Apollo 13

About Apollo 13

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Ron Howard's Apollo 13 is a 1995 history film. Tom Hanks takes the lead as Jim Lovell, Bill Paxton as Fred Haise, Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert, and Gary Sinise as Ken Mattingly.

At 140 minutes long, it arrived in June 1995. Written by Al Reinert and William Broyles Jr.. It was produced by Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures. The film began as real events.

Shelv files it under space, rescue, explosion, and disaster. In the United States it streams on MGM Plus, Netflix, and Netflix Standard with Ads. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 6,148 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

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