- "Houston, we have a problem."
- ―Jim Lovell
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| 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]
- Production on Apollo 13 began on August 15th, 1994. Principal photography concluded on December 9th, 1994. [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]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IMDB; Apollo 13 (1995); Box office & business.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia:Apollo 13 (film); Home Media.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wikipedia:Apollo 13 (film); Cast training and filming.
- ↑ Wikipedia:Apollo 13 (film); Soundtrack.