No matter how many movies came before and after this one based on space, there was no movie which beats this one... Story, performances, accuracy, effects, music, screenplay, direction... just about everything is fantastic... Apollo 13 was and is the finest space based movie... period...
Agreed! I tear up every time I watch the ending of this, even already knowing they made it back. One of the best films ever and still very historically accurate.
@@stephenhuzar3645 yes... the ending scene when Mission Control responds to Apollo 13 after their reentry is so emotional and i too tears up every single time...
One of my all-time favorite movies. My dad was a boom operator in the USAF, retired in *92*... he flew on the kc-10 and kc-135... This movie has a wonderful cast, Tom Hanks being my all-time favorite actor. RIP Bill Paxton.... Ron Howard is a excellent director..... GREAT MOVIE.
I have forgotten the count for how many times I have watched this movie.....all I remember that It was 5 times I saw it on big screen theater....I still watch it sometimes on weekends
First time I saw this contemporary masterpiece I was 13 (2006), on Universal Channel here in Brazil. I was HOOKED, especially to its soundtrack and extensive attention to the details of the spacecraft and Mission Control.
I lived this. Much less dramatic, but that is how we were back then. Senior in High School; we set up a black & White TV in the auditorium so students could drop in and watch the live coverage (we actually did that back then. Got through this nd felt pretty good for a few weeks, then Kent State happened right up the road... (may you live in interesting times...).
I live in New Orleans where they build the first stage of the SLS, and Boeing builds Artemis. They built the main tank for the shuttle and the first stage of the Saturn V (at Michoud). As a kid I got to tour the facility and saw the Saturn V first stages under construction. My family and I watched in person the Apollo 11 launch from just outside Cape Canaveral. I have been to mission control at the Johnson Space Center, toured the Kennedy Space Center, been to the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville where I got to crawl around on one of the few remaining Apollo rockets... I could go on but I guess that you get the picture. This is a wonderful movie. There are some inconsistencies, things that are wrong, but it's just a movie. The reality of Apollo 13 is that everyone, everywhere, was holding their collective breath until 13 landed. Going back over all of the missions every one of them had something go wrong. The nature of space is unforgiving and rockets are complex. It's a testament to the unbelievable dedication, thought and effort that goes into spaceflight that we haven't lost more lives
Loved this film, everything looked so authentic... Except maybe one thing: I've never seen any suited Apollo astronaut, including the 13 crew with this strap going over his chin.The strap normally went closer to the throat. Why did they make it look that way in the film? Anyone knows?
For the record, the KC-135 wasn't some magical airplane. It just had a large cargo area that allowed astronauts to train (and the actors to simulate) zero G. The plane itself didn't simulate zero G, but rather the flight pattern it took. I would fly in parabolas - - essentially free falling, which will simulate zero G. Similarly, roller coasters can do the same thing, but only for a second or two at a time. The plane could do it for a minute or two since it was much higher. Bottom line, the plane didn't create the zero-G experience; it was the flight path that created it. The plane just allowed for the space for the actors to train - - - and in some cases, the set was put in the plane and they actually filmed on the plane. There's no surprise that one could feel like they were upside down in a weightless environment. Only because you don't feel "right side up" anymore, so your natural instinct is to assume you're upside down. In reality, you're neither - but I'd bet the sensation is similar.
In 1970, One of 3 black mathematicians at nasa Katherine Johnson worked on the Apollo 13 Moon mission. When the mission was aborted, her work on backup procedures and charts helped set a safe path for the crew's return to Earth, creating a one-star observation system that would allow astronauts to determine their location with accuracy. You can see The movie created was HIDDEN FIGURES
This movie has heart and soul at the very right spot. Always enjoy watching it. Rest in peace Bill Paxton.
No matter how many movies came before and after this one based on space, there was no movie which beats this one... Story, performances, accuracy, effects, music, screenplay, direction... just about everything is fantastic...
Apollo 13 was and is the finest space based movie... period...
100% agreed!
Agreed! I tear up every time I watch the ending of this, even already knowing they made it back. One of the best films ever and still very historically accurate.
@@stephenhuzar3645 yes... the ending scene when Mission Control responds to Apollo 13 after their reentry is so emotional and i too tears up every single time...
without a great soundtrack that ending would not be that emotional, play it again on mute it will not have the same effect.@@krishna_KaraokeZone
For me, Apollo 13 is Ron Howard's best masterpiece film work he ever done. Masterful work from beginning to end.
Only because it was a great story to begin with. A real story.
A Brilliant Mind (2001) comes very close but Apollo 13 is just something else.
Same here
I really enjoy the story. A great crew & all the people at Mission Control.
Down side no Academy nomination for Ron as best director
One of my all-time favorite movies. My dad was a boom operator in the USAF, retired in *92*... he flew on the kc-10 and kc-135... This movie has a wonderful cast, Tom Hanks being my all-time favorite actor. RIP Bill Paxton.... Ron Howard is a excellent director..... GREAT MOVIE.
