Apollo 13 1995

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 134 min

genre: drama

theme: docudrama

director: Ron Howard

Score: 8 / 10

Apollo 13 is a 1995 American docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan. The screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and is an adaptation of the 1994 book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.

Plot

On July 20, 1969, astronaut Jim Lovell hosts a party where guests watch Neil Armstrong's televised first steps on the Moon from Apollo 11. Lovell, who orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, tells his wife Marilyn that he will return to the Moon to walk on its surface.

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author	Al Reinert Jeffrey Kluger Jim Lovell William Broyles, Jr.
award	Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Jupiter Awards National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
contentLocation	Florida Houston Texas
director	Ron Howard
editor	Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill
events	Apollo 13
genre	adventure drama historical
keywords	ablative heat shield alan shepard apollo 11 apollo 8 apollo command and service module apollo command module apollo lunar module apollo service module break build carbon dioxide christopher c. kraft jr. mission control center command module consumables manager deke slayton dock docking and berthing of spacecraft doom draw eugene f. kranz failure is not an option freeze fuel cell gene kranz german measles getting home go for launch incompatible ionization blackout iwo jima jack swigert john aaron ken mattingly land liquid oxygen lunar module mission control mission control center moon landing neil armstrong park parking orbit power up rube goldberg rube goldberg device rube goldberg machine rubella run s-ii saturn v saturn v rocket second stage service module splash down splashdown sy liebergot to the moon tumble urinary tract infection vehicle assembly building walk water supply
musicBy	James Horner
nomination	Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography BAFTA Award for Best Editing BAFTA Award for Best Sound BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Movie Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
producer	Brian Grazer
productionCompany	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures
publisher	Universal Pictures
recordedAt	Ambassador Hotel Kennedy Space Center Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Merritt Island San Diego Santa Catalina Island Universal Pictures
theme	docudrama survival