Poster for the movie "Apollo 13"

Apollo 13

Houston, we have a problem.

19952 h 20 minPG
Overview

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Metadata
Director Ron Howard
Certification PG
Runtime 2 h 20 min
Release Date 30 June 1995
Original Music Composer James Horner
Details
Movie Media DVD
Movie Format
Actors
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Miko Hughes, Max Elliott Slade, Jean Speegle Howard, Tracy Reiner, David Andrews, Michele Little, Chris Ellis, Joe Spano, Xander Berkeley, Roger Corman, Andrew Lipschultz, Mark Wheeler, Endre Hules, Clint Howard, Christian Clemenson, Brett Cullen, Thom Barry, Gabriel Jarret, Jim Lovell

Life and death space mission – sounds like science fiction, except in this case, it was a pretty faithful presentation of what really happened to 3 Apollo astronauts.