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Apollo 13
Apollo 13 (1995)
Credits
Title: Apollo 13
Director: Ron Howard
Writers: William Broyles, Jr.
Al Reinert
Producers: Todd Hallowell; Brian Grazer; Michael Bostick; Louisa Velis; Aldric La'auli Porter
Composer: James Horner
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Editors: Dan Hanley
Mike Hill
Production
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment
Released: June 30th, 1995
Rating: PG
Running time: 140 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $62,000,000 [1]
Gross: $173,837,933 (US)
$355,237,933 (Worldwide) [1]
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Apollo 13 is an American feature film of the historical drama genre. It is not a science fiction film, however, it does deal with themes that is found in other forms of sci-fi including space travel, rocket ships and exploration. The film was directed by Ron Howard with a screenplay written by William Broyles, Jr. and Al Reinert. It is an adaptation of the book Lost Moon written by Jeffrey Kluger and astronaut Jim Lovell. The film was produced by Universal Pictures and Ron Howard's company, Imagine Entertainment. It was released theatrically in the United States on June 30th, 1995.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Tom Hanks Jim Lovell
Bill Paxton Fred Haise
Kevin Bacon Jack Swigert
Gary Sinise Ken Mattingly
Ed Harris Gene Kranz
Kathleen Quinlan Marilyn Lovell
Mary Kate Schellhardt Barbara Lovell
Emily Ann Lloyd Susan Lovell
Miko Hughes Jeffrey Lovell
Max Elliott Slade Jay Lovell
Jean Speegle Howard Blanch Lovell
Tracy Reiner Mary Haise
David Andrews Pete Conrad
Michelle Little Jane Conrad
Chris Ellis Deke Slayton
Joe Spano NASA director
Xander Berkeley Henry Hurt
Marc McClure Glynn Lunney
Ben Marley John Young
Clint Howard Sy Liebergot

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Copyright holder: © 1995 Universal City Studios, Inc. [1]
  • In September, 2002 the film was re-released in IMAX. It was the first film to be digitally remastered using IMAX DMR technology. [2]
  • A 10th-anniversary DVD of the film was released in 2005; it included both the theatrical version and the IMAX version, along with several extras. The IMAX version has a 1.66:1 aspect ratio. [2]
  • To prepare for their roles in the film, Hanks, Paxton, and Bacon all attended the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. While there, astronauts Jim Lovell and David Scott, commander of Apollo 15, did actual training exercises with the actors inside a simulated Command Module and Lunar Module. [3]
  • In Los Angeles, Ed Harris and all the actors portraying flight controllers enrolled in a Flight Controller School led by Gerry Griffin, an Apollo 13 flight director, and flight controller Jerry Bostick. [3]
  • The score to Apollo 13 was composed and conducted by James Horner. The soundtrack was released in 1995 by MCA Records and has seven tracks of score, eight period songs used in the film, and seven tracks of dialogue by the actors at a running time of nearly seventy-eight minutes. [4]

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IMDB; Apollo 13 (1995); Box office & business.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia:Apollo 13 (film); Home Media.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wikipedia:Apollo 13 (film); Cast training and filming.
  4. Wikipedia:Apollo 13 (film); Soundtrack.


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