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Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen starred in a film called "Appaloosa." Just thought you should know. And the guy with the glasses is Ron Howard's brother, Clint.
NASA peak budget in 1960s was double what it is now by todays money value , even when it was over 4 % of US federal budget , compared todays less than 0,5% .
Astronaut car program: 1$ for any car as long as it's a new Vette✌️🙂
I loved the line from Blanche, "if they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it. " This movie is a 10.
"Are you boys in the space program too?" 🤣
That's Ron Howard's mom
“October Sky” if you’ve never done it!
My favorite line is “This is fight surgeon horseshit Deke”
She said it with such unshakable certainty...
The Guy in Mission Control who had the reflection in his glasses is Ron Howard's brother Clint. Clint has portrayed a supporting character in most of Ron's movies. He also was a child actor who made an appearance in "Star Trek" as well as starring in his own series called "Gentle Ben" about a boy and his pet Bear. As far as another movie about space flight an often overlooked film is "October Sky" about a bunch of boys learning about Rocketing. Great Movie!
As a child actor Clint also made brief appearances on The Andy Griffith Show. He never really spoke but always had a peanut butter sandwich.
Also the preacher sitting with the family is Rance Howard , their father. And their mother plays Jim Lovells mother.
He's made an appearance in every iteration of Star Trek series, most recent was Discovery.
Seconding the rec of October Sky, also based on a true story!
speaking of Star Trek, another of the technicians is Max Grodenchik, Rom from DS9, the station's main maintenance guy.
It's one of those bio-films that's still intense, no matter how many times you watch it, even IF you know how it's gonna end.
In the final scene, when Tom Hanks shakes hands with the commander of the USS Iwo Jima on deck, that was the real Jim Lovell making a cameo appearance, and he wore his own Navy uniform.
And the real Marylin Lovell is in the crowd, during the launch sequence.
I love the moment Marilyn tells the TV reporters they can talk to her husband when he comes home on Friday 😁
Marilyn is another hero of the movie.
This is a beautiful film where even the smallest moments like "Was it the door" can hit you hard.
That's seriously my favourite part of the film. It boils down all the danger in such simplicity.
Bill Paxton applied to be an Astronaut but was deemed over qualified at being awesome.
Not sure if you guys have talked about this before but the actor who had the control panels reflected in his glasses is Clint Howard. He is Ron's brother and appears in most, if not all, of the movies Ron has made.
And that goes back to Clint also appearing in the Andy Griffith show
@@DaleKingProfile Yep... always had a peanut butter sandwich and never spoke.
Other notable characters: Lovells mother, Blanche, was played by Ron and Clint’s mother Jean Howard, and the Reverend comforting Lovell’s family is their father, Rance Howard.
4:24 is what I love about this film, hardly anybody ever recognizes the great Roger Corman, the man who trained literally almost all the great filmmakers including Ron Howard, which is probably why he is in this movie, as well as being a great filmmaker himself.
No, what you love, is the fact that you know one little piece of trivia that very few people are aware of but it strokes your ego so you throw it in there, whenever you see a discussion about this film. Sad.
You guys should really watch the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, which covers the Gemini (in the first ep) and Apollo (in the rest of the show) programs. Seriously fantastic writing and production, with top notch actors. My favorite eps of that are the Apollo 12, 15, and 17 ones, as well as the one dealing with the building of the LEM (Apollo 9/10). Dave Foley as Al Bean is just delightful (Al Bean is the only moonwalker I have ever met IRL.)
Highly recommend that series.
Oh yeah. I saw Al Bean's artwork at the MFA Houston a few years ago when they had the lunar exhibit going on. I loved his use of color and it was so vibrant.
Id also like to put a word in for the 2019 series "for all mankind" an alternative timeline about the space race, starting in the 60s upto the 90s as of season 4, currently waiting on season 5.
Also, The Right Stuff is a great film.
Alan Bean was my favorite of the Apollo astronauts. Too bad he accidentally pointed the camera at the sun during Apollo 12!
The guy wearing the glasses that shows the cool reflection in mission control is Clint Howard, Ron's brother.
Both of his parents are in the film, too. Lovell's mom is Ron Howard's mom, and the reverend sitting with the Lovell's is Ron's dad (Rance, who was in pretty much all of Ron's movies).
Love that scene with Hanks and Sinise Sinise is so damn good in everything he does
Almost a year after the movie was in the theaters I attended a lecture with Lovell. He spoke about the expertise of the Kevin Bacon character rather than the rookie he was portrayed as.
