Apollo 13 (1995)
Ron Howard. Astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) leads command module pilot Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and lunar module driver Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) on what is slated as NASA's third lunar landing mission. All goes smoothly until the craft is halfway through its mission, when an exploding oxygen tank threatens the crew's oxygen and power supplies. As the courageous astronauts face the dilemma of either suffocating or freezing to death, Mattingly and Mission Control leader Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) struggle to find a way to bring the crew back home, all the while knowing that the spacemen face probable death once the battered ship reenters the Earth's atmosphere. The film received an overwhelmingly enthusiastic critical response and a Best Picture nomination, but lost that Oscar to another (very different) historical epic, Mel Gibson's Braveheart. In 2002, the movie was released in IMAX theaters as Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience, with a pared-down running time of 116 minutes in order to meet the technical requirements of the large-screen format. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ron Howard
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Apollo 13
"Houston, we have a problem." Those words were immortalized during the tense days of the Apollo 13 lunar mission crisis in 1970, events recreated in this epic historical drama from
Ron Howard. Astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) leads command module pilot Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and lunar module driver Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) on what is slated as NASA's third lunar landing mission. All goes smoothly until the craft is halfway through its mission, when an exploding oxygen tank threatens the crew's oxygen and power supplies. As the courageous astronauts face the dilemma of either suffocating or freezing to death, Mattingly and Mission Control leader Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) struggle to find a way to bring the crew back home, all the while knowing that the spacemen face probable death once the battered ship reenters the Earth's atmosphere. The film received an overwhelmingly enthusiastic critical response and a Best Picture nomination, but lost that Oscar to another (very different) historical epic, Mel Gibson's Braveheart. In 2002, the movie was released in IMAX theaters as Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience, with a pared-down running time of 116 minutes in order to meet the technical requirements of the large-screen format. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 140 mins
Complete Cast of Apollo 13
- Tom Hanks - Jim Lovell
- Kevin Bacon - Jack Swigert
- Ed Harris - Gene Kranz
- Joseph Culp - TELMU Gold
- Brett Cullen - CAPCOM 1
- Kenneth White - Grumman Rep
- Chris Ellis - Deke Slayton
- Ned Vaughn - CAPCOM 2
- Christian Clemenson - Dr. Chuck
- Arthur Senzy - SIM Tech
- Mark Wheeler - Neil Armstrong
- Rance Howard - Reverend
- David Andrews - Pete Conrad
- Geoffrey Blake - GUIDO Gold
- Tracy Reiner - Mary Haise
- John Short - INCO White
- Emily Ann Lloyd - Susan Lovell
- Ben Bode - INCO Gold
- Steve Ruge - Edward White
- Austin O'Brien - Whiz Kid
- Marc McClure - Glynn Lunney
- Jean Speegle Howard - Blanch Lovell
- Christopher John Fields - Booster White
- Tom Wood - EECOM Gold
- Frank Cavestani - Reporter
- Clint Howard - EECOM White
- Louisa Marie - Whiz Kid Mom
- Googy Gress - RETRO White
- J.J. Chaback - Neighbor
- Karen Martin - Tracey
- Michelle Little - Jane Conrad
- Todd Hallowell - Noisy Civilian
- Bill Paxton - Fred Haise
- Gary Sinise - Ken Mattingly
- Kathleen Quinlan - Marilyn Lovell
- Joe Spano - NASA Director
- Max Grodenchik - FIDO Gold
- Andrew Lipschultz - Launch Director
- Loren Dean - EECOM Arthur
- Thom Barry - Orderly
- Bruce Wright - Anchor
- Miko Hughes - Jeffrey Lovell
- John M. Mathews - Reporter
- Xander Berkeley - Henry Hurt
- Andy Milder - GUIDO White
- Max Elliott Slade - Jay Lovell
- John Dullaghan - Reporter
- Reed Rudy - Roger Chaffee
- Mary Kate Schellhardt - Barbara Lovell
- Jack Conley - Science Reporter
- John Wheeler - Reporter
- Ray McKinnon - FIDO White
- Brian Markinson - Pad Rat
- Ryan Holihan - SIM Tech
- Julie Donatt - Reporter
- Ben Marley - John Young
- James Ritz - Ted
- Larry B. Williams - Buzz Aldrin
- Paul Mantee - Reporter
- Todd Louiso - FAO White
- Herbert Jefferson, Jr. - Reporter
- Roger Corman - Congressman
- Wayne Duvall - LEM Controller White
- Carl Gabriel Yorke - SIM Tech
- Director(s):
- Ron Howard
- Writer(s):
- William Boyles, William Broyles, Al Reinert
- Producer(s):
- Brian Grazer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Situations, Suitable for Teens)
- 1995 - Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Picture
- 1995 - Directors Guild of America - Best Director
- 1995 - Screen Actors Guild - Best Ensemble Acting
- 1995 - Screen Actors Guild - Best Supporting Actor
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