Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
directed by: Ron Howard
directed by: Ron Howard
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For the crew of apollo 13 it was a dream trip of a lifetime. Their mission was to stroll the moons surface and collect data. That is until a sober message came from space: houston we have a problem. The world watched in silence for four days as the crews worked around the clock to bring the space capsule back.Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)Release Date: 01/22/2008Starring: Tom Hanks Kevin BaconRun time: 103 minutesRating: Pg13Director: Ron Howard
Amazon.com essential video:
NASA's worst nightmare turned into one of the space agency's most heroic moments in 1970, when the Apollo 13 crew was forced to hobble home in a disabled capsule after an explosion seriously damaged the moon-bound spacecraft. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton play (respectively) astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise in director Ron Howard's intense, painstakingly authentic docudrama. The Apollo 13 crew and Houston-based mission controllers race against time and heavy odds to return the damaged spacecraft safely to Earth from a distance of 205,500 miles. Using state-of-the-art special effects and ingenious filmmaking techniques, Howard and his stellar cast and crew build nail-biting tension while maintaining close fidelity to the facts. The result is a fitting tribute to the Apollo 13 mission and one of the biggest box-office hits of 1995. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com:
Relying primarily on actual footage shot by NASA and by news organizations, this video documents the drama of the aborted Apollo 13 mission, in which three astronauts came close to losing their lives in space.The actual recording of commander Jim Lovell telling Houston about the "problem" made famous in the Hollywood version of Apollo 13 is presented, and the scenes showing distressed engineers in the actual control room in Houston are in some ways much more dramatic than anything seen on the big screen.This is, after all, reality, with real people scrambling under intense pressure to save real lives. Besides the footage inside mission control, the video also showcases invaluable flight footage shot by the astronauts aboard the crippled spaceship. This video takes an essentially chronological approach, but the technique of using the crew's postflight news conference to serve as narration, while it is at first confusing, serves a useful purpose.This is a no-frills production, but the excitement as NASA engineers mobilize and the whole world watches the news about the stricken spaceship is so gripping that any flourishes would only seem to get in the way.--Robert J. McNamara
For the crew of apollo 13 it was a dream trip of a lifetime. Their mission was to stroll the moons surface and collect data. That is until a sober message came from space: houston we have a problem. The world watched in silence for four days as the crews worked around the clock to bring the space capsule back.Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)Release Date: 01/22/2008Starring: Tom Hanks Kevin BaconRun time: 103 minutesRating: Pg13Director: Ron Howard
Amazon.com essential video:
NASA's worst nightmare turned into one of the space agency's most heroic moments in 1970, when the Apollo 13 crew was forced to hobble home in a disabled capsule after an explosion seriously damaged the moon-bound spacecraft. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton play (respectively) astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise in director Ron Howard's intense, painstakingly authentic docudrama. The Apollo 13 crew and Houston-based mission controllers race against time and heavy odds to return the damaged spacecraft safely to Earth from a distance of 205,500 miles. Using state-of-the-art special effects and ingenious filmmaking techniques, Howard and his stellar cast and crew build nail-biting tension while maintaining close fidelity to the facts. The result is a fitting tribute to the Apollo 13 mission and one of the biggest box-office hits of 1995. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com:
Relying primarily on actual footage shot by NASA and by news organizations, this video documents the drama of the aborted Apollo 13 mission, in which three astronauts came close to losing their lives in space.The actual recording of commander Jim Lovell telling Houston about the "problem" made famous in the Hollywood version of Apollo 13 is presented, and the scenes showing distressed engineers in the actual control room in Houston are in some ways much more dramatic than anything seen on the big screen.This is, after all, reality, with real people scrambling under intense pressure to save real lives. Besides the footage inside mission control, the video also showcases invaluable flight footage shot by the astronauts aboard the crippled spaceship. This video takes an essentially chronological approach, but the technique of using the crew's postflight news conference to serve as narration, while it is at first confusing, serves a useful purpose.This is a no-frills production, but the excitement as NASA engineers mobilize and the whole world watches the news about the stricken spaceship is so gripping that any flourishes would only seem to get in the way.--Robert J. McNamara
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- Apollo 13
Item arrived with NO DVD.I needed this to teach a college course and I had to pay for premium shipping for the replacement DVD which is not HD.Very disappointed in the deal.
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- Houston, we have a problem.
I first saw this movie in 1996 while vacationing in FLorida at my grandparents' winter home. I hadn't before had any particular interest in it, but once I watched it I was hooked. I was delighted therefore when my science teacher at that time announced that we would be watching it over a period of a few days in class. There were of course worksheets to go along with each viewing, assignments to see what details, sometimes having nothing at all to do with science, we could manage to remember. One ... Read More
Rating: - Apollo 13
This is a fabulous movie! It is impossible to find in stores but it was a must have for my daughter who aspires to become an astronaut! She loved it!
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I was very impressed with the service when purchasing this DVD. I needed it fast (birthday present) and it arrived ahead of schedule.
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Rating: - Apollo 13 (Widescreen Collector's Edition) (1995)-Nothing like this has been done before!
Apollo 13 (Widescreen Collector's Edition) (1995)- I only wish to add my five star vote and name to the list of happy customers.This film was like nothing I have ever seen on the big screen before!
- Apollo 13Item arrived with NO DVD.I needed this to teach a college course and I had to pay for premium shipping for the replacement DVD which is not HD.Very disappointed in the deal.
- Houston, we have a problem.I first saw this movie in 1996 while vacationing in FLorida at my grandparents' winter home. I hadn't before had any particular interest in it, but once I watched it I was hooked. I was delighted therefore when my science teacher at that time announced that we would be watching it over a period of a few days in class. There were of course worksheets to go along with each viewing, assignments to see what details, sometimes having nothing at all to do with science, we could manage to remember. One ... Read More
- Apollo 13This is a fabulous movie! It is impossible to find in stores but it was a must have for my daughter who aspires to become an astronaut! She loved it!
- Apollo 13 DVDI was very impressed with the service when purchasing this DVD. I needed it fast (birthday present) and it arrived ahead of schedule.
Thank you very much!
- Apollo 13 (Widescreen Collector's Edition) (1995)-Nothing like this has been done before!Apollo 13 (Widescreen Collector's Edition) (1995)- I only wish to add my five star vote and name to the list of happy customers.This film was like nothing I have ever seen on the big screen before!
