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The story of the 1970 Apollo lunar mission that ran into problems. Stranded 205,000 miles from the Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kran...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Apollo 13 (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Broyles, William, Jr., 1944- (Screenwriter), Reinert, Al (Screenwriter), Hanks, Tom (Actor), Bacon, Kevin, 1958- (Actor), Paxton, Bill (Actor), Sinise, Gary (Actor), Harris, Ed, 1950- (Actor), Quinlan, Kathleen, 1954- (Actor), Schellhardt, Mary Kate, 1978- (Actor), Lloyd, Emily Ann, 1983- (Actor), Hughes, Miko, 1986- (Actor), Horner, James (composer (expression)), Cundey, Dean, 1945- (director of photography.), Kluger, Jeffrey, Lovell, Jim
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; closed-captioned in English.
Published: [Universal City, Calif.] : [Universal], [1995]
Subjects:
Lovell, Jim > Drama.
Haise, Fred, > 1933- > Drama.
Swigert, John L. > (John Leonard), > 1931-1982 > Drama.
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) > Accidents > Drama.
Swigert, John L. > (John Leonard), > 1931-1982.
Lovell, Jim.
Haise, Fred, > 1933-
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft)
Space vehicle accidents > Drama.
Space flight to the moon > Drama.
Astronauts > Drama.
Survival > Drama.
Choice (Psychology) > Drama.
Conduct of life > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Interpersonal relations > Drama.
Survival.
Space vehicle accidents.
Accidents.
Astronauts.
Choice (Psychology)
Conduct of life.
Interpersonal relations.
Man-woman relationships.
Space flight to the moon.
Webcast
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Internet videos.
Action and adventure films.
Disaster films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Films d'aventures.
Films-catastrophes.
Films historiques.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
Description
Summary:The story of the 1970 Apollo lunar mission that ran into problems. Stranded 205,000 miles from the Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time, and the odds, to bring them home.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
Based on the book: Lost moon, by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger.
Widescreen.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 140 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:Rating: PG; for language and emotional intensity.
Awards:Academy Awards, Best Sound, 1996
Academy Awards, Best Film Editing, 1996
Production Credits:Music composed by James Horner ; film editors, Mike Hill, Dan Hanley ; director of photography, Dean Cundey.