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Release Date: 1995

Cast: Michele Little, Miko Hughes, Xander Berkeley, Marc McClure, Loren Dean, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Chris Ellis, Gary Sinise, Emily Ann Lloyd, Bill Paxton, Christian Clemenson, David Andrews ...MORE

Cast: Michele Little, Miko Hughes, Xander Berkeley, Marc McClure, Loren Dean, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Chris Ellis, Gary Sinise, Emily Ann Lloyd, Bill Paxton, Christian Clemenson, David Andrews, Kevin Bacon, Clint Howard, Kathleen Quinlan, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Max Elliott Slade, Jean Speegle Howard, Tracy Reiner, Bryce Dallas Howard ...LESS

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Apollo 13 is a 1995 American drama film directed by Ron Howard. The film stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan and Ed Harris. The screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. and Al Reinert, that dramatizes the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission, is an adaptation of the book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by astronaut Jim Lovell (the story's protagonist) and Jeffrey Kluger. Howard went to great lengths to create a technically accurate movie, employing NASA's technical assistance in astronaut and flight controller training for his cast, and even obtaining... MORE

Apollo 13 is a 1995 American drama film directed by Ron Howard. The film stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan and Ed Harris. The screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. and Al Reinert, that dramatizes the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission, is an adaptation of the book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by astronaut Jim Lovell (the story's protagonist) and Jeffrey Kluger. Howard went to great lengths to create a technically accurate movie, employing NASA's technical assistance in astronaut and flight controller training for his cast, and even obtaining permission to film scenes aboard a reduced gravity aircraft for realistic depiction of the "weightlessness" experienced by the astronauts in space. Astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise are launched aboard Apollo 13 for America's third Moon landing mission. En route, an onboard explosion deprives their spacecraft of most of its oxygen supply and electric power, forcing NASA's flight controllers to abort the Moon landing, and turning the mission into a struggle to get the three men home safely. Released in the United States on 30 June 1995, Apollo 13 garnered critical acclaim and was LESS