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Name: Apollo 13
Director: Ron Howard
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Released: 1995-06-30 00:00:00
Duration: 140 minutes
Rating: 7.4

Total quotes: 14

Apollo 13

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, t

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Publisher:	NBC Universal
Genres:	Adventure, Drama, History
Rating:	PG
Production Companies:	Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Publication Date:	June 30, 1995
Budget:	$52,000,000
Runtime:	140
Tagline:	Houston, we have a problem.
User Score (votes):	7.4 / 10 (2336)

Full production credits:

Communicator Ed Harris

Actor Tom Hanks

Actor Bill Paxton

Actor Kevin Bacon

Actor Gary Sinise

Actor Ed Harris

Communicator William Broyles Jr.

Communicator Al Reinert

Character Gene Kranz

Character Tom Hanks

Character Bill Paxton

Character Kevin Bacon

Character Gary Sinise

Character Ed Harris

Character Kathleen Quinlan

Character Mary Kate Schellhardt

Character Emily Ann Lloyd

Character Miko Hughes

Character Max Elliott Slade

Character Jean Speegle Howard

Character Tracy Reiner

Character David Andrews

Character Michele Little

Character Chris Ellis

Character Joe Spano

Character Xander Berkeley

Character Roger Corman

Character Andrew Lipschultz

Character Mark Wheeler

Character Endre Hules

Character Clint Howard

Character Christian Clemenson

Character Brett Cullen

Character Thom Barry

Character Gabriel Jarret

Character Jim Lovell

Character Neil Armstrong

Character Jules Bergman

Character Marc McClure

Character Ben Marley

Character Loren Dean

Character Tom Wood

Character Googy Gress

Character Patrick Mickler

Character Ray McKinnon

Character Max Grodénchik

Character Ned Vaughn

Character Andy Milder

Character Geoffrey Blake

Character Wayne Duvall

Character Jim Meskimen

Character Joseph Culp

Character John Short

Character Ben Bode

Character Todd Louiso

Character Christopher John Fields

Character Kenneth White

Character James Ritz

Character Karen Martin

Character Maureen Hanley

Character Meadow Williams

Character Walter von Huene

Character Brian Markinson

Character Steve Rankin

Character Austin O'Brien

Character Louisa Marie

Character Arthur Senzy

Character Carl Gabriel Yorke

Character Ryan Holihan

Character Rance Howard

Character Jane Jenkins

Character Todd Hallowell

Character Matthew Michael Goodall

Character Taylor Goodall

Character Misty Dickinson

Character Lee Anne Matusek

Character Mark D. Newman

Character Mark McKeel

Character Patty Raya

Character Jack Conley

Character Jeffrey Kluger

Character Bruce Wright

Character Ivan Allen

Character Jon Bruno

Character Reed Rudy

Character Steve Bernie

Character Steve Ruge

Character Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Character John Dullaghan

Character John Wheeler

Character Paul Mantee

Character Julie Rowen

Character Thomas Crawford

Character Frank Cavestani

Character John M. Mathews

Director Ron Howard

Screenplay William Broyles Jr.

