Apollo 13 [2 Discs] [With Tech Support for Dummies Trial] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Todd Hallowell

Overview

A routine space shot goes horribly awry and three astronauts are stranded in space. Now NASA must figure out how to rescue them in this historically accurate thriller. The odyssey begins on April 11, 1970 as the Apollo 13 rocket is prepared for a moon shot; it will be NASA's fifth lunar landing. The man who was to pilot the command module, Ken Mattingly has been exposed to measles and must be replaced with the laid-back swinger Jack Swigert. The mission is lead by veteran astronaut Jim Lovell and the lunar module is to be flown by Fred Haise. The three are launched into space two days later and things proceed smoothly until an oxygen tank suddenly explodes during a routine operation. Now the crew must face a dwindling air supply, an unstable power supply, and the chance they may die of carbon dioxide poisoning. There is also the chance that the men could freeze to death while waiting for Mission Control to solve the dilemma of whether they should have the capsule go around the moon and return via "slingshot" effect, or have the craft turn around immediately. Mission Control has one other concern as well. At this point they don't know if the crippled space craft can survive the intense heat of reentering the Earth's atmosphere. Historically, the craft did make it safely back and all the men survived. The suspense in this film comes from waiting to see exactly how it was done.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/28/2011
UPC:	0025192108174
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	PG
Source:	Universal Studios
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	2:20:00
Sales rank:	10,855

Special Features

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13; Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond ; Lucky 13: The Astronauts' Story ; Feature commentaries with director Ron Howard and Jim and Marilyn Lovell ; Blu-ray exclusives: ; U-control ; The Apollo Era: Learn about other big events from the year of this historic mission; Tech-Splanations: Explore the Science and technology of the Apollo 13 mission

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bill Paxton	Fred Haise
Tom Hanks	Jim Lovell
Kevin Bacon	Jack Swigert
Gary Sinise	Ken Mattingly
Ed Harris	Gene Kranz
Kathleen Quinlan	Marilyn Lovell
David Andrews	Pete Conrad
Xander Berkeley	Henry Hurt
Mary Kate Schellhardt	Barbara Lovell
Emily Ann Lloyd	Susan Lovell
Miko Hughes	Jeffrey Lovell
Max Elliott Slade	Jay Lovell
Jean Speegle Howard	Blanch Lovell,EECOM White,Reverend
Tracy Reiner	Mary Haise
Michelle Little	Jane Conrad,Actor
Chris Ellis	Deke Slayton
Joe Spano	NASA Director
Marc McClure	Glynn Lunney
Ben Marley	John Young
Loren Dean	EECOM Arthur
Tom Wood	EECOM Gold
Googy Gress	RETRO White
Patrick Mickler	RETRO Gold
Ray McKinnon	FIDO White
Max Grodenchik	FIDO Gold
Christian Clemenson	Dr. Chuck
Brett Cullen	CAPCOM 1
Ned Vaughn	CAPCOM 2
Andy Milder	GUIDO White
Geoffrey Blake	GUIDO Gold
Wayne Duvall	LEM Controller White
Jim Meskimen	TELMU White
Joseph Culp	TELMU Gold
John Short	INCO White
Ben Bode	INCO Gold
Todd Louiso	FAO White
Gabriel Jarret	GNC White
Christopher John Fields	Booster White
Kenneth White	Grumman Rep
Jim Ritz	Ted,Ted
Andrew Lipshultz	Launch Director
Mark Wheeler	Neil Armstrong,Reporter
Larry B. Williams	Buzz Aldrin,Kim
Endre Hules	Guenter Wendt
Karen Martin	Tracey
Maureen Hanley	Woman
Walter Von Huene	Technician
Brian Markinson	Pad Rat
Steve Rankin	Pad Rat
Austin O'Brien	Whiz Kid
Louisa Marie	Whiz Kid Mom
Thom Barry	Orderly
Arthur Senzy	SIM Tech
Carl Gabriel Yorke	SIM Tech
Ryan Holihan	SIM Tech
J.J. Chaback	Neighbor
Todd Hallowell	Noisy Civilian
Matthew Goodall	Stephen Haise,Fred Haise Jr.
Misty Dickinson	Margaret Haise
Roger Corman	Congressman
Lee Anne Matusek	Loud Reporter
Mark D. Newman	Loud Reporter
Mark McKeel	Suit Room Assistant
Patty Raya MacMillan	Patty
Jack Conley	Science Reporter
Jeffrey S. Kluger	Science Reporter
Bruce Wright	Anchor
Ivan Allen	Anchor
Jon Bruno	Anchor
Reed Rudy	Roger Chaffee
Steve Bernie	Virgil Grisson
Steven Ruge	Edward White
Max Grod?nchik	FIDO Gold
Andrew Lipschultz	Launch Director
John Dullaghan	Reporter
Paul Mantee	Reporter
Julie Donatt	Reporter
Frank Cavestani	Reporter
John Mathews	Reporter
Steve Ruge	Edward White
Herbert Jefferson Jr.	Reporter
Frank Lovell	Actor
James Horner	Composer

Technical Credits

Al Reinert

William Broyles Jr.

