The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, 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.

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Film Cast:

• Jim Lovell: Tom Hanks
• Fred Haise: Bill Paxton
• Jack Swigert: Kevin Bacon
• Ken Mattingly: Gary Sinise
• Gene Kranz: Ed Harris
• Marilyn Lovell: Kathleen Quinlan
• Congressman: Roger Corman
• Deke Slayton: Chris Ellis
• Henry Hurt: Xander Berkeley
• Mary Haise: Tracy Reiner
• NASA Director: Joe Spano
• Pete Conrad: David Andrews
• Barbara Lovell: Mary Kate Schellhardt
• Susan Lovell: Emily Ann Lloyd
• Jeffrey Lovell: Miko Hughes
• Jay Lovell: Max Elliott Slade
• Blanch Lovell: Jean Speegle Howard
• Jane Conrad: Michele Little
• Launch Director: Andrew Lipschultz
• Neil Armstrong: Mark Wheeler
• Guenter Wendt: Endre Hules
• Sy Liebergot – EECOM White: Clint Howard
• Dr. Chuck: Christian Clemenson
• CAPCOM 1: Brett Cullen
• Orderly: Thom Barry
• GNC White: Gabriel Jarret
• Captain of USS Iwo Jima: Jim Lovell
• Himself (archive footage): Neil Armstrong
• Himself – ABC News (archive footage): Jules Bergman
• Himself (archive footage): Pope Paul VI
• Glynn Lunney: Marc McClure
• John Young: Ben Marley
• John Aaron – EECOM Arthur: Loren Dean
• EECOM Gold: Tom Wood
• RETRO White: Googy Gress
• RETRO Gold: Patrick Mickler
• Jerry Bostick – FIDO White: Ray McKinnon
• FIDO Gold: Max Grodénchik
• CAPCOM 2: Ned Vaughn
• GUIDO White: Andy Milder
• GUIDO Gold: Geoffrey Blake
• LEM Controller White: Wayne Duvall
• TELMU White: Jim Meskimen
• TELMU Gold: Joseph Culp
• INCO White: John Short
• INCO Gold: Ben Bode
• FAO White: Todd Louiso
• Booster White: Christopher John Fields
• Grumman Rep: Kenneth White
• Ted: James Ritz
• Tracey: Karen Martin
• Woman: Maureen Hanley
• Kim: Meadow Williams
• Technician: Walter von Huene
• Pad Rat: Brian Markinson
• Pad Rat: Steve Rankin
• Whiz Kid: Austin O’Brien
• Whiz Kid Mom: Louisa Marie
• SIM Tech: Arthur Senzy
• SIM Tech: Carl Gabriel Yorke
• SIM Tech: Ryan Holihan
• Reverend: Rance Howard
• Neighbor: Jane Jenkins
• Noisy Civilian: Todd Hallowell
• Stephen Haise: Matthew Michael Goodall
• Fred Haise Jr.: Taylor Goodall
• Margaret Haise: Misty Dickinson
• Loud Reporter: Lee Anne Matusek
• Loud Reporter: Mark D. Newman
• Suit Room Assistant: Mark McKeel
• Patty: Patty Raya
• Science Reporter: Jack Conley
• Science Reporter: Jeffrey Kluger
• Anchor: Bruce Wright
• Anchor: Ivan Allen
• Anchor: Jon Bruno
• Roger Chaffee: Reed Rudy
• Virgil Grissom: Steve Bernie
• Edward White: Steve Ruge
• Reporter: Herbert Jefferson Jr.
• Reporter: John Dullaghan
• Reporter: John Wheeler
• Reporter: Paul Mantee
• Reporter: Julie Rowen
• Reporter: Thomas Crawford
• Reporter: Frank Cavestani
• Reporter: John M. Mathews

Film Crew:

• Screenplay: William Broyles Jr.
• Executive Music Producer: Brian Grazer
• Art Direction: David J. Bomba
• Sound Effects Editor: Richard L. Anderson
• Director of Photography: Dean Cundey
• Orchestrator: James Horner
• Visual Effects Design Consultant: James Cameron
• Casting: Janet Hirshenson
• Casting: Jane Jenkins
• Set Production Assistant: Colin Hanks
• Associate Producer: Michael Bostick
• Supervising Dialogue Editor: Anthony J. Ciccolini III
• Sound Effects Editor: Dean Beville
• Executive Music Producer: Ron Howard
• Second Unit Director: Todd Hallowell
• Production Controller: Kathleen McGill
• First Assistant Director: Aldric La’Auli Porter
• Associate Producer: Louisa Velis
• Editor: Daniel P. Hanley
• Editor: Mike Hill
• Costume Design: Rita Ryack
• Screenplay: Al Reinert
• Production Design: Michael Corenblith
• Art Direction: Bruce Alan Miller
• Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
• Makeup Artist: Larry Abbott
• Special Effects Coordinator: Matt Sweeney
• Systems Administrators & Support: Shoshana Abrass
• Technical Advisor: Jeffrey Kluger
• Technical Advisor: Jim Lovell
• Stunts: Heather Burton
• Second Second Assistant Director: William M. Connor
• Special Effects Assistant: Michael Wilmot
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Ezra Dweck
• Foley Recordist: Don Givens
• First Assistant Director: Bruce Moriarty
• Key Makeup Artist: Daniel C. Striepeke
• Dialogue Editor: Dan Sable
• Assistant Dialogue Editor: Lynn Sable
• Assistant Costume Designer: Marjorie McCown
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Lila Yacoub
• Assistant Editor: Tim Silano
• Unit Production Manager: Carl Clifford
• Driver: Gavin Grazer
• First Assistant Camera: Scott Fuller
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Raymond Stella
• Additional Writing: John Sayles
• Set Production Assistant: Matt Rebenkoff
• Stunts: Kim Robert Koscki
• Grip: Luke Halpin
• Playback Singer: Annie Lennox
• Special Effects Assistant: Gary Zink
• Thanks: Walter Cronkite
• Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy
• Key Grip: Jeff ‘Moose’ Howery
• First Assistant Camera: Clyde E. Bryan
• Stunts: John Robotham
• Driver: Joseph Sullivan
• Supervising Sound Editor: Stephen Hunter Flick
• First Assistant Camera: Christopher Duskin
• Stunts: Joe Finnegan
• Production Assistant: Jimmy Lindsey
• Stunts: Vincent Mazella Jr.
• Pilot: Alan D. Purwin
• First Assistant Editor: Roger Tweten
• Technical Advisor: Dave Scott
• Technical Advisor: Gerry Griffin
• Technical Advisor: Jerry Bostick
• Art Department Coordinator: Angela O’Neill
• Still Photographer: Ron Batzdorff
• Actor’s Assistant: Erik Bork
• Storyboard: Ricardo F. Delgado
• Sound Effects Editor: Warren Hamilton Jr.
• Pilot: Robert ‘Bobby Z’ Zajonc
• Modelling Supervisor: Patrick McClung
• Construction Coordinator: David T. Cannon
• Grip: Steve Graves
• Makeup Artist: Hallie D’Amore
• Costume Supervisor: Dan Bronson
• Costumer: Elaine Ramires
• Special Sound Effects: Donald Flick
• Sound Effects Editor: Eric Lindemann
• Hairstylist: Joy Zapata
• Dialogue Editor: Louis Cerborino
• Sound Effects Editor: Patricio A. Libenson
• Property Master: Steven M. Levine
• Painter: Dan Dorfer
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Scott Millan
• Hairstylist: Hazel Catmull
• Chief Lighting Technician: Andy Ryan
• Digital Compositor: Pablo Helman
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Steve Pederson
• Second Assistant Director: Susan Pickett
• ADR Recordist: Douglas Murray
• Assistant Location Manager: Andrew L. Ullman
• Digital Effects Supervisor: Karen E. Goulekas
• Set Costumer: Bob Moore Jr.
• Script Supervisor: Eva Z. Cabrera
• Production Coordinator: Kelly L’Estrange
• Assistant Editor: Glenn Allen
• Assistant Editor: Richard Friedlander
• Visual Effects Producer: Jenny Fulle
• Set Designer: Joseph Hodges
• Supervising Music Editor: Jim Henrikson
• Transportation Coordinator: Joel Marrow
• Production Supervisor: Michelle Morrissey
• Set Designer: Lori Rowbotham
• Leadman: Wayne Shepherd
• Dialogue Editor: Thomas A. Gulino
• Dialogue Editor: Bitty O’Sullivan-Smith
• Sound Recordist: Bob Olari
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Dior