Screenplay Al Reinert

Producer Brian Grazer

Original music composer James Horner

Director of photography Dean Cundey

Editor Daniel P. Hanley

Editor Mike Hill

Casting Janet Hirshenson

Production design Michael Corenblith

Art direction David J. Bomba

Art direction Bruce Alan Miller

Set decoration Merideth Boswell

Costume design Rita Ryack

Makeup artist Larry Abbott

Sound effects editor Richard L. Anderson

Visual effects Shoshana Abrass

Novel Jeffrey Kluger

Novel Jim Lovell

Casting Jane Jenkins

Stunts Heather Burton

Unit publicist Andrew Lipschultz

Costume supervisor Dan Bronson

Production supervisor Michelle Morrissey

Set designer Lori Rowbotham

Leadman Wayne Shepherd

Art department coordinator Angela O'Neill

Construction coordinator David T. Cannon

Supervising sound editor Stephen Hunter Flick

Sound re-recording mixer Rick Dior

Sound re-recording mixer Ezra Dweck

Sound re-recording mixer Scott Millan

Sound re-recording mixer Steve Pederson

Visual effects producer Jenny Fulle

Visual effects editor Debra Wolff

Stunt coordinator James M. Halty

Stunt coordinator Mickey Gilbert

Camera operator Josh Bleibtreu

Camera operator Casey Hotchkiss

Camera operator David Norris

Still photographer Ron Batzdorff

Set costumer Mary Elizabeth Still

Transportation coordinator Joel Marrow

Studio teachers Elise Ganz

Publicist Andrew Lipschultz

Location manager Ned R. Shapiro

Thanks Walter Cronkite

Associate producer Michael Bostick

Executive producer Todd Hallowell

Associate producer Aldric La'Auli Porter

Associate producer Louisa Velis

Set designer Joseph Hodges

Art department assistant Joshua A. Sipe

Construction foreman David A. Weinman

Greensman William Matzner

Painter Dan Dorfer

Camera technician Scott Johnson

First assistant camera Clyde E. Bryan

Key grip Ron Cardarelli

Grip Marty Dobkousky

Steadicam operator Glenn DiVincenzo

Assistant costume designer Marjorie McCown

Hairstylist Audrey L. Anzures

Key hair stylist Kathryn Blondell

Seamstress Carmen Mazarow

Set dressing artist Larry A. Cornick

Craft service Beverly Burton

Digital effects supervisor Karen E. Goulekas

Driver Johnny Bartlet

Executive music producer Brian Grazer

Loader John Hynes

Production controller Kieran Woo

Propmaker Matthew Martin

Set medic David O. Krupnick

Set production assistant Stephanie Axe

Special effects coordinator Matt Sweeney

Systems administrators & support Shoshana Abrass

Transportation captain Randy Cantor

Unit production manager Carl Clifford

Video assist operator Roger C. Johnson

Script supervisor Eva Z. Cabrera

Color timer William Pine

First assistant editor Roger Tweten

Best boy electric Rick Petretti

Electrician Darren Langer

Gaffer Tony Anderson

Rigging gaffer Mark Soucie

Rigging grip Gary Brostrom

Casting associate Susanna Griffith

Production coordinator Kelly L'Estrange

Boom operator Steve Bowerman

Foley editor Matthew C. Beville

Music editor Thomas S. Drescher

Orchestrator Steven Bramson

Scoring mixer Shawn Murphy

Sound mixer David MacMillan

Digital compositors Feliciano di Giorgio

Special effects supervisor John Palmer

Visual effects coordinator Chad Merriam

Visual effects supervisor Robert Legato

Storyboard Ricardo F. Delgado

Machinist John Lisman

Special sound effects Donald Flick

Dialogue editor Louis Cerborino

Supervising dialogue editor Anthony J. Ciccolini III

Dialogue editor Thomas A. Gulino

Dialogue editor Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith

Property master Steven M. Levine

Second unit director Todd Hallowell

First assistant director Aldric La'Auli Porter

Supervising adr editor Lisa J. Levine

Adr editor Harry Peck Bolles

Sound recordist Bob Olari

Second assistant director Jane Paul

Foley editor Frank Smathers

Executive music producer Ron Howard

Technical advisor Jim Lovell

Technical advisor Jeffrey Kluger

Orchestrator James Horner

Assistant accountant Hope Shaw

Assistant accountant Rosario Aguirre

Assistant accountant Keri Weisblum

Assistant accountant Susan Giordano

Adr editor Stuart Stanley

Adr mixer Dean Drabin

