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Apollo 13 (1995)

Name: Apollo 13
Rating: 7.7

Historical drama

This Hollywood drama is based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) find everything going according to plan after leaving Earth's orbit. However, when an oxygen tank explodes, the scheduled moon landing is called off. Subsequent tensions within the crew and numerous technical problems threaten both the astronauts' survival and their safe return to Earth.

IMDb7.7

Rotten Tomatoes95%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

Ron HowardDirector
Tom HanksJim Lovell
Bill PaxtonFred Haise
Kevin BaconJack Swigert
Gary SiniseKen Mattingly
Ed HarrisGene Kranz
Kathleen QuinlanMarilyn Lovell
David AndrewsPete Conrad
Xander BerkeleyHenry Hurt
Christian ClemensonDr. Chuck
Brett CullenWilliam 'Bill' Pogue
Loren DeanJohn Aaron
Clint HowardEECOM White
Ben MarleyJohn Young
Marc McClureGlynn Lunney
Tracy ReinerMary Haise
Joe SpanoNASA Director
Chris EllisDeke Slayton

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