Posts: 48558 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-19-2020 12:36 PM
quote:Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: "Apollo 11" has been nominated for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America (PGA).
"Apollo 11" won! The PGA honored producers Todd Douglas Miller and Thomas Peterson at the awards ceremony on Saturday night (Jan. 18).
"Apollo 11" also won Best Edited Documentary Feature at the at the American Cinema Editors' 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards and earned a "Golden Tomato" from Rotten Tomatoes as the best reviewed documentary of 2019.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 48558 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-07-2020 10:27 AM
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors has nominated "Apollo 11" among its 60 nominees that "represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019."
The nominees were chosen by unanimous vote of 19 jurors from nearly 1,300 entries from television, radio/podcasts and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, children’s and public service programming. The Peabody Awards are based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
From the list 30 winners will be named at a later date.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 48558 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-10-2020 03:37 PM
"Apollo 11" is among the 10 documentaries honored with a Peabody Award for presenting the "most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019."
All winners are chosen unanimously by a board of 19 jurors. The Peabody Awards are based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
Peabody is partnering with PBS on a roundtable program with all 10 directors of this year's winning documentaries. Tabitha Jackson, director of the Sundance Film Festival, will moderate panels with filmmakers around the aforementioned issues. The program will be made available via PBS digital channels on Tuesday, June 23.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3471 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 06-10-2020 03:47 PM
Very well deserved!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 48558 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-28-2020 01:25 PM
"Apollo 11" has been nominated for five Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Kevmac Member
Posts: 300 From: College Station, TX Registered: Apr 2003
posted 07-28-2020 09:43 PM
Can anyone who owns Apollo 11 tell us if there are extra features besides the main video? If not, will there be a new version released in the future with those features or a "Director's cut"?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 48558 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-28-2020 09:53 PM
The U.S. Blu-ray has a 3-minute making-of featurette ("Apollo 11: Discovering the 65mm") and the theatrical trailer. The UK Blu-ray has an abbreviated version of the same featurette, the trailer and a 15-minute segment about the score ("Trans-Earth Injection Cue Walkthrough with Composer Matt Morton").
There are no other versions announced, but as Todd Miller has said publicly, the team is not finished working with this material. If and when there is news, we will share it here.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3471 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 07-29-2020 08:36 AM
Robert, by "this material" did Todd Miller mean the reels on Apollo 11, or did he mean the 100 or so reels of film relating to Apollos 8 to 13?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 48558 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-29-2020 08:56 AM
All of the above, in the sense that there is still work to do to deliver the entire digital transfer to the National Archives, in addition to other projects (including something Apollo 11 focused).
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 48558 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-14-2020 07:39 PM
quote:Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: "Apollo 11" has been nominated for five Emmy Awards...
"Apollo 11" won three Emmy Awards!
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Kevmac Member
Posts: 300 From: College Station, TX Registered: Apr 2003
posted 06-15-2022 05:21 PM
Checking back on Apollo 11 and if there are any updates on the status of a new DVD version or news about new products from the management team. I still haven't bought the original release yet waiting for a "Director's Cut" or something related. Thank you.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 48558 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-15-2022 07:11 PM
At this time, there is no news to share. If and when there is, you can bet you will read about it here first.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3471 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 06-15-2022 07:52 PM
quote:Originally posted by Kevmac: ...waiting for a "Director's Cut" or something related.
If you're saving yourself for some kind of "Director's Cut", my advice would be just to buy and watch the original version on Bluray. It's a masterpiece as it stands.
mode1charlie Member
Posts: 1341 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Sep 2010
posted 06-15-2022 07:56 PM
quote:Originally posted by Blackarrow: It's a masterpiece as it stands.
Hear, hear! It really is.
Space Cadet Carl Member
Posts: 290 From: Lake Orion, MI Registered: Feb 2006
posted 06-20-2022 11:13 AM
quote:Originally posted by Blackarrow: It's a masterpiece as it stands.
There isn't a documentary out there that straps you into a time machine and takes you straight back to July 1969 like that film does. The feeling was indescribable.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3471 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 06-20-2022 03:34 PM
I think it's worth pointing out that the Theo Kamecke film "Moonwalk One" is a great companion-piece for "Apollo 11." Made IN July, 1969 (rather than ABOUT July, 1969) "Moonwalk One" is a wonderful "time capsule" film, beautifully capturing the spirit and zeitgeist of the late 1960s. I have the two films, on Bluray, sitting where they belong: side-by-side in my space films collection.
posted 01-19-2020 12:36 PM
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