From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

Cary Elwes: Michael Collins

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Quotes 

• [Reading telegrams to the Apollo 8 crew during their mission] 

  Michael Collins : And we've got a telegram here from a Mrs. Valerie Pringle. I'm sure it's not a name that any of you recognize, it's just something that one of the Public Affairs people picked up 'cause he liked it. Mrs. Pringle writes, very simply, "You saved 1968."

• [discussing what Neil Armstrong will say when he steps onto the surface of the moon] 

  Frank Borman : What are you guys gonna say?

  Michael Collins : If you had any balls, you'd say "Oh, my God, what is that thing?" then scream and cut your mike.

• [to the Apollo 8 astronauts as they prepare to leave orbit] 

  Michael Collins : You are 'go' for T.L.I., gentlemen. You are 'go' for the Moon.

  Frank Borman : Roger, Houston, Apollo 8 is 'go.'

• Capcom : and "Pravda" is calling Neil Armstrong the "czar" of the ship.

  Michael Collins : Well, right now the "czar" is brushing his teeth.