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Apollo 13

Imagine Entertainment

Universal Pictures

United States of America

English

Tom Hanks

Bill Paxton

Kevin Bacon

Gary Sinise

Ed Harris

Kathleen Quinlan

David Andrews

Xander Berkeley

Christian Clemenson

Brett Cullen

Loren Dean

Clint Howard

Ben Marley

Marc McClure

Tracy Reiner

Joe Spano

Mary Kate Schellhardt

Emily Ann Lloyd

Miko Hughes

Max Elliott Slade

Jean Speegle Howard

Michele Little

Chris Ellis

Tom Wood

Googy Gress

Patrick Mickler

Ray McKinnon

Max Grodénchik

Ned Vaughn

Andy Milder

Geoffrey Blake

Wayne Duvall

Jim Meskimen

Joseph Culp

John Short

Ben Bode

Todd Louiso

Gabriel Jarret

Christopher John Fields

Kenneth White

James Ritz

Andrew Lipschultz

Mark Wheeler

Larry Williams

Endre Hules

Karen Martin

Maureen Hanley

Meadow Williams

Walter von Huene

Brian Markinson

Steve Rankin

Austin O'Brien

Louisa Marie

Thom Barry

Arthur Senzy

Carl Gabriel Yorke

Ryan Holihan

Rance Howard

Jane Jenkins

Todd Hallowell

Matthew Michael Goodall

Taylor Goodall

Misty Dickinson

Roger Corman

Lee Anne Matusek

Mark D. Newman

Mark McKeel

Patty Raya

Jack Conley

Jeffrey Kluger

Bruce Wright

Ivan Allen

Jon Bruno

Reed Rudy

Steve Bernie

Steve Ruge

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

John Dullaghan

John Wheeler

Paul Mantee

Julie Rowen

Thomas Crawford

Frank Cavestani

John M. Mathews

Jim Lovell

Neil Armstrong

Jules Bergman

Pope Paul VI

Ron Howard

William Broyles Jr.

Al Reinert

Brian Grazer

James Horner

Dean Cundey

Daniel P. Hanley

Mike Hill

Janet Hirshenson

Michael Corenblith

David J. Bomba

Bruce Alan Miller

Merideth Boswell

Rita Ryack

Larry Abbott

Richard L. Anderson

Shoshana Abrass

Heather Burton

Larry A. Cornick

Dan Bronson

Michelle Morrissey

Lori Rowbotham

Wayne Shepherd

Angela O'Neill

David T. Cannon

Stephen Hunter Flick

Rick Dior

Ezra Dweck

Scott Millan

Steve Pederson

Jenny Fulle

Debra Wolff

James M. Halty

Mickey Gilbert

Josh Bleibtreu

Casey Hotchkiss

David Norris

Ronald Batzdorff

Mary Elizabeth Still

Joel Marrow

Elise Ganz

Ned R. Shapiro

Walter Cronkite

Michael Bostick

Aldric La'Auli Porter

Louisa Velis

Joseph Hodges

Joshua A. Sipe

David A. Weinman

William Matzner

Dan Dorfer

Scott Johnson

Clyde E. Bryan

Ron Cardarelli

Marty Dobkousky

Glenn DiVincenzo

Marjorie McCown

Audrey L. Anzures

Kathryn Blondell

Carmen Mazarow

Beverly Burton

Karen E. Goulekas

Johnny Bartlet

Kieran Woo

Matthew Martin

David O. Krupnick

Stephanie Axe

Matt Sweeney

Randy Cantor

Carl Clifford

Roger C. Johnson

Eva Z. Cabrera

William Pine

Roger Tweten

Rick Petretti

Darren Langer

Tony Anderson

Mark Soucie

Gary Brostrom

Susanna Griffith

Kelly L'Estrange

Steve Bowerman

Matthew C. Beville

Thomas S. Drescher

Steven Bramson

Shawn Murphy

David MacMillan

Feliciano di Giorgio

John Palmer

Chad Merriam

Robert Legato

Ricardo F. Delgado

_**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 story ends, which diminishes suspense. Nevertheless, I found it interesting to observe the living conditions and challenges of real-life astronauts, as well as the resolve and ingenuity of the people at Mission Control to work with what’s available and to figure out how to get the astronauts home.    

The film runs 2 hours, 20 minutes. CAST: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan.

GRADE: B/B-

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This does take a while to get going, but once space-bound, it proves to be quite a compelling tale of three astronauts who find themselves stranded in their spacecraft after an oxygen tank blows up. Ron Howard now presents us with a potently claustrophobic couple of hours and the men - Lovell (Tom Hanks); Haise (Bill Paxton) and Swigert (Kevin Bacon) must work with their ground control colleagues led by Mattingly (Gary Sinese) and Kranz (an excellent Ed Harris) to try to calculate some way of getting them back to safety before their remaining oxygen and fuel runs out. Meantime, we also get a sense of the mortality of these travellers from their partners left on Earth - not least from an on-form Kathleen Quinlan (Marilyn Lovell). The screenplay is based on the book by Lovell, and reeks of authenticity. There is little need to embellish it with special effects; the sets adequately convey the dangers and sense of confinement as the clock ticks down. The dialogue is strong - pithy and lively but also well based in science. That enables Hanks to turn in one of his more convincing, less quirky performances which gels well with his acting co-stars. History tells us the ending, so it is not that the film has jeopardy - it hasn't, really. What is does have is an accumulated sense of peril and it demonstrates well how adaptable and innovative the human brain can be when facing almost certain death. The production is top drawer - understated but effective, and the score from James Horner is one of his lesser known, but none the less effective for that. A really well photographed example of a well directed, strong story with an equally strong cast that is well worth a watch.

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