Apollo 13 [DVD video]

A true story. Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time, and the odds, to bring them home.

General Note:

Based on the book: Lost moon, by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger.

DVD release of the 1995 motion picture.

Special features: Lost moon: the triumph of Apollo 13 (the making of Apollo 13); feature commentary with director Ron Howard; feature commentary with Jim & Marilyn Lovell; production notes; cast and filmmakers; theatrical trailer.

Performers:

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Joe Spano, Xander Berkeley, Loren Dean, Marc McClure.

Technical Details:

DVD (with chapter stops); NTSC, region 1, widescreen (letterbox format); Dolby digital surround; dual layer.

Corporate Subject:

Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) -- Accidents -- Drama.

Subject Term:

Space vehicle accidents -- United States -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films -- United States.

Feature films.

Action and adventure films.