Plus in an interview I saw Jim Lovell pointed out that they were all trained pilots capable of flying the ship so if there was any issue docking with the LEM any of them could have taken the pilot seat and done it.
Also Ken Mallory didn't play as crucial a role in designing the power-up procedure as portrayed in the movie.
And (as briefly shown) there were Three different Mission Control teams, who worked in shifts.
Swigert literally wrote the manual for the command module. He knew what he was doing.
Ron Howard was almost at hack level with this film. What's with the soundtrack from _Lion King_ at the end?
One other minor difference from real life: for the manual "PC+2" burn, they didn't use the Earth as a reference point; they used the sun. But that wouldn't have been nearly as cinematic.
As for other space movies you should watch ... well, here's how XKCD got me hyped for _The Martian:_
"You know the scene in _Apollo 13_ where the guy says 'we have to figure out how to connect _this_ thing to _this_ thing using _this_ table full of parts or the astronauts will all die'?
"_The Martian_ is for people who wish the whole movie had just been more of that scene."
Honestly the sun would have made more sense to me.
This movie is 9/10 for me. I saw it in the theater when it came out and loved it!
The guy Emily mentions with the glasses at mission control is Clint Howard, Ron Howard's brother.
The priest at the Lovell family home was Rance Howard, Ron Howard's father.
Ron Howard usually finds parts for his brother and father in most his movies, this movie he got his mother in it as well.
If you have not seen the EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT 12 part HBO mini-series docu-drama _From the Earth...to the Moon,_ you simply must! After a great recap of the Mercury and Gemini programs in the first two episodes, it spends the rest of the series going into detail on every manned Apollo mission.
Ron Howard and Tom Hanks are producers on it. Tom Hanks opens and closes each hour long episode, and he stars in and directs the final episode. The Apollo 13 episode of this series is so good. It tells a side story going on while the events of this movie were happening, but it matches up so nicely, if they had used the same actors to play the same characters (they actually did with one actor) this episode could have been seamlessly spliced into the movie Apollo 13 to make a 3 and a half hour special cut.
But if you do watch this series, after the last episode you then need to watch the Martin Scorcese film, Hugo. And if you do, it will all make sense.
Another NASA inspired space movie you need to see is Spacecamp! Not a true story, but it glorifies the NASA of the 80's and the Space Shuttle program. But sadly, after this movie was pretty much finished but months before it came out the _Challenger_ disaster happened. This isn't a great movie, it's a very fun cheese movie that's also a great snapshot of the era.
Ron Howard movies you still need to see:
Night Shift
Gung Ho
Cocoon
Parenthood
The Paper
A Beautiful Mind
Cinderella Man
Best Regards!
Great Reaction. Movie suggestions this topic inspires me towards:
The Right Stuff (1983) along with the Miniseries 'From the Earth to the Moon'
2010: The Year We Make Contact - Lesser known sequel to the Classic 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
That's crazy, I've never noticed how similar Ed and Viggo's facial details are until you called it out. This movie is one of the most rewatchable I've ever had the pleasure to see, a complete masterpiece and A game from everyone who contributed. The entire launch sequence still gives me goosebumps.
To your comments about Ken being grounded being the X factor, his role in the movie is wildly different from real life. In reality, John Aaron (the guy in the booth when Mattingly is in the sim) was basically *the guy* in EECOM and he didn't need Mattingly to figure out a solution (there was only one guy who figured out the filter solution, too). And on top of that, Mattingly didn't go sulk and was actually in Mission Control when the explosion happened. He still had a job to do and it was three days in to the mission.
On that note, it's worth mentioning that the NASA term "(so and so) is a steely-eyed missile man" was coined specifically for John Aaron.
@@JeffKelly03 yes, thank you, I meant to mention that as well. It honestly is the only thing I really don't like, they made John Aaron, the OG steely eyed missle man, in to an idiot to make Mattingly look better. I guarantee you the real John Aaron wouldn't suggest they trade off the parachutes. There's also the part where Ken starts explaining how power works to the head of EECOM. Yeah, right, that happened.
@@inarar5334 Well you have Engineers and you have the people who actually use things. Engineers usually ONLY look at somthing in its intended use, LEM batteries are for landing on the moon not for being backups to the CM incase of emergency. Now yeah did Aaron figure it out? Yes but just saying there are LOTS of situations where the Engineer cant think of any situation except for the expected use of an item.
