Apollo 13

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Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space docudrama film that dramatizes NASA’s ill-fated 1970 lunar mission and the astronauts’ struggle to return safely to Earth.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
space docudrama film
basedOn Lost Moon
Lost Moon
surface form: Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
basedOnAuthor Jeffrey Kluger
Jim Lovell
cinematographyBy Dean Cundey
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depictsTechnology Apollo command and service module
surface form: Apollo command module

Apollo Lunar Module
surface form: Apollo lunar module

Saturn V
surface form: Saturn V rocket
director Ron Howard
distributor Universal Pictures
editedBy Daniel P. Hanley
Mike Hill
filmingTechnique weightlessness simulation
genre docudrama
historical drama
space adventure
musicBy James Horner
narrativeFocus Apollo 13 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Apollo 13 mission

NASA lunar mission
astronauts’ struggle to return safely to Earth
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
originalLanguage English
portraysCharacter Fred Haise
Jack Swigert
Jim Lovell
Ken Mattingly
portraysEvent Apollo 13 oxygen tank explosion
aborted lunar landing
safe return of Apollo 13 crew
portraysOrganization NASA
producer Brian Grazer
productionCompany Imagine Entertainment
publicationDate 1995-06-30
releaseYear 1995
runtime approximately 140 minutes
screenwriter Al Reinert
William Broyles Jr.
setInPlace Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas

Moon vicinity
outer space
setInYear 1970
starring Bill Paxton
Ed Harris
Gary Sinise
Kathleen Quinlan
Kevin Bacon
Tom Hanks
won Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Sound

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