Adr mixer Paul J. Zydel

Adr recordist Ann Hadsell

Adr recordist Douglas Murray

Assistant dialogue editor Lynn Sable

Assistant dialogue editor Yvette Nabel

Assistant editor Glenn Allen

Assistant editor Guy Barresi

Assistant editor Richard Friedlander

Assistant editor Tim Silano

Assistant editor Carolyn Calvert

Assistant location manager Andrew L. Ullman

Assistant production coordinator Lila Yacoub

Assistant property master James Robinson II

Assistant property master Bobby Amor

Actor's assistant Erik Bork

Actor's assistant Terry Odem

Boom operator Craig Woods

Boom operator Bill J. DiDonna

Costumer Danna Edwards

Costumer Elaine Ramires

Costumer Joe McCloskey

Costumer Leslie Weir

Dialogue editor Dan Sable

Driver Dan Brizendine

Driver Gavin Grazer

Driver Joseph Sullivan

Driver William Esparza

Driver Bud Lacy

Driver James E. Vargas

Driver Rodney Lee Bennett

Driver Paulie DiCocco

Extras casting Ajay Dass

First assistant accountant Kathryn Mindala

First assistant director Bruce Moriarty

Foley mixer David Jobe

Foley recordist Don Givens

Greensman Anthony Vitagliano

Greensman Jason Vanover

Hairstylist Carolyn Elias

Hairstylist Hazel Catmull

Hairstylist Joy Zapata

Pilot Alan D. Purwin

Pilot Michael Tamburro

Pilot Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc

Key makeup artist Daniel C. Striepeke

Location assistant Matthew Pook

Location assistant Anthony J. Saenz

Makeup artist Hallie D'Amore

Makeup artist Michael Lorenz

Negative cutter Gary Burritt

Production assistant Alfred Cervantes

Production assistant Chris Clifton

Production assistant Dennis Clay

Production assistant Jimmy Lindsey

Production assistant Kirk Douglas

Production assistant Lars Sloan

Production assistant Michael Barson

Production assistant Michael McDevitt

Production assistant Misty Conn

Production assistant Paul Swen

Production assistant Susan Jamison

Production assistant K. Marshall Smith

Production assistant Jeffray C. Eagle

Production controller Kathleen McGill

Production coordinator Lisa J. Watters

Production coordinator Wendi Haas

Production coordinator Virginia Dнaz

Production coordinator Brooke Rand McDonald

Sound re-recording mixer Bob Chefalas

Script supervisor Janna Stern

Second assistant director Susan Pickett

Second second assistant director William M. Connor

Set costumer Bob Moore Jr.

Set dresser Chris Pascuzzo

Set dresser Greg Wilkinson

Set dresser John Maskovich

Set dresser Scott G. Jones

Set dresser Edward J. McCarthy

Set dresser Richard M. Jones

Set production assistant Colin Hanks

Set production assistant Eddee Kolos

Set production assistant Jonathan McGarry

Set production assistant Laurel Robinson

Set production assistant Matt Rebenkoff

Set production assistant Dylan K. Massin

Sound assistant Dana Gustafson

Sound assistant Linda Yeaney

Sound effects editor Dean Beville

Sound effects editor Elliott Koretz

Sound effects editor Eric Lindemann

Sound effects editor Warren Hamilton Jr.

Sound effects editor Patricio A. Libenson

Sound mixer Geoffrey Patterson

Sound mixer John Sutton

Special effects assistant Fred Tessaro

Special effects assistant Gary Zink

Special effects assistant Jan Aaris

Special effects assistant Jeffrey Machit

Special effects assistant Kent D'Huet

Special effects assistant Lucinda Strub

Special effects assistant Michael Wilmot

Special effects assistant Paul Sabourin

Special effects assistant R. Michael Bisetti

Special effects assistant Rocky Severy

Special effects assistant Steve Luport

Special effects assistant Tony Centonze

Special effects assistant William Centonze

Special effects assistant Bruce Y. Kuroyama

Special effects assistant Donald Krause

Special effects assistant Harold Selig

Special effects assistant James M. Hart

Special effects assistant Larry L. Fuentes

Special effects assistant Manuel S. Epstein

Special effects assistant Rich E. Cordobes

Special sound effects John Pospisil

Special sound effects Steve Lee

Storyboard artist Eric Ramsey

Stunts Joe Finnegan

Stunts John Robotham

Stunts Kim Robert Koscki

Stunts Vincent Mazella Jr.