Yes, it's clear that at several points, they have very basic conversations between characters that are actually much more advanced in order to explain things to the audience in layman's terms... it is necessary for movie-making but can rub the wrong way when dealing with real people. I hope John Aaron wasn't too offended...
@@JeffKelly03 He got that title for saving Apollo 12, after it was hit by lightning, just after lift-off.
I saw this in the theatre. When they let us out of the theatre at the end, everyone seemed to eb crying. They didn't let us out the regular doors. The movie theatre crew sent us out the back alley via the fire escape. They didn't want anyone to see our reactions. I got onto the street and was stunned, looking around, seeing only the people who'd come out of the movie were crying. It took a long moment to remember that this even didn't just happen. It had happened over twenty years before. To this day, I get that same sense of almost overwhelming awe when I watch this film.
This was great, I loved Emily's story about her connection to Fred Hayes. Also can I just champion again the post movie discussions you guys have? Seeing Emily ask questions like stuff about the zero g, it's probably one of the most commented things under movies is all the behind the scenes stuff, it's so great to have someone with the film knowledge and trivia like Matt who can immediately answer that stuff and we get extra reactions to those points.
Great and well done both of you :)
I sat through this entire thing thinking that you guys had forgotten about score. It is really one of his very best. And referencing a recent reaction of yours: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. James Horner." :)
I live in the UK and I didn't know that in America the televising of space shots was not happening. In England we were glued to our TV news reports everynight to see what was happening and how they were going to get them home. What a crazy idea slingshotting round the moon was, but it worked.
After a very unexpected and lengthy hospital stay I found myself unable to walk. I was bored one day a couple months ago and found your Super Mario Bros video, I became an instant fan. I've since watched all of your videos and they've become the highlight of my week. Thank you for helping me distract myself after those hard days of physical therapy.
Matt's expression when she says what's going to happen is always great
Time stamp 41:05, when owners and pets look alike. Matt and Pippin are both looking at Emily with rapt attention with the same head tilt. Priceless.
Another Ron Howard movie you should watch is Rush.
It is also based on a true story.
Great reaction to an awesome movie.
Awesome, amazing movie. Watching it years after its release in an IMAX theatre with sound you could feel in your guts was as close to the experience of a real launch as I've ever seen in film.
The fact that Ron Howard took a story where everyone knew the ending and made us actually sit on the edge of our seats in suspense for hours has always amazed me. I usually watch this when I rewatch From The Earth To The Moon, sort of like how Saving Private Ryan is now the start to watching Band Of Brothers and The Pacific for a lot of folks.
I have 2 behind the scenes bit I know about the film.
When the film was seen by some of the technicians the worked on the film recording of the original launch thought Ron Howard had found film that they never new existed, they thought the launch looked so real.
Second, mount marylin was only just recently officially given the name, so it really is now called Mount Marylin.
I watch a lot of movie reactions, but your after movie discussions and reviews are by far the best of the lot, and probably the only one's I don't turn off because I respect your knowledge and insights. (and Pippin is cool!)
BACKDRAFT! Let the Ron Howard marathon continue!
It's not as incredible as "Appolo 13", but as far as technical achievements go in practical effects, "Backdraft" is a MUST SEE!
For those of us who actually watched Apollo 13 launch in real time in real life it's a movie that sticks with you forever because you lived part of it. I was a boy scout on a field trip with my troop from Atlanta Georgia and the Apollo 13 launch was a reward for work we had done in our community. It is literally one of those memories that becomes embedded into you., And here it is decades later, I can still remember where I was standing while I was watching it on the beach a few miles away
And you won't never forget the sound at liftoff even from miles away. I was reminded of it watching the recent launch of Artemis 1. And as I said to one person who commented on the launch and their reaction to it"
From those of us of the Apollo generation, to the generation of Artemis, welcome to the club".
I was also a Boy Scout in 1970 and went on a field trip the week before the Apollo 13 launch to stay at Patrick Air Force base near the launch site. We toured the launch site and Vehicle Assembly Building. I took a Polaroid photo of the Saturn 5 rocket sitting on the pad getting ready for launch.
You don't need to react to the whole thing, but I would suggest watching the miniseries "From The Earth to The Moon"!
It was produced by Ron Howard and hosted by Tom Hanks. It's a twelve part look at the whole Apollo program from start to finish!
