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Apollo 13
1995
A vividly rendered dramatisation of Apollo 13's true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971. This mesmerising film combines computer graphics, archive footage and seamless special effects to recreate the adrenalised odyssey of Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert who battled astronomical odds to .. Read more
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise |
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| Director | Ron Howard |
| Genres | Drama |
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Apollo 13
A vividly rendered dramatisation of Apollo 13's true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971. This mesmerising film combines computer graphics, archive footage and seamless special effects to recreate the adrenalised odyssey of Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert who battled astronomical odds to make it back to Earth. Academy Award Nominations: 9, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor--Ed Harris, and Best Supporting Actress--Kathleen Quinlan. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Film Editing.
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris |
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| Director | Ron Howard |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 14 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 14 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 11 Apr 2005 HD DVD: 20 Nov 2006 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
Apollo 13 (1995)
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A gripping documentary-style recreation of an averted tragedy, excellently done but one that is an uncritical celebration of the American way and which makes no attempt to put the mission into a wider historical context; it settles for simple patriotism.
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11 out of 12 people found this review helpful
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Classic Film
Apollo 13 directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks is quite simply a classic film. Some of the footage was actually filmed with the actors aboard the 'vomet comet' so the actors are actually experiencing weightlessness. The film accurately depicts the story of the dramatic story of the Apollo astronauts aboard Apollo 13 including Jim Lovell. Often during the film ground control will use techno babble like 'we have a main bus undervault', Its highly unlikely that anyone will know what this means unless you work for NASA but its done in such a way that you know that this is tense and you want to know how these problems are going to get resolved. Great film which even though you know the ending will still give you goose bumps. Essential viewing.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
My Favourite Film
This has been my favourite film of all time ever since I first watched it.
I will never get over how unbelievable and unrealistic this film would be if it wasn't based on a true story. Amazing...! I love the actual footage from the original Apollo missions and the cameo appearance of the REAL Jim Lovell.
It's a must see. Love it. -
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