Apollo 13(Movie, 1995)

2h 20min | Genres: Drama, History

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 1,776 votes) 304

Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, and Gary Sinise. The screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and is an adaptation of the 1994 book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. The film depicts astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard Apollo 13 for America's third Moon landing mission. En route, an on-board explosion deprives their spacecraft of most of its oxygen supply and electric power, forcing NASA's flight controllers to abort the Moon l... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Apollo 13

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award for Best Film Editing Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Jupiter Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation nominated for: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Director nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture nominated for: BAFTA Award for Best Editing nominated for: BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: BAFTA Award for Best Sound nominated for: MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance nominated for: American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases nominated for: Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film nominated for: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nominated for: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film nominated for: MTV Movie Award for Best Movie nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing nominated for: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture nominated for: BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects nominated for: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

About Apollo 13

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.

Trailer for Apollo 13 + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: San Diego (California), Kennedy Space Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Merritt Island, Santa Catalina Island, Ambassador Hotel, Universal Pictures

Plays in: Florida, Texas, Houston, outer space

Based on the work of: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger ("Lost Moon")

Made by: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, TF1 International

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 28 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/20/2002 (World premiere: 06/30/1995)

Appearing Characters: John Young, Jim Lovell, Thomas O. Paine, Neil Armstrong, Pete Conrad, Marilyn Lovell, Barbara Lovell, Susan Lovell, Jeffrey Lovell, Jay Lovell, Blanche Lovell, Mary Haise, Jane Conrad, Henry Hurt, Buzz Aldrin, Glynn Lunney, Ken Mattingly, Fred Haise, Deke Slayton, Jack Swigert, Gene Kranz

Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Clint Howard, Austin O'Brien, Chris Ellis, David Andrews, Joe Spano, Loren Dean, Miko Hughes, Rance Howard, Roger Corman, Tracy Reiner, Xander Berkeley, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Max Elliott Slade, Jean Speegle Howard, Michele Little, Marc McClure, Ben Marley, Mark Wheeler, Larry Williams, Christian Clemenson, Jim Lovell, Thom Barry, Geoffrey Blake, Joseph Culp, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Christopher John Fields, Jeffrey Kluger, Wayne Duvall, Brian Markinson, Brett Cullen, Andy Milder, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Jim Meskimen, Jack Conley, Todd Louiso, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ray McKinnon, Thomas Mills Wood, Todd Hallowell, Max Grodénchik, Ned Vaughn, Gabriel Jarret, Ben Bodé, Paul Mantee, Steve Rankin, Jon Bruno, Walter Cronkite

Director: Ron Howard

Producer: Brian Grazer

Screenwriter: William Broyles, Jr., Al Reinert, Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger

Executive Producer: Todd Hallowell

Film Editor: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill

Director of Photography: Dean Cundey

Composer: James Horner

Performer: James Horner

Production Designer: Merideth

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"阿波罗13号"

"Apolo 13"

"アポロ13"

"아폴로 13"

"Apolo 13"

Keywords: moon, explosion, race against time, florida, nasa, spacecraft accident, cape kennedy, courage, hypothermia, saturn v rocket, disaster, spaceman, astronaut, rescue, lunar mission, space, based on a true story

Budget: 52,000,000 USD

Revenue: 355,237,933 USD (= 683%)

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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