Apollo 13 [videorecording] / Image Entertainment ; Universal Pictures ; produced by Brian Grazer ; screenplay, William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert ; directed by Ron Howard.
Title from container. Special features: Disc 2: IMAX version of "Apollo 13" (116 min.; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation)); "Conquering space: the Moon and beyond"; "Lucky 13: the astronaut's story.". Based on the book "Lost moon" by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger. Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Special features: Disc 1:"Lost Moon: the triumph of Apollo 13"; feature commentary with director Ron Howard; feature commentary with Jim and Marilyn Lovell; production notes; theatrical trailer. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Miko Hughes.
Summary:
It had been less than a year since the first man walked on the Moon, but to the American public, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight. That is until the words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded in a crippled spacecraft 205,000 miles from Earth, 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 the efforts of a heroic ground crew race against time - and the odds - to bring the men home.
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