Many of the sets from Apollo 13 were reused for the series.
Hiya. I watched the first moon landing live and it still makes me sad that man hasn't been back for 50 friggin' years (Apollo 17). Stay safe. All the best to you.
2024.
Would love if you two would react to the HBO miniseries 'From The Earth To The Moon'. It was produced by Ron Howard and Tom Hanks and is to Apollo 13 what Band Of Brothers was to Saving Private Ryan - a more detailed, in-depth telling of the Space Program in the 60's and 70's.
Every episode leaves you feeling like "wow ... i had no idea, that's amazing!" and thus far, no one has reacted to it (despite my begging anyone i come across). So, you could corner the market - so to speak - in regards to viewers looking to see people's take on it.
It really is a phenomenal series, filled with phenomenal actors - Ted Levine's portrayal of Alan Shepard and Brian Cranston's portrayal of Buzz Aldrin are my favorites - and historical accuracy. Hope you'll consider it. Thanks.
In 2023 we need a LOT more movies like this. Movies that build you up, that enspire you, make you cry and gives you hope.
"Was it the door?" wrecks me every time.
Annie Lennox did the vocalization for the movie, she also sang "White Shores" for "The Return of the King". Also, Ron Howard's brother, Clint, was one of the controllers in Mission Control. He was the guy with the glasses that you commented on.
Had the pleasure of seeing and photographing Ken Mattingly July 4, 1982 at Edwards Air Force Base at the end of STS-4.
I remember visiting Universal Studios Florida. They had the actual models of the Satur V rocket from the movie. I took pictures of the models back in 1995 and i still have the pictures.
At 20:22, the actor who is telling the NASA Flight Commander that Apollo 13 is going too fast and will bounce off the atmosphere is the actor who played Rom, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Max Grodénchik.
FYI--the effects in this were so good that NASA asked the filmmakers where they got some of the archived footage from (mainly with the launch stuff). The NASA guys were so surprised that it was computer animated and recreated from what was available with some of what they'd learned from engineers to get the sequence right. NASA has used some of that enhanced footage in their promotional and educational materials in the years since.
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According to the FX guys, they looked into using old footage but found that it had been taken on so many different film formats and with different cameras that it just didn’t cut together well. They decided that in order to maintain a cohesive quality and style, they had to recreate everything themselves. The spacecraft were all miniatures, with the Earth and Moon based closely on actual photographs. I really think it should’ve won the best VFX Oscar that year, but it lost out to a bunch of talking animals…
I love that every time Emily sees bill Paxton name or him, she always goes back to twister it’s ok Emily ☺️👍🏽
At least she doesn't just remember him from his bit part in Terminator
At 25:10, the US Navy Captain Tom Hanks is saluting is the real Jim Lovell. Hanks spent time with Lovell before the movie, getting to know the character and the story.
I watched that reentry in my 3rd grade classroom, and I cried then just like when I saw this movie. And when Emily teared up so did i.
At 10:22 Pippen was in total agreement. "Dram-awe" is the perfect description for this type of movie.
I saw this in theaters (I was 15)... I cannot fully convey how intense the experience was. I'm embarrassed to admit that I had no idea how it was going to end - so I was in 100% panic mode for most of the movie. I remember mom and I hiding our eyes for a couple of scenes because we literally couldn't handle it! lol
From everything ive heard, Ed Harris' performance was a dead ringer for Gene Kranz. Brilliant performance amongst a number of brilliant performances in this movie.
He nailed John Glenn in The Right Stuff as well.
William Devane did a decent Kranz riff in _Space Cowboys._
LT Dan did tell Forrest that if he was ever a shrimp boat captain, he would be an astronaut. 🤣
So Emily's favorite shot of the dash reflection in the glasses, the man who is wearing the glasses is Clint Howard, Ron Howards Brother. In fact of the 26 movies Ron Howard has directed Clint has been in 17 of them.
The reason the re- entry blackout was longer than usual is because they actually were entering the atmosphere at a shallower angle than normal.
Oh wow! That's a wonderful Fred Haise story. What an honour. An it truly connects you to the story. Glad you get to link Mr Haise's story to seeing the movie.
Love the scene how Jim was telling the story of how he landed his plane in the dark. I wonder....is that part true.
Love you guys❤
I'm so excited for the Artemis program!
