Apollo 13
Ron Howard, 1995
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger, 1994
Apollo 13 is a movie directed by Ron Howard in 1995 and based on the book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, first published in 1994. The movie features Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, and others.
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Storyline
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Jim Lovell hosts a house party where guests watch Neil Armstrong’s televised first human steps on the Moon. Three months later, as Lovell conducts a VIP tour of NASA’s Vertical Assembly Building, his boss Deke Slayton informs him that because of problems with Alan Shepard’s crew, his crew will fly Apollo 13 instead of 14.
Movie vs Book
Year
1995
Minutes
140
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1994
Pages
378
Book Rate
8.66
S: Goodreads
Book
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
Author: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
Country: USA
First published in: 1994
Length: 378 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“I’m always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.”
SEAN PENN (Actor, Filmmaker)
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