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Apollo 13 (1995)

PG 06/30/1995 (US) Drama, History 2h 20m

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"Houston, we have a problem."

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The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Ron Howard

Director
Jeffrey Kluger

Novel
Jim Lovell

Novel
Al Reinert

Screenplay
William Broyles Jr.

Screenplay
John Sayles

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Tom Hanks

Jim Lovell
Bill Paxton

Fred Haise
Kevin Bacon

Jack Swigert
Gary Sinise

Ken Mattingly
Ed Harris

Gene Kranz
Kathleen Quinlan

Marilyn Lovell
David Andrews

Pete Conrad
Xander Berkeley

Henry Hurt
Christian Clemenson

Dr. Chuck
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A review by Wuchak

60%

Written by Wuchak on June 14, 2020

Cinematic account of the ill-fated Apollo mission

In April, 1970, the Apollo 13 mission to the moon is aborted after an explosion causes internal damage. The three astronauts and Mission Control must now focus on merely surviving and getting back alive, if possible.

Directed by Ron Howard, “Apollo 13” (1995) is a solid account of the real-life events and obviously influenced “The Martian” twenty years later, which is even better, albeit not based on historical events.

I suppose this zeroes-in on the weakness of this movie: If you’re familiar with the account you know how the st... read the rest.

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