Apollo 13 1995
Genres: Docudrama, Period Drama, Survival, Adventure, Drama, History, Authentic Emotion, Courage, Dramatic Tension, Inspirational, Performance, Realism, Suspenseful, Technical Achievement, Historical Accuracy
Country: United States
Director: Ron Howard
Duration: 140 Min
Year: 1995
Actors: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Miko Hughes, Max Elliott Slade, Jean Speegle Howard, Tracy Reiner, David Andrews, Michele Little, Chris Ellis, Joe Spano, Xander Berkeley, Marc Mcclure
Storyline:
Nasa Must Devise A Strategy To Return Apollo 13 To Earth Safely After The Spacecraft Undergoes Massive Internal Damage Putting The Lives Of The Three Astronauts On Board In Jeopardy. Release: June 30, 1995 Comments: Goofs At Around 1h 35 Mins In The Film, Jim Lovell Suggests Using The Cross Hairs On The Window Of The Cm And Line It Up With The Terminator Line Of The Earth As A Procedure To Navigate Without The Computer. This Appears To Be An Idea `plucked Out Of The Air` By Lovell, And Houston Have To Confer In Order To See If It Would Work. In Reality This Procedure Was Practiced By Jim Lovell On Apollo 8 In Preparation For Just Such A Malfunction Of The Computer And Houston Had Full Procedural Guidelines In Place. The Actual Problem Was That The Explosion Had Created A Cloud Of Sunlit Debris That Made It Impossible To Align The Inertial Guidance Platform By Sighting Stars. The Sun, Earth And Moon Were Not Normally Used For This Because Of Their Large Sizes, But The Debris Cloud Made Them The Only USAble Visual References.