It just amazes me, from personal experience, how much slow and meticulous work goes into preparing for a mission like this. The very first 4K disc that I bought (Deepwater Horizon) has Dolby Atmos on both discs. We would watch tv not for the shows, but we'd just be waiting for Apollo 13 updates.
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. They were 200, 000 miles from Earth when an explosion crippled their spacecraft, stranding them, perhaps forever. Worth getting the special edition DVD with JIm Lovell's commentary if you want to separate truth from fiction. I downloaded it from Prime Video and we spent a very pleasant (and educational) afternoon together. We still haven't gone back to the moon. The details that were changed in the movie were for the most part insignificant to the story.
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I loved Apollo 13 when I watched it at the cinema when it was released in the 90's, and I still own a VHS copy of it. Even though you know the ending you still feel all sorts of emotion as you watch the astronauts struggle to make it back safely home in their destroyed spaceship.
Both the US and the former Soviet Union have had near disasters in space. It is virtually impossible to tell that the move WAS NOT shot in the actual MCC. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2019 A truly suspenseful film.
And then the final moments of the re-entry silence for what seemed like a disaster lasting far too long to be good news had us all on the edge of our seats willing them to get home safely 50 years since the real journey took place. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The film also offers a great collection of archival footage and interviews with the essential players in a vast human and technological drama. I remember as a kid watching this whole thing unfold.
Sacrifices need to be made to squeeze nearly 6 days of mission in to 2 hours. I worked at the Johnson Space Center when the Apollo 13 movie was originally released.
This show is perhaps dated but I like them like that. These guys were lucky that they were able to get back to a Earth- of course they had some of the smartest people in the USA working to get them home.
Highly recommended The sound was amazing, especially during the launch sequence. As a young boy I can remember this event vividly and was amazed that they lived. A great film.
I would suggest that young people familiarize themselves with this movie, because it's a true story.
Great American movie and story. It puts a lump in my throat every time I watch it. Overall a truly special film that I would advice anyone to buy or make sure they watch. Tom Hanks is once again sublime and makes the film inspirational. Great film, but no quality difference to standard blu ray Yet, in a crisis, the engineers are so brilliant, the world comes together, and we can come up with unproven and untested solutions in just a few hours. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. We all know this film so no point in reviewing that.
And because it is a true story of calamitous errors and inept design, but on the other side of the coin a fantastic dedication and perseverance by the ground based staff to work on every issue till they found the answers they needed and helped the three astronauts to find a way to get back to earth. It's pretty good entertainment for old school sci-fi fans like me. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2011 It also downgrades Ron Howard's remarkable film because of the amount of historical manipulation they did to make their movie dramatic.
This two disc 4K Ultra HD/HDR/Blu-Ray, arrived on time and undamaged.
Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Superb film, brilliant Blu-ray. Hair raising suspense it's cool to see the actual heroes who were portrayed in the great Ron Howard/Tom Hanks film. The emotion and sentimentality are a bit overdone, in reality the people involved pretty much kept it together, this is the Hollywood version of events. The flight controllers work rotating shifts, yet only the primary team was depicted in the movie. After watching this movie a couple times I looked up the astronauts to see if they were still around and how old they are. Way cool. Not only does it hold up after all these years, it also outshines most modern movies of its type. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Lovell is 88 now. And it makes me smile to hear NASA loved it so much, they wanted to use frames of the lift off. It is more from the ground operations and engineering perspective than that of the astronauts. I am so pleased that I made the move over to 4K UltraHD/HDR, with Dolby Atmos X for sound and vision. Had me sitting on the edge of my seat and holding my breath in places. What is even more amazing, this story is true.An Incredible and TRUE story of overcoming adversity But the content, and the reality of events that this movie told without typical Hollywood manipulation, brings to light the true story of this event.