Apollo 13

IMDb

7.7/10

Rated

PG

Apollo 13 is a 1995 space drama directed by Ron Howard, based on the real 1970 lunar mission. Tom Hanks plays commander Jim Lovell, flying with Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, played by Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon. When an oxygen tank explodes on the way to the Moon, the landing is cancelled and the crew must survive in a damaged spacecraft. In Houston, flight director Gene Kranz, played by Ed Harris, and grounded astronaut Ken Mattingly lead the engineers who improvise a way to get them home.

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