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Apollo 13

Synopsis:

"Houston, we have a problem." Those words were immortalized during the tense days of the Apollo 13 lunar mission crisis in 1970, events recreated in this epic historical drama from

Ron Howard. Astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) leads command module pilot Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and lunar module driver Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) on what is slated as NASA's third lunar landing mission. All goes smoothly until the craft is halfway through its mission, when an exploding oxygen tank threatens the crew's oxygen and power supplies.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Ron Howard
  • Studio: Universal City Studios, Universal
  • Year: 1995
  • Run Time: 140 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG (for language and peril)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama, Historical Film
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2002 09 30 (USA - IMAX), 1995 06 30 (USA)