Real life astronauts all love this film, but are almost always very critical of _The Right Stuff_
Love Pippin! But he’s SO distracting with his love taps and so on! Out of nowhere he’s all “rub head now!”, as cats do. Heheh! 😁
This movie is amazing! Most people who watch it know how it ended, but it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire movie. Emily worked with one of the astronauts, but was still anxious to see if they make it home.
It’s so rare to have a movie based on a real story that sticks so closely to what actually happened.
The only thing the movie did was make the Houston mission control dialogue between the astronauts and NASA more...intense. If you listen to the actual communications, it is so dull and they both sound deceptively calm.
@@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289 There was no blame-game in the spacecraft either. Astronauts and NASA personnel were NOT happy with Ron Howard's fabricated acrimony between the Apollo 13 crew after the accident.
Back when I was a space museum curator, I was doing an off-site class in Wiggins MS, on Apollo 13. I arranged for him to do a zoom Q&A afterward, he didn’t realize I knew it was his birthday. When he signed on to the video chat, and said that he understood we would have questions for him, we showed him his birthday cake and sang to him. Good memory. Mr Fred is a great man, and a real American hero.
Well done. You guys have a lot more depth than most movie reactors.
One of my favorite movies of all time! I remember getting the VHS of this back in the 90’s ^^ went through many copies of them lol
I'm always taken aback by people failing to notice the scene in "Armageddon" that takes place within the Apollo 1 Memorial at the Cape. So much history is fading out of memory for youngsters.
The brilliance of the engineers who brought the astronauts home safely was incredible considering the technology available in 1970. Great movie!! Love Pippin! I'm a cat daddy!
The kid asking if it was the door, oh man....
Another outstanding reaction. Verin Sedai's story about Fred Hayes was wonderful. I know you've seen Saving Private Ryan. There's some interesting connections between that film and Apollo 13. Once Tom and Ron began working on Apollo 13, they and others thought it would be great to really tell the story of NASA during the moon program. The producers Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick got HBO to fund a miniseries about the moon project called From the Earth to the Moon. It covered the Gemini and Apollo programs. A truly amazing show. You both would love it. While Tom was producing From the Earth to the Moon, he starred in Saving Private Ryan. He and Spielberg were so inspired by the story of the men of the airborne divisions, they thought a miniseries like From the Earth to the Moon based on the book by Stephen E. Ambrose would be great. Tom had such a great relationship with HBO that they jumped at the chance. The miniseries Band of Brothers ended up being one the best shows ever put on television. I watch it and From the Earth to the Moon at least once a year. If you have not seen either one, please do. Thank you again for reactions and all the hard work you put into them. I hop you have an amazing holiday season.
Another good space film is ‘The Right Stuff’
@@alanholck7995 Verin sedai?WoT
The officer shaking Tom Hanks hand when he steps off helicopter is actually the real Jim Lovell
I am part of the team that builds the batteries for the Launch Abort System on the rockets. Stories like this are what we always keep in mind while we hand build all of our spacecraft batteries. Most accidents are never just one thing and we try our hardest not to be one of those things that go wrong.
I've read Jim Lovell's book that the movie was based on and seen some interviews.The scene "if Swigert cant dock this we don't have a mission".Jack Swigert wrote a technical manual about the Command Module so he wasn't such a rookie and also Jim Lovell and Fred Haise were also trained to do the manoeuvre so it wasn't an issue.The argument in the Lunar Module didn't happen either as you know and Ken Mattingly wasn't the sole reason the reentry procedure was arrived at but a whole team of astronauts and back up. The final reentry words "Hello Houston this is Odyssey.Its good to see you again" were never used either .The actually words were "OK Joe" speaking to Joe Kerwin who was CAPCOM at the time.Still a fab movie though and does its job.
I got to meet Allen Bean once, who was the LM pilot on Apollo 12. He was in town to talk about his oil paintings of the lunar surface. As well as his experiences on that mission. We talked about art and painting for several minutes. He had a great sense of humor.
There are still a few of his paintings available; if I had $750,000 laying around I would think about getting one.
The grandmother in the movie is Ron Howard’s mum. The guy with the glasses is Ron Howard’s brother.
Great movie. Gets me every time
I was working weekends at a video store when this came out on VHS. This kid brought it back and said it was boring. I told him I remember watching it on TV when it happened. His jaw dropped and he said "This really happened?".
The stuff about the networks dropping their coverage reminds me of the movie Capricorn One when Hal Holbrook says that during TV coverage of the last space mission people complained it was preempting a Lucy rerun. When Hanks was asked about being on the Vomit Comet he said two kinds of people get to do that, astronauts and movie stars.
