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Apollo 13 (1995)
Front Cover Actor
Movie Details
Director Ron Howard
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 103 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
NASA's worst nightmare turned into one of the space agency's most heroic moments in 1970, when the Apollo 13 crew was forced to hobble home in a disabled capsule after an explosion seriously damaged the moon-bound spacecraft. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton play (respectively) astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise in director Ron Howard's intense, painstakingly authentic docudrama. The Apollo 13 crew and Houston-based mission controllers race against time and heavy odds to return the damaged spacecraft safely to Earth from a distance of 205,500 miles. Using state-of-the-art special effects and ingenious filmmaking techniques, Howard and his stellar cast and crew build nail-biting tension while maintaining close fidelity to the facts. The result is a fitting tribute to the Apollo 13 mission and one of the biggest box-office hits of 1995. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 829
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 2.35:1
025192002328
Release Date 3/29/2005
Subtitles Spanish
Nr of Disks/Tapes 2