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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.

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Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and America have already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight.. until that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade. Written by Rob Hartill

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Houston, we have a problem.

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Adventure | Drama

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Release Date:

3 November 1995 (Sweden)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$62,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$200,645 (USA) (20 September 2002)

Gross:

$172,071,312 (USA)
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Several actors from the movie including: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, and Gary Sinise visited US Space and Rocket Center Space Camp program and worked on their simulators before production of the movie began to help them get a feel for what it would be like to work in zero gravity. See more »

Goofs

The swingarms connecting the launch vehicle to the tower do not come back one at a time as depicted. There are nine swingarms; four retract during the countdown. The last five retract simultaneously with first motion at T=0. As the crew walks across swingarm 9 to the White Room for boarding, swingarm 8 servicing the Service Module is missing. It correctly appears in other shots of the Saturn V. See more »

Quotes

[Swigert has just successfully powered up the Command Module]
Jack Swigert: Uplink completed. We got her back up, Ken. Boy, I wish you were here to see it.
Ken Mattingly: I'll bet you do.
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Soundtracks

Groovin'
Written by Felix Cavaliere and Edward Brigati (as Eddie Brigati)
Performed by The Rascals
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
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The Right Stuff
27 February 2003 | by (fairview, nj) – See all my reviews

APOLLO 13 (1995) ***1/2 Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan, Ed Harris, Loren Dean, Clint Howard. Exhilarating and absorbing true life account of the 1970 mishap of the American space program's Apollo 13 that nearly became a tragic catastrophe based on astronaut and team leader Jim Lovell's novel "Lost Moon". Hanks is excellent as Lovell, grace under pressure realized, as is the rest of the fine ensemble and perfect visual effects of space travel and ingenuity. Harris won a nomination for Best Supporting Actor as Mission control's chief. Noteworthy: that's director Ron Howard's real life mother as Lovell's mom and look sharp for Lovell himself at the film's conclusion. Oscar winner for Best Editing and Best Sound.


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