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Harrison Ford tells the life story of Neil Armstrong, from his childhood in rural Ohio, through aerial combat in Korea, to his first steps on the moon and the unwanted celebrity status that came along after. Including interviews with those who knew the astronaut and aviator best
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Did You Know..
Harrison Ford
(Narrator)
Born:
July 13, 1942
in
Chicago
Best Known For:
Playing Han Solo and Indiana Jones.
Early-life:
Born July 13, 1942, in Chicago. He has a younger brother called Terence. Harrison started acting while at Ripon College, Wisconsin, and after dropping out, moved to LA, where he hoped to get a job as a radio announcer. Instead, he signed a contract with Columbia and later Universal and made ends meet as a carpenter. His big-screen debut came in the 1966 James Coburn offering Dead Heat On a Merry-Go-Round.
Career:
After being hired to make cabinets for George Lucas, Ford was cast in the director's 1973 film American Graffiti. They reunited for the original Star Wars trilogy, which made both their names. His role as intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels cemented his position as one of the world's best-loved heroes. Ford was Oscar-nominated for Peter Weir's thriller Witness. He worked with the director again on 1986 project The Mosquito Coast, which despite being a flop remains one of his favourite movies. Other notable projects include The Fugitive, Blade Runner, Working Girl, Patriot Games and Cowboys & Aliens.
Quote:
'It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.'
Trivia:
In 2014, he suffered an ankle injury during the filming of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).
David Fairhead
(Director)
