Apollo 13 (Coll) Ron Howard Digital Life VHS

Apollo 13 (Coll)
starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
directed by: Ron Howard

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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303832401
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6303832407
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: November 21, 1995
Running Time: 140 minutes
Sales Rank: 52085
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 1995

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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

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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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- Great movie, great DVD, great price - how can you go wrong?
It seems impossible to think that an Oscar-nominated film (in several major categories) could be considered "under-rated." But this is certainly the case with Apollo 13. Perhaps Ron Howard's best film, it is an exciting, harrowing, and ultimately rewarding film-watching experience that doesn't let you down on repeated viewings. Howard brings out the most in his cast - the casual viewer will be surprised at the depth and nuance the performances of Gary Sinese and Bill Paxton. This is also Kevin Bacon's breakout role (with Mystic River). I would even go so far as to say this might be Tom Hanks greatest performance - yes, even better than "Philadelphia", "Forrest Gump", or "Saving Private Ryan" (it is most similar to the last, perhaps unsurprisingly as his Apollo 13 character is an Air Force officer). But the performances are only part of the puzzle. The filming - much of it in sets built for microgravity filming ... Read More

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- "I look up at the moon and wonder: 'When will we be going back, and who will that be?'"
APOLLO 13 is one of those wonderfully crafted films, where the climax carries no surprise, no plot twists, no unexpected revelations, yet is immensely satisfying.

Directed by Ron Howard, the splendid cast led by Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Bill Paxton, Kathleen Quinlan and a host of others, combine in an absorbing, riveting story of the space program's finest hour - the triumph of human ingenuity in the face of overwhelming technical failure.

The crew of Apollo 13 faces certain death, when a catastrophic explosion in the service module threatens to transform the command module into a floating sepulchre. By their wits, and that of the dedicated ground crew, they use the lunar module as a lifeboat, while a cadre of dedicated professionals devises a way to bring the fragile craft back to earth.

The technical aspects of the film are splendid, and Mr. Howard recreates ... Read More

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- Apollo 13
The DVD doesn't work. It's an HD DVD and we tried it on 3 DVD players in our house. I'm very disappointed that it is defective.

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- "Houston,we have a problem!"
"Apollo 13" is a cinematic classic. It was one of Ron Howard's first films, and still has resonance today. The Apollo 13 mission was ill-fated from the start. One of the crew was grounded,assumed to be ill. Jim Lovell's (Tom Hanks) wife lost her wedding ring. Yet the mission still went on.

"Apollo 13" shows the gripping adventure on board the spaceship. It was a life and death struggle. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Bacon skillfully depict the crew's loyalty and squabbling. Their struggle to orbit the Moon- as well as return home alive- captured the world. People united in prayer. It's an inspirational story. Ed Harris is great as the grounded crewmember who famously said,"Failure is not an option!"

"Apollo 13" is powerful and inspiring. It launches the soul.

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