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Apollo 13 (DVD 2002)

 
Apollo 13 (DVD 2002)

Title: Apollo 13
Director: Ron Howard
EAN: 3259190305298
Release Year: 2002
Rating: UK:PG
Product ID: EPID3939340
Description: A vividly rendered dramatization of Apollo 13's true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971. This mesmerizing film combines computer graphics, archive footage and seamless special effects to recreate the adrenalized odys...
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Description
A vividly rendered dramatization of Apollo 13's true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971. This mesmerizing film combines computer graphics, archive footage and seamless special effects to recreate the adrenalized odyssey of Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert who battled astronomical odds to make it back to Earth.

Credits
Producer:Aldric La'Auli Porter, Brian Grazer, Michael Bostick, Todd Hallowell
Score Composer:James Horner

Editorial Reviews
"...It's easily Howard's best film....A triumph of stirring storytelling and heartstopping suspense..."
Rolling Stone - p.116 - Peter Travers (07/13/1995)

"...This book-faithful, 2 1/4-hour team effort shrewdly keeps its eye on the ball....The movie will happily repay multiple viewings..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.1D - Mike Clark

"...Suspense right up to the splashdown..." - Recommended
Premiere - p.119 - Josh Rottenberg (12/01/1995)

"...So authentic, so brilliant in its technical details, that it succeeds in putting us on that ship..." -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly - pp.78-9 - Owen Gleiberman (06/30/1995)

"...Howard makes all the complicated action clear to the viewer, a feat in itself....Physically, APOLLO 13 pulls off some stunners..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy (06/26/1995)

"...This book-faithful, 2 1/4-hour team effort shrewdly keeps its eye on the ball....The movie will happily repay multiple viewings..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.1D - Mike Clark (06/30/1995)

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I don't know what the real event was like, because I wasn't even born then, but I guess it must have been really shocking to see how these astronauts were fighting for their lives. The movie really has done a good job on showing how inventive people can be in times of need, and on recreating the emotions that the crew, their families and the people in the flight command center had to go through.
Probably one of the most significant things about Apollo 13 is the fact that it managed to be such a strikingly realistic film despite the abundance of well-known Hollywood actors.
It's difficult to say what makes Apollo 13 such a great film - perhaps it is the idea that it "really happened", and that someone can look at a history book, then at the film, and see an overall reality.


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