• Visual Effects Editor: Debra Wolff
• Stunt Coordinator: James M. Halty
• Stunt Coordinator: Mickey Gilbert
• Camera Operator: Josh Bleibtreu
• Camera Operator: Casey Hotchkiss
• Camera Operator: David Norris
• Set Costumer: Mary Elizabeth Still
• Studio Teachers: Elise Ganz
• Publicist: Andrew Lipschultz
• Location Manager: Ned R. Shapiro
• VFX Director of Photography: Erik Nash
• Greensman: Jason Vanover
• Digital Compositor: Bryan Grill
• Key Hair Stylist: Kathryn Blondell
• Hairstylist: Carolyn Elias
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Robert Legato
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Bob Chefalas
• ADR Editor: Harry Peck Bolles
• Foley Editor: Frank Smathers
• Hairstylist: Audrey L. Anzures
• Supervising ADR Editor: Lisa J. Levine
• Sound Effects Editor: Elliott Koretz
• First Assistant Accountant: Kathryn Mindala
• Assistant Property Master: Bobby Amor
• Digital Compositor: Jammie Friday
• Best Boy Electric: Glenn E. Moran
• Special Effects Assistant: Larry L. Fuentes
• Sound Assistant: Dana Gustafson
• Special Sound Effects: John Pospisil
• Sound Assistant: Linda Yeaney
• Digital Compositor: Martine Tomczyk
• Orchestrator: Steven Bramson
• Video Assist Operator: Roger C. Johnson
• Special Effects Assistant: Bruce Y. Kuroyama
• Script Supervisor: Janna Stern
• Sound Mixer: Geoffrey Patterson
• Additional Second Assistant Camera: Chip Byrd
• Camera Loader: Trevor Loomis
• Music Editor: Thomas S. Drescher
• Costumer: Leslie Weir
• ADR Mixer: Paul J. Zydel
• Set Medic: David O. Krupnick
• Transportation Captain: Randy Cantor
• Steadicam Operator: Glenn DiVincenzo
• Assistant Camera: Michole Bergstrom
• Costumer: Joe McCloskey
• Special Effects Assistant: Rich E. Cordobes
• Set Production Assistant: Dylan K. Massin
• ADR Mixer: Dean Drabin
• Foley Editor: Matthew C. Beville
• Rigging Grip: Gary Brostrom
• First Assistant Camera: Scott Smith
• Key Grip: Ron Cardarelli
• Second Assistant Camera: Stephen Sfetku
• Digital Effects Producer: Mark Lohff
• Sound Mixer: David MacMillan
• Production Assistant: Kirk Douglas
• Electrician: Darren Langer
• Gaffer: Tony Anderson
• Assistant Camera: David S. Campbell
• Boom Operator: Craig Woods
• Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt
• Driver: Dan Brizendine
• Set Production Assistant: Jonathan McGarry
• Production Controller: Kieran Woo
• Foley Mixer: David Jobe
• Driver: Rodney Lee Bennett
• Set Dresser: Larry A. Cornick
• ADR Editor: Stuart Stanley
• Assistant Editor: Carolyn Calvert
• Assistant Dialogue Editor: Yvette Nabel
• Special Sound Effects: Steve Lee
• Digital Compositor: Jerry Hall
• Pilot: Michael Tamburro
• Modeling: George Stevens
• Driver: Paulie DiCocco
• Casting Associate: Susanna Griffith
• Art Department Assistant: Joshua A. Sipe
• Construction Foreman: David A. Weinman
• Greensman: William Matzner
• Camera Technician: Scott Johnson
• Grip: Marty Dobkousky
• Seamstress: Carmen Mazarow
• Craft Service: Beverly Burton
• Driver: Johnny Bartlet
• Camera Loader: John Hynes
• Propmaker: Matthew Martin
• Set Production Assistant: Stephanie Axe
• Color Timer: William Pine
• Best Boy Electric: Rick Petretti
• Rigging Gaffer: Mark Soucie
• Boom Operator: Steve Bowerman
• Digital Compositors: Feliciano di Giorgio
• Special Effects Supervisor: John Palmer
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Chad Merriam
• Machinist: John Lisman
• Set Dresser: John Maskovich
• Special Effects Assistant: Lucinda Strub
• Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Josh Margolies
• Dolly Grip: Dave Wachtman
• ADR Recordist: Ann Hadsell
• Additional First Assistant Camera: J. Steven Latham
• Set Dresser: Greg Wilkinson
• Second Assistant Camera: Jolanda R. Wipfli
• Assistant Editor: Guy Barresi
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: O’Shana Walker
• Grip: Troy Webb
• Sound Mixer: John Sutton
• Storyboard Artist: Eric Ramsey
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Steve Chandler
• Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Tommy Dorsett
• Grip: Kevin Edwards
• Set Dresser: Scott G. Jones
• Special Effects Assistant: Jan Aaris
• Grip: Bryan Ashford
• Second Assistant Director: Jane Paul
• Production Coordinator: Wendi Haas