Jim Lovell

Jeffrey Kluger

Al Reinert	Screenwriter
William Broyles Jr.	Screenwriter
Mickey Gilbert	Stunts
Brian Grazer	Producer
Todd Hallowell	Executive Producer
James Halty	Stunts
Janet Hirshenson	Casting
Jane Jenkins	Casting
Robert Legato	Special Effects
David MacMillan	Sound Mixer
Matt Sweeney	Special Effects
Lorne Orleans	Producer
Jan Aaris	Special Effects
Heather Burton	Stunts
Jim Lovell	Screenwriter
Jeffrey Kluger	Screenwriter
Richard L. Anderson	Sound Effects
Warren Hamilton	Sound Editor
Michael Bostick	Producer
Aldric La'Auli Porter	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Apollo 13
1. Main Titles: The Moon Walk
2. The Moon and Marilyn
3. The Cogressman's Tour
4. A Slight Chage in Destination
5. The Prime Crew
6. Something Bad Would Happen ...
7. The Last Flight
8. Mattingly and the Measles
9. The New Pilot
10. Love on the Runway
11. The Big Day
12. Go for Launch
13. The Lift-Off
14. Proud, Happy and Thrilled
15. The Docking
16. Smooth One
17. Day 3
18. Hello, World
19. Houston, We Have a Problem ...
20. Working the Problem
21. We've Just Lost the Moon
22. The Lifeboat
23. Fifteen Minutes
24. The Special Report
25. Five Minutes
26. Something Broke...
27. The Close-out
28. The New Mission
29. Day 4
30. The Dark Side
31. Moonstruck
32. Failure Is Not an Option
33. The Simulator Gambit
34. Sir Isaac Newton in the Driver's Seat
35. The CO2 Problem
36. Marilyn and the Media
37. Day 5
38. Bouncing off the Walls
39. With Every Breath ...
40. My Jimmy Can Land It
41. A Little Medical Mutiny
42. Day 6
43. The Earth in the Window
44. More Power
45. To Get You Home ...
46. Four More Amps
47. The Power-up Procedures
48. Day 7
49. The Damage Done
50. The Global Drama
51. Farewell, Aquarius
52. Aligned for Re-Entry
53. Falling to Earth
54. The Waiting
55. Welcome Home
56. The Successful Failure
57. End Titles
1. Heroes [1:54]
2. The Book [4:10]
3. Weightlessness [6:09]
4. Mission Control [4:51]
5. Mattingly [3:40]
6. The Launch [:08]
7. The Explosion [5:30]
8. The Burn [7:21]
9. The Cold [4:28]
10. CO2 [3:22]
11. Power [2:50]
12. Reentry [4:14]
13. Cigars [3:15]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Apollo 13
Chapter List
Bonus Materials
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (The Making fo Apollo 13)
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Chapter List
Language Selection
Spoken Language
English Only
Captions and Subtitles
Captioned for the Hearing Impaired: English
Subtitles: Français
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: None
Feature Commentary With Director Ron Howard
Feature Commentary With Jim and Marilyn Lovell
Production Notes
Cast and Filmmakers
Jim Lovell / Tom Hanks
Jack Swigeri / Kevin Bacon
Fred Haise / Bill Paxton
Ken Mattingly / Gary Sinise
Gene Kranz / Ed Harris
Marilyn Lovell / Kathleen Quinlan
Directed by Ron Howard
Theatrical Trailer
Language Selection
Spoken Language
Feature Commentary With Director Ron Howard
Feature Commentary With Jim and Marilyn Lovell
English
Français
Español
Captions and Subtitles
Captioned for the Hearing Impaired: English
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: None
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Editorial Reviews

You can look up the result in any encyclopedia: all three astronauts made it home alive. But from the moment Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks) utters those fateful words -- "Houston, we have a problem" -- until the astronauts are safe on the deck of the USS Iwo Jima, you'll be on the edge of your seat in genuine suspense, hoping that somehow the seemingly inevitable catastrophe will be averted. Though a certain license has been taken with the truth (Ken Mattingly, for example, was not the one who devised the "power-up" procedure), Apollo 13 is largely faithful to actual events and sets a new high-water mark for putting real-life drama on the big screen. Director Ron Howard mixes the action in orbit with scenes back at NASA, detailing the frenzy and triumph that occurred on the ground as well as far above it. The acting is solid, the special effects spectacular, and the period and technical details recreated with single-minded accuracy. In fact, no documentary footage was used at all; every shot, effect, and model was new. Howard went to astounding lengths in his quest for realism. To achieve actual zero-gravity, for example, the cast and crew flew more than 500 parabolic flights in NASA's KC-135 airplane; each flight earned them only 23 seconds of weightlessness. The beauty of Apollo 13 is that it actually fulfills the cliché of "bringing history alive." For the millions of Americans who will never experience the national obsession of the Space Race, who will never understand how the country's pride could hinge on a few scared men in a jury-rigged tin can, or who will never list astronauts among their childhood heroes, Apollo 13 offers the unique opportunity to understand that glint in their parents' eyes.