Jeffrey Kluger Whitman Bassow Award for "best reporting in any medium on international environmental issues" for their work on global warming. Kluger has authored numerous books, most notably "Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13" (October 1994), with coauthor Jim Lovell. "Lost Moon" would become the basis for the Ron Howard film "Apollo 13" (1995) starring Tom Hanks. Kluger would later be a technical consultant for, and appear in, the movie "Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience". His other books about the space program are: His other works include: Jeffrey Kluger Jeffrey Kluger (born 1954) is a senior writer at "Time" magazine
Tom Hanks However, although Praiser knew it, he was not able to convince Hanks. "The television show had come out of nowhere," Hanks' best friend Tom Lizzio told "Rolling Stone". "Bosom Buddies" and a guest appearance on a 1982 episode of "Happy Days" ("A Case of Revenge," in which he played a disgruntled former classmate of Fonzie) prompted director Ron Howard to contact Hanks. Howard was working on the film "Splash" (1984), a romantic comedy fantasy about a mermaid who falls in love with a human. At first, Howard considered Hanks for the role of the main character's wisecracking brother, a role