• Digital Effects Supervisor: Mark A. Lasoff
• Digital Compositor: Ethan Ormsby
• Digital Effects Producer: Amy Jupiter
• Makeup Artist: Michael Lorenz
• Assistant Accountant: Hope Shaw
• Assistant Accountant: Rosario Aguirre
• Assistant Accountant: Keri Weisblum
• Assistant Accountant: Susan Giordano
• Assistant Property Master: James Robinson II
• Actor’s Assistant: Terry Odem
• Boom Operator: Bill J. DiDonna
• Costumer: Danna Edwards
• Driver: William Esparza
• Driver: Bud Lacy
• Driver: James E. Vargas
• Extras Casting: Ajay Dass
• Greensman: Anthony Vitagliano
• Location Assistant: Matthew Pook
• Location Assistant: Anthony J. Saenz
• Production Assistant: Alfred Cervantes
• Production Assistant: Chris Clifton
• Production Assistant: Dennis Clay
• Production Assistant: Lars Sloan
• Production Assistant: Michael Barson
• Production Assistant: Michael McDevitt
• Production Assistant: Misty Conn
• Production Assistant: Paul Swen
• Production Assistant: Susan Jamison
• Production Assistant: K. Marshall Smith
• Production Assistant: Jeffray C. Eagle
• Production Coordinator: Lisa J. Watters
• Production Coordinator: Virginia Dнaz
• Production Coordinator: Brooke Rand McDonald
• Set Dresser: Chris Pascuzzo
• Set Dresser: Edward J. McCarthy
• Set Dresser: Richard M. Jones
• Set Production Assistant: Eddee Kolos
• Set Production Assistant: Laurel Robinson
• Special Effects Assistant: Fred Tessaro
• Special Effects Assistant: Jeffrey Machit
• Special Effects Assistant: Kent D’Huet
• Special Effects Assistant: Paul Sabourin
• Special Effects Assistant: R. Michael Bisetti
• Special Effects Assistant: Rocky Severy
• Special Effects Assistant: Steve Luport
• Special Effects Assistant: Tony Centonze
• Special Effects Assistant: William Centonze
• Special Effects Assistant: Donald Krause
• Special Effects Assistant: Harold Selig
• Special Effects Assistant: James M. Hart
• Special Effects Assistant: Manuel S. Epstein
• Technical Advisor: Max L. Ary
• ADR Voice Casting: Lynne Redding
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Jim Fine
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Keith Roverud
• Chief Lighting Technician: Michael Orefice
• Chief Lighting Technician: Joseph J. Orefice
• Electrician: Ben O. Graham
• Electrician: Keith Orefice
• Electrician: Atillio Orefice
• Electrician: Dennis Hus
• Electrician: Gary Ware
• Electrician: Peter Eisner
• First Assistant “B” Camera: Larry D. Davis
• Grip: Michael D. Hightower
• Grip: Ron Peebles
• Grip: Jimmy Giacona
• Grip: Eugene Siegmund
• Key Grip: Steven Cardarelli
• Rigging Grip: Randy Troyanek
• Digital Compositor: Laurie Resnick
• Digital Effects Supervisor: John McLaughlin
• Modeling: Bradford Plows
• Modeling: Brian Ripley
• Modeling: Eugene P. Rizzardi
• Modeling: Gerald McClung
• Modeling: Gordon Forkert
• Modeling: Greg Bryant
• Modeling: John Ferrari
• Modeling: Sabine Meyer zu Recendorf
• Modeling: Felix Ojeda
• Modeling: Michael Possert Jr.
• Systems Administrators & Support: Matt Coohill
• Best Boy Grip: Brian Marincic
• Project Manager: Stephen Sobisky
• General Manager: Scott Ross
• Utility Sound: Kevin E. Patterson
• Set Painter: Felisa Finn

Movie Reviews:

• Wuchak: _**Cinematic account of the ill-fated Apollo mission**_

  In April, 1970, the Apollo 13 mission to the moon is aborted after an explosion causes internal damage. The three astronauts and Mission Control must now focus on merely surviving and getting back alive, if possible.

  Directed by Ron Howard, “Apollo 13” (1995) is a solid account of the real-life events and obviously influenced “The Martian” twenty years later, which is even better, albeit not based on historical events.

  I suppose this zeroes-in on the weakness of this movie: If you’re familiar with the account you know how the story ends, which diminishes suspense. Nevertheless, I found it interesting to observe the living conditions and challenges of real-life astronauts, as well as the resolve and ingenuity of the people at Mission Control to work with what’s available and to figure out how to get the astronauts home.

  The film runs 2 hours, 20 minutes. CAST: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan.

  GRADE: B/B-