks (actually the harnesses) that the stuntmen wore. And that would essentially create the 1/6 gravity appearance of the Moon. That's basically how we did it. There were some special effects added in later, but very few. "1998 Transcripts of People Online with Tom Amandes and Astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt"

  1. "Live From Baghdad"
      2002 HBO Films
      "Joe Erlichman"
  2. "Brokedown Palace"
      1999 Fox Searchlight
      "Doug Davis"
  3. "From the Earth to the
      Moon"
      1998 HBO Films
      (miniseries)
      "Astronaut Harrison
      "Jack" Schmitt"
  4. "Billboard Dad"
      1998 Warner Bros.
      "Maxwell Taylor"
  5. "Second Chances"
      1998 (independent)
      "Ben Taylor"
  6. "The Long Kiss
      Goodnight"
      1996 New Line
      "Hal"
  7. "Straight Talk"
      1992 Hollywood
       Pictures
       Waiter

    Movies for Television
  1. "When Good Ghouls
       Go Bad"
      2001 Fox Family
      "James Walker"
  2. "If You Believe"
      1999 Lifetime
      "Thom Weller"
  3. "Down Will Come
      Baby"
      1999 CBS
      "Marcus Garr"
  4. "If Someone Had
      Known"
      1995 CBS
      "Paul Chambers"
  5. "Because Mommy
      Works"
      1994 NBC
      "Eric Donovan"
  6. "Overexposed"
      1992 ABC
      "Asst. D.A. Mallery"

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