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Description
This listing is for Apollo 13 VHS Video Tape.
Actors: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
Directors: Ron Howard
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Language: English
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Universal Studios
VHS Release Date: November 21, 1995
Run Time: 140 minutes
Apollo 13 is one of the greatest movies of all time. It is a brilliant, extremely compelling account of the disasterous Apollo 13 mission in 1970. This movie is many things at once, a special effects extravaganza, an action movie, a terrific drama, a space movie, and a comedy. It is wonderful in each of it's genres. I don't think you could combine all of these elements better than the writers of Apollo 13. This film focuses primarily on Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks). Lovell had already been on several other missions into space, but this mission was going to be his first time for landing on the moon, a life long dream of his. This film shows hims working at NASA. It deals with his reaction when he recieves his assignment, and his preparation for the flight. We meet his wife (Kathleen Quinlan), and his two daughters as well. We feel we really get to know them, even though they are relatively minor characters in this stunning movie. The movie deals with the two other members of the team as well, though not as much as Lovell. There is Fred Haise (Bill Paxton), and Jack Swiegert (Kevin Bacon), a last minute replacement for Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinese).
This film is able to find enough time to focus a great amount on the relationship between the astronauts, as well as showing us there entire trip in space. As many people know, while in space an oxygen tank exploded on the spaceship. The oxygen for the crew was running out, and they would have limited time to live. If not for the heroic efforts of the ground crew, led by Gene Kranz (Ed Harris, at the top of his craft), and the calm unpanicky attitude of the heroic astronauts, who knows what would have happened. Together, mission control and the astronauts do their best to bring the crew home, while the rest of the world waits, and prays. The tremendous acting by this film's all star cast is just another one of the flawless aspects of the film. Led by Tom Hanks, each cast member gives an extraordinary, deeply felt performance. Bacon, Paxton, Hanks, and Sinese are all wonderful, but the two stand out performances in this film are by Ed Harris as Gene Kranz, and Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Lovell. The actors in this film give performances above and beyond what we would expect.
Apollo 13 is an extraordinary movie. It is remarkably well done, with magnificent acting, directing, writing, cinematography etc. This is a flawless movie, something very few movies are. There is not one thing I would come close to changing, not one line, not one aspect of any of the performances. This is a landmark achievement. It is beats The Right Stuff, as the best space movie Hollywood has ever produced, although not by much. What an extraordinary epic production this movie is. This is film is something very few movies are, perfect.
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