So finally we got back to movie-watching last night with "Apollo 13," the based-on-a-true story tale of the ill-fated Apollo 13 moon mission. This movie features Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell, Bill Paxton as Fred Haise, Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigart and Gary Sinise as Ken Mattingly.
The movie tells the story of the follow-up mission to Apollo 12, which landed on the moon and gave the US its first astronaut to walk on the surface of the moon. From the get-go, various parties involved in the mission have reservations about the mission and the number 13, which has a predominate role in many aspects of the launch and mission.
Ultimately, things go terribly awry after the astronauts make it into space and an explosion kills their dream of landing on the moon. From that point forward it is a race against time and the elements to get the 3 men home safely, as issue after issue present themselves and the entire team in space and on earth work together to meet the challenges head on.
Made in 1995, this movie is still excellent and one of our favorites. It is highly recommended viewing, in our perspective!!
Run Time: 135 minutes
Schellhardt Stars: 5
Join us next time when our movie will be the Disney animated film, "The Aristocats." I know Mike is super excited about this one...
*sarcasm alert!* ; )
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