Apollo 13
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.
Awards
Cast
- Andy Milder
- Austin O'Brien
- Ben Bodé
- Ben Marley
- Bill Paxton
- Brett Cullen
- Brian Markinson
- Bryce Dallas Howard
- Carl Gabriel Yorke
- Chris Ellis
- Christian Clemenson
- Christopher John Fields
- Clint Howard
- David Andrews
- Ed Harris
- Emily Ann Lloyd
- Gabriel Jarret
- Gary Sinise
- Geoffrey Blake
- Jack Conley
- Jean Speegle Howard
- Jeffrey Kluger
- Jim Lovell
- Jim Meskimen
- Joe Spano
- Jon Bruno
- Joseph Culp
- Kathleen Quinlan
- Kevin Bacon
- Larry Williams
- Loren Dean
- Marc McClure
- Marilyn Lovell
- Mark Wheeler
- Mary Kate Schellhardt
- Max Elliott Slade
- Max Grodénchik
- Michele Little
- Miko Hughes
- Ned Vaughn
- Paul Mantee
- Rance Howard
- Ray McKinnon
- Roger Corman
- Steve Rankin
- Thom Barry
- Thomas Mills Wood
- Todd Hallowell
- Todd Louiso
- Tom Hanks
- Tracy Reiner
- Walter Cronkite
- Wayne Duvall
- Xander Berkeley