I have forgotten the count for how many times I have watched this movie.....all I remember that It was 5 times I saw it on big screen theater....I still watch it sometimes on weekends
First time I saw this contemporary masterpiece I was 13 (2006), on Universal Channel here in Brazil. I was HOOKED, especially to its soundtrack and extensive attention to the details of the spacecraft and Mission Control.
This is one of the few movies I watched many times over ...
It's weird not seeing Bill Paxton anymore. Such a talented actor.
Tell me about it. Loved the guy so much, especially in Twister, which to me was his signature role.
😢 yea
Summer of 1995, is when this movie came out. I was 8 years old, when this movie came out and it was a great movie.
They really filmed in a weightless environment. Excellent
Loved it, should have got a Oscar!
I love Gary Sinise in this and I think that all of them did a fabulous film, in my top 3
In 1970 I was 12 years old and pitching in Little League. This event made me want to become an engineer.
Awesome movie. Every time it’s on, I have to watch.
I was nine.
They showed it on all channels back then, which was unusual.
👍🏽
Great movie , great actors👏👍.
Просто невероятный фильм. Снято с душой, хоть с парашютами и много драмы ))
Apollo 13 (1995) is a 9.9/10 in my scale.
That number is described "Ultra Phenomenally Brilliant" in my scale.
Whats the 0.1
Apollo 13 is still one of the most realistic space movies ever made. Compared to other titles such as Gravity, is just science fiction.
I lived this.
Much less dramatic, but that is how we were back then.
Senior in High School; we set up a black & White TV in the auditorium so students could drop in and watch the live coverage (we actually did that back then.
Got through this nd felt pretty good for a few weeks, then Kent State happened right up the road...
(may you live in interesting times...).
4:22 real Jim Lovell played a Captain of Navy in movie
I saw him
I think I'm getting old. I saw the real mission in black and white on TV and the movie in the cinema.
I live in New Orleans where they build the first stage of the SLS, and Boeing builds Artemis. They built the main tank for the shuttle and the first stage of the Saturn V (at Michoud). As a kid I got to tour the facility and saw the Saturn V first stages under construction. My family and I watched in person the Apollo 11 launch from just outside Cape Canaveral. I have been to mission control at the Johnson Space Center, toured the Kennedy Space Center, been to the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville where I got to crawl around on one of the few remaining Apollo rockets... I could go on but I guess that you get the picture. This is a wonderful movie. There are some inconsistencies, things that are wrong, but it's just a movie. The reality of Apollo 13 is that everyone, everywhere, was holding their collective breath until 13 landed. Going back over all of the missions every one of them had something go wrong. The nature of space is unforgiving and rockets are complex. It's a testament to the unbelievable dedication, thought and effort that goes into spaceflight that we haven't lost more lives
Loved this film, everything looked so authentic... Except maybe one thing: I've never seen any suited Apollo astronaut, including the 13 crew with this strap going over his chin.The strap normally went closer to the throat.
Why did they make it look that way in the film? Anyone knows?
Apsolutly amazing clip👍
This movie is very interesting made
Great movie.
For the record, the KC-135 wasn't some magical airplane. It just had a large cargo area that allowed astronauts to train (and the actors to simulate) zero G. The plane itself didn't simulate zero G, but rather the flight pattern it took. I would fly in parabolas - - essentially free falling, which will simulate zero G. Similarly, roller coasters can do the same thing, but only for a second or two at a time. The plane could do it for a minute or two since it was much higher. Bottom line, the plane didn't create the zero-G experience; it was the flight path that created it. The plane just allowed for the space for the actors to train - - - and in some cases, the set was put in the plane and they actually filmed on the plane.
There's no surprise that one could feel like they were upside down in a weightless environment. Only because you don't feel "right side up" anymore, so your natural instinct is to assume you're upside down. In reality, you're neither - but I'd bet the sensation is similar.
It was not for nothing that it was nicknamed the "Vomit Comet".
Music: James Horner(1995)
In 1970, One of 3 black mathematicians at nasa Katherine Johnson worked on the Apollo 13 Moon mission. When the mission was aborted, her work on backup procedures and charts helped set a safe path for the crew's return to Earth, creating a one-star observation system that would allow astronauts to determine their location with accuracy. You can see The movie created was
HIDDEN FIGURES
The question is was it a good idea to stir the tanks
Cant beat the movie Capricorn One
Great Movie !!!!
Fun fact, Tom hanks and Bill Paxton turned down jumanji in order to do this film
Wait the 13th hour? The issue happened on the 13th yea but the accident happened at hour 56
They're referring to the launch which was at 13:13 Houston time, so actually the 14th hour.
1994
1970
It's unbelievable how the movie looks amazing even today, but the featurette looks dated!
Lousy Smarch weather!
Simpsons underrated comment.
Then I got you
I am on ⛅
Why did they use the nr 13? In the real, I mean. For the 13 is known as evil
It's explained in the movie. but nasa has never reused the number 13 for any mission afterwards.
Science versus superstition?
It came after 12
if there were 13 months fookin nasa would dare that too
Yeah, domestos foam made this happen. Stupid advert