Now you need to watch The Right Stuff.
After Columbia blew up in 2003 as we watched live from a homeschool event. That pretty much was the nail in the coffin for me working towards wanting to work for NASA. I had really grown up wanting to until that point. Then again I think many kids did.
At 25:11 that's the real Jim Lovell Tom Hanks is saluting. Jim's mother is played by Ron Howard's mom and Ron's brother Clint plays the guy (Sy) who suggests shutting down the fuel cell to stop the leak. Ron's daughter Dallas plays one of the kids in the crowd on the opposite side of the street before the launch. That tradition of the families saying goodbye to the astronauts on the other side of the street didn't actually start until the days of the Space Shuttle, but it worked well for this movie. Many of the zero gravity scenes were filmed aboard a so-called "vomit comet" that can simulate microgravity for 15 to 20 seconds at a time.
For the space fans out there, there's a 9-episode miniseries-style podcast called "9 Days In July" that covers the 9 days of the Apollo 11 mission in fantastic detail, and provides some additional info on the astronauts themselves and the effect that experience had on their lives afterwards. Can't recommend it enthusiastically enough.
you mentioned ron howard's daughter and mother. but, don't forget his brother. clint howard is the mission control tech who's screens are reflected in his glasses. ron has his brother appear in many of his films. clint howard was a child star actor. he played the kid in tv series Gentle Ben (1967-1969). and Balok in STOS The Corbomite Maneuver; SE1 EP10.
10:20
the launch sequence is amazing... the checklist, the buildup, the launch, the music, everything is cinematic gold!
Love this reaction, nice one. It's between this and Rush for my fave Ron Howard film, but this never gets old and neither does you's guys' content, it's always brill \m/,
Ron always had his dad in his films. He played the minister. His brother was also an engineer in Mission Control. The weightless scenes were shot in the "Vomit Comet." It is the same technique used for weightless training in a large cargo plane.
I had read that the line “failure is not an option” came from an interview with Gene Kranz. He was meeting with the filmmakers to talk about the Apollo 13 mission and they asked something like “with all the stress did anyone ever panic?” And he said something like “no we just laid out all the options we had and failure wasn’t one of them” They left the meeting early and Gene thought that he bored them or they weren’t interested but in reality they ran back to their car excitedly and decided “Failure is not an option” was going to be the big line of the movie. If that’s true then he at least had a hand in creating the line.
Not only is Ron Howard's mom in this but so is his dad and his brother Clint. Clint played the NASA controller that recommended closing the reaction valves. His dad played the Catholic priest in the Lovell home during reentry.
When I first watched Apollo 13 at the cinema, I had no idea it was a true story. It wasn't until about 5 years later that I found out and it totally blew my mind.
I'm jealous. Emily met Fred Haise! I can hear the squee in her voice as she talks about it, and I approve.
Some comments and extra fun facts....
You should go ahead and get the movie on Blu-Ray and listen to the commentary by Jim and Marilyn Lovell. They sounds like a storybook couple; it's sweet listening to their banter. They're in their 90's now, and from what I can tell, they're alive and well and still dizzy in love with each other.
When Swigart makes the remark about not filing his tax returns, EECOM Sy Liebergot cracks, "That's no joke. They'll jump on him!" Liebergot was played by Ron Howard's brother, Clint, who had had trouble with the IRS before, and he ad libbed the line to give the IRS the middle finger. In the Lovells' commentary, they both crack up laughing at this moment.
When Buzz Aldrin saw the launch footage, he thought it was footage of the real thing, and he asked Ron Howard where they'd found it; he'd never seen these angles before. He was gobsmacked when Howard told him they were special effects, and he asked (probably only half-jokingly), "Hey, can we use this?"
I saw an interview with Gene Krantz in the late 1990's. He talked about getting Apollo 13 home safely, and his voice cracked and there were tears in his eyes. Also, I believe that the vest that Ed Harris wore in the film was the real vest that Krantz wore during the mission, but I could be wrong.
I would recommend three GREAT documentaries on the Apollo program: In the Shadow of the Moon, Mission Control, and Last Man on the Moon. (Get In the Shadow of the Moon on Blu-Ray; the commentary and extra features are fascinating.) Shadow is the story of Apollo, told by the astronauts themselves; Mission Control is the story of the people at ground control, and Last Man is the life story of Gene Krantz, the last man to walk on the Moon. It's sad watching Shadow now; it was made in 2007, and half of the men interviewed have passed on since then.
