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Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)

starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
directed by: Ron Howard

: Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783219691
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783219695
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 29, 2005
Running Time: 140 minutes
Sales Rank: 2605
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 1995



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Description:
Nominated for nine Academy Awards , including Best Picture, Apollo 13 is now available in an incredible 2 -Disc Anniversary Edition with never-before-seen bonus materials. Produced by Academy Award winner Brian Grazer and directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard, Apollo 13 stars Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise and Ed Harris in the inspiring and riveting story of the real-life space flight that gripped a nation and changed the world.

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



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Movie
This movie is just superb. The story is great, acting is great, and the historical accuracy is perfect. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Perfect For Everyone (especially Parents & Classrooms)
This is one of my all-time favorite movies, and for about a million reasons. But I'll just share a few. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A very good and realistic movie about APOLLO 13 and human determination
The movie APOLLO 13 and of course the real odyssey that took place in 1970 are more than just a near space ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Apollo13: The Story of REAL Heroes
Okay, for you technophiles, Universal did a good job in the transfer to DVD. The colors are vivid and the picture ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - WHY THE MISSING SCENES???
Being a big follower of the space program since the mid-1960s, I was really excited when Apollo 13 was released..first ... Read More

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