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Apollo 13, 1995

Starring: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon

Directed by: Ron Howard

Written by: William Broyles Jr.

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 140 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.5

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The mood of Apollo 13 is suspenseful, tense, and sincere. The plot centers around space travel, disasters, and saving the day. It is a drama, historical, and adventure movie. In approach, Apollo 13 is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, on the moon and on a spacecraft. It happens in the 1960s. Apollo 13 is known for being a blockbuster, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for a family outing and a boys' night.

Summary of Apollo 13

A vividly rendered dramatization of Apollo 13's true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971. This mesmerizing film combines computer graphics, archive footage and seamless special effects to recreate the adrenalized 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.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	22 June 1995
Runtime:	140 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Awarded Best Film Editing at the 1996 Academy Awards

Awarded Best Sound at the 1996 Academy Awards

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Tom Hanks

as Jim Lovell

Kevin Bacon

as Jack Swigert

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Mary Kate Schellhardt, Kathleen Quinlan and Miko Hughes in Apollo 13 (1995)

Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton in Apollo 13 (1995)

Mary Kate Schellhardt, Kathleen Quinlan and Miko Hughes in Apollo 13 (1995)

Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon and Tom Hanks in Apollo 13 (1995)

Clockwise from top: Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton and Tom Hanks in Apollo 13 (1995)

Bill Paxton, Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon in Apollo 13 (1995)

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USA Today

"The Right Stuff" will endure as the more ambitious movie, but this book-faithful, 2-hour team effort shrewdly keeps its eye on the ball. Full Review

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by: Staff [Not Credited]

The New Yorker

The film, despite its raggedness, is stirring. In the end, this failed mission seems like the most impressive achievement of the entire space program: a triumph not of planning but of inspired improvisation. Full Review

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by: Terrence Rafferty

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I was so excited to get the new Apollo 13 movie yesterday (4/13) on Blu-ray. I am a huge Tom Hanks and Apollo 13 fan. Imagine my great disappointment when it wouldn't play! My Blu-ray player has the latest updates, but after I plugged in the CD and... Read and rate it

16.April.2010
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by: rondonmon
rondonmon rated this movie10/10Must See

Good movie and an excellent DVD. A superb example on how the media improves the actual movie: you can feel the cold of space in your living room! Read and rate it

17.March.2009
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by: emeyer
emeyer rated this movie10/10Must See

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