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Apollo 13 (10th Anniversary Widescreen Edition)

Studio: Universal Studios
Starring: Tom Hanks,Bill Paxton
Release Date: March 29, 2005
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Filmed in Zero-G!
I agree with all the praise the other reviewers have given this amazing film. The fact that they installed accurate models of the Lunar Module Aquarius and Command Module Odyssey into the Zero-G simulation aircraft (the infamous "Vomit Comet") shows... more

The Imax Experience
This movie is so much more inhanced in the IMAX experience. I just attended a viewing of the movie at my local IMAX in Hutchinson, KS and was totally impressed and overwhelmed with the emotion of the film on an IMAX. With my tour of the Cosmosphere... more

a vastly entertaining film just got greater!...
HAVING SEEN THE FILM THEATRICALLY 3 TIMES UPON IT'S INITIAL RELEASE, I WAS FLOORED THIS MORNING WHEN I SAW THE FULL PAGE AD IN THE SUNDAY NY TIMES, THAT 'APOLLO 13'WAS FINALLY GOING TO BE GIVEN THE DELUXE TREATMENT ON DVD THAT IT SO LOVINGLY DESERVES.... more

One of NASA's finest hours & a great film
For the over 40 year old viewer, "Apollo 13" recaptures the feeling of America at that time when we were still the "can do" people. As with "The Right Stuff," when there were test pilots who didn't worry about safety too much but just flew by the seat... more

Best outer-space visual effects
"Apollo 13" is Ron Howard's dramatic and accurate re-telling of the real-life Apollo mission crisis of 1970, where the astronauts just barely made it back to Earth with their lives.
The outer-space visual effects of this movie are the best I've... more

JUST LIKE THE TAGLINE SAYS...
This is an excellent movie. To all those who are laughing because they think this wasn't real enough: this is about as real to life as you're going to get in a non-documentary film. The special effects are excellent. I don't know how you could possibly... more

Gripping story professionally rendered
I don't think it matters whether you remember the story of the Apollo 13 space mission or not. Whether you know the ending or whether you were otherwise occupied at the time in 1970, the tension created and maintained by the fine script (by William Broyles... more

Ron Howard scored with this one
Apollo 13 is a well cast and extremely well directed movie that tells the story of one of NASA's finest hours. Even though the actual outcome is well known, the movie provides dramatic tension as the Apollo 13 crew and the people at mission control work... more

Woah there.
I just found out that a special edition is due out in March next year. Here's what I found from IGN:

"Universal will release Apollo 13: Anniversary Edition in a two-disc special edition on March 29 next year (what a coincidence, it's the... more

INTERESTING FACTS
W. Wawrzyniak "Woj"

I am sure glad to find your letter. I could never find out why Ron Howard would do this to his greatest work "Apollo 13." In some way I wish he hadn't but at least this explains the difference between my VHS copy and... more

SPACE ODDYSSEY
Ron Howard's flag-waving, spirit-boosting APOLLO 13 is a very well done and convincing movie. Relying on the intensity of the real life dangers, Howard eschews overwhelming special effects or inappropriate sidebars.
It's interesting to remember... more

Quick note about widescreen complaint...
Hi there,

Just pointing out that Apollo 13 was actually shot using the Super 35 process, which utilises the FULL film frame (4:3 ratio) and the CROPS it to 1:2.35 for the cinema film print. This way the filmlmakers do not have to worry about... more

The "Widescreen" Version is Not Widescreen !!!
The movie, the story, the acting ... all superb!

The problem with this movie is the claimed "Widescreen" format, which is fraudulent. What they have done is taken the full-screen version... and sliced the top and bottom off of the picture and fraudulently... more

I'M ROOTIN' FOR AMERICA!
"Apollo 13" (1995) was Ron Howard's excellent, patriotic re-enactment of the 1970 moonshot that went awry. The Soviets offered their assistance, but NASA said they would handle their own house, and they did. It is virtually impossible to conceive... more

Good movie, good extras, nice price
"Failure is not an option!". So says mission-control director Gene Kranz, played by Ed Harris, as mission control devises a way to get the astronauts safely home. Although initially viewed as a disaster (explosion in spacecraft which forces... more

A Dandy Film! And A Terrific "Collector's Edition" DVD!
1995's "Apollo 13" is a well-crafted and truly inspiring motion picture, based on the actual events of the nearly-doomed Apollo 13 moon mission in April 1970.

Director Ron Howard guides this project with passion. A passion that seems to be... more

High Drama
Everything about this movie is five-star, the direction, the cast, the story, all working together to produce the recreation of real-life high drama!

All the pieces of the story are tightly woven together to tell a riveting tale that keeps the viewer... more

the light and the shadow of Apolo
I am young man, for that I don't know about Apolo activity very much, but in those days in Japan even, I hear that arriving to the moon of Apolo 11 was special things. For instance in Japan the pictures was printed to top article of all newspaper and... more

Great science fiction
Apollo 13 is an exciting film about a trip to the moon, filmed "documentary style" as if it really happened. of course the whole thing was faked, and here's why-
Facts about the Moon

An average days temperature on the moon ranges from 260° F to... more

engineers to the rescue
I saw this long ago in the theatre and rented it tonight to see some good, old-fashioned problem-solving. You can get plot details from the other reviews.

It was interesting to see the film post-Columbia: for example, the issue of telling the astronauts... more

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