Apollo 13 [videorecording] / Imagine Entertainment presents a Brian Grazer production ; a Universal picture ; screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert ; produced by Brian Grazer ; directed by Ron Howard.
Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. Based on the book: Lost moon, by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger.
Summary:
A true story. Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time, and the odds, to bring them home.
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