This one is a solid 10 for me.
I’m not sure if it’s the interview that you’re referring to, but Gene Krantz did an interview for a documentary series released for the 25th anniversary of the first moon landing in 1994, in which he tears up and almost breaks down while talking about the command module splashdown. I heard that Ron Howard gave that interview to Ed Harris and suggested he try something like that when filming his splashdown reaction in Mission Control… and I swear there’s a moment when he looks down and wipes his eyes in which he is the absolute spitting image of Krantz!
@@Daveyboy100880 I don’t know if that is the particular interview, but it may well be. I remember Krantz talking about the re-entry, and he choked up and teared up and said, “Oh shit. Yeah, it was neat.”
@@quietman71 That sounds like the one! It was pretty amazing seeing a gruff, no nonsense guy like that react in such a heartfelt way.
I'm still furious Pippin hasn't been nominated for Best Production Design. 🐈
I saw this in the theater 4 or 5 times. That launch you HAD to see it on the big screen. The music was just so patriotic Yay 'Merica! *g* One of the times I saw it, at the end a kid who was around 14 or 15 years old was viewing the movie with this grandpa. After the movie was over, he up and stood in the aisle and told his grandpa: "Thank you for bringing me to see this." One of my favorite movies.
One of my absolute favourite movies!
You don't need wild fantasy stories... real life is often much more fascinating and exciting.
Many astronauts had Corvettes because Jim Rathmann's Chevrolet in Titusville would offer them a lease on one for $1. The Apollo 13 TV show not airing was an example of how the public was losing interest in the space program. Another example was the $1 lease program was canceled in 1971 because GM didn't think it had the PR value it had had in the 60s.
They reference a lot of items including the "vomit comet" in The Martian. So you may remember it from there as well.
I remember in an interview with Ron Howard, either someone at NASA or an astronaut, asked him where he got the footage of the launch because he thought it was all authentic. He was floored when Howard told him it was a combination of practical effects and CGI.
Another side note: That shot of the display boards reflecting off the operator's glasses -- that is Ron Howard's younger brother Clint Howard, who's also been in dozens of movies. He's the operator who also tells Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) that they need to abort the moon landing to bring the astronauts home.
The fact they filmed the weightless scenes on a vomit comet..made this the best docu-drama ever...
Houston, We Have A Problem Indeed, Cool Reaction As Always Emily & Matthew, You Both Take Care
My dad worked for Philco Ford subcontracted to NASA from Apollo 1 -12 . He worked on the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package and the later Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Packages.
he passed away 11-30-22 and i am sad.
My dad is the the man in middle under Lunar Science Experiments
"From the Earth to the Moon" is a 90's HBO series that chronicles the entire apollo program. The best you're gunna get on the subject.
FYI, Bryce Dallas Howard is fantastic as Elton John’s mother in the movie Rocketman, which I highly recommend watching! It’s one of the best musicals of the past decade.
I didn’t even realise it was her until the final credits! She’s also in Apollo 13 as an extra when the families see the astronauts the night before launch. Ron Howard never pays for extras when he’s got his family available!
Matt the dealership was Rathman Chevrolet, they made a deal with GM in 1961 to allow any astronaut to lease a Corvette for 1 Dollar, they could pick them up in Houston though where they all lived.
Have a look for the 2000 Apollo 11 comedy drama called The Dish.
“Was it the door?” makes me tear up every time.
The Eugene Krantz 'tearing up" scene...
"I worked with Fred Haise" was not something I expected to hear in the intro. My jaw may have dropped a little on that one.
I love that in Kerbal Space Program, there's a character with the exact same vest.
The first movie I saw at the theatre. It'll always have a special place in my head and heart. It's also a great film and Tom Hanks has been my favorite actor ever since but I'd never go flying with him.
Please watch the original STAR TREK movies. 🖖
YES PLEASE!
Also based on a true story
@@John_Locke_108 I hope we as people end up in that timeline
Aw I love this movie so much, thank you both for watching it!
Kathleen Quinlan killed it in my opinion, she sells the angst and strength of having to wait and hope and still hold it together for the kids... when Jim steps foot on the carrier and she's smiling and laughing having seen it on tv... just gets me every time I watch it.
Very rarely mentioned but should absolutely be praised.