Apollo 13
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Universal Studios  (1995) 140 mins PG

7.5 (73,282 votes)
Houston, we have a problem.

It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon, but as far as the American public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight- until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Ron Howard directs Academy Award winner Ton Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris in a riveting suspense-thriller from Imagine Entertainment.
Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time-and the odds- to bring them home.
It’s a breathtaking adventure that tells a story of courage, faith and ingenuity that is all the more remarkable because it...

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Cast and Crew
Ed Harris  ......  Gene Kranz
Gary Sinise  ......  Ken Mattingly
Kathleen Quinlan  ......  Marilyn Lovell
Tom Hanks  ......  Jim Lovell
Kevin Bacon  ......  Jack Swigert
Bill Paxton  ......  Fred Haise
Director  .....  Ron Howard
Producer  .....  Brian Grazer; Michael Bostick; Lorne Orleans
Writer  .....  Al Reinert; William Broyles, Jr.; Jim Lovell; Jeffrey Kluger
Notes
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Lovell is giving a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building, a woman asks him how astronauts go to the bathroom in space. Lovell says that Deke Slayton, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, could answer that question better than he could. However, at that time, Lovell had flown 3 missions and had spent more hours in space than any other human, while Slayton had never flown in space. After being named one of the original Mercury astronauts, Slayton was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia and grounded. He eventually flew in 1975 as part of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, his first and only space flight. (more)

Trivia:
In the final minute of the movie you can see Tom Hanks' character shake hands with the real Jim Lovell. It happens while Hanks narrates the line "And as for me..." (more)

Filming Locations:
Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
NASA Director: This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever faced.
Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 26 nominations (more)