Supervising music editor Jim Henrikson

Technical advisor Dave Scott

Technical advisor Jerry Bostick

Technical advisor Max L. Ary

Technical advisor Gerry Griffin

Playback singer Annie Lennox

Adr voice casting Lynne Redding

Additional first assistant camera J. Steven Latham

Additional second assistant camera Chip Byrd

Assistant camera David S. Campbell

Assistant chief lighting technician Steve Chandler

Assistant chief lighting technician Jim Fine

Assistant chief lighting technician Keith Roverud

Assistant chief lighting technician O'Shana Walker

Best boy electric Glenn E. Moran

Camera loader Trevor Loomis

Camera operator Raymond Stella

Second unit director of photography Raymond Stella

Chief lighting technician Michael Orefice

Chief lighting technician Andy Ryan

Chief lighting technician Joseph J. Orefice

Dolly grip Dave Wachtman

Electrician Ben O. Graham

Electrician Keith Orefice

Electrician Atillio Orefice

Electrician Dennis Hus

Electrician Gary Ware

Electrician Peter Eisner

First assistant "b" camera Larry D. Davis

First assistant camera Scott Fuller

First assistant camera Scott Smith

First assistant camera Christopher Duskin

Grip Kevin Edwards

Grip Michael D. Hightower

Grip Ron Peebles

Grip Jimmy Giacona

Grip Luke Halpin

Grip Eugene Siegmund

Grip Bryan Ashford

Grip Steve Graves

Grip Troy Webb

Key grip Jeff 'Moose' Howery

Key grip Steven Cardarelli

Rigging grip Randy Troyanek

Second assistant camera Stephen Sfetku

Second assistant camera Jolanda R. Wipfli

Digital compositor Bryan Grill

Digital compositor Ethan Ormsby

Digital compositor Jammie Friday

Digital compositor Jerry Hall

Digital compositor Laurie Resnick

Digital compositor Martine Tomczyk

Digital compositor Pablo Helman

Digital effects producer Amy Jupiter

Digital effects producer Mark Lohff

Digital effects supervisor Mark A. Lasoff

Digital effects supervisor John McLaughlin

Modeling Bradford Plows

Modeling Brian Ripley

Modeling Eugene P. Rizzardi

Modeling George Stevens

Modeling Gerald McClung

Modeling Gordon Forkert

Modeling Greg Bryant

Modeling John Ferrari

Modeling Sabine Meyer zu Recendorf

Modeling Felix Ojeda

Modeling Michael Possert Jr.

Modelling supervisor Patrick McClung

Systems administrators & support Matt Coohill

Visual effects assistant editor Josh Margolies

Visual effects assistant editor Tommy Dorsett

Vfx director of photography Erik Nash

Assistant camera Michole Bergstrom

Best boy grip Brian Marincic

Character Jim Lovell

Character Fred Haise

Character Jack Swigert

Character Ken Mattingly

Character Gene Kranz

Character Marilyn Lovell

Character Barbara Lovell

Character Susan Lovell

Character Jeffrey Lovell

Character Jay Lovell

Character Blanch Lovell

Character Mary Haise

Character Pete Conrad

Character Jane Conrad

Character Deke Slayton

Character NASA Director

Character Henry Hurt

Character Congressman

Character Launch Director

Character Neil Armstrong

Character Guenter Wendt

Character Sy Liebergot - EECOM White

Character Dr. Chuck

Character CAPCOM 1

Character Orderly

Character GNC White

Character Captain of USS Iwo Jima (uncredited)

Character Himself (archive footage)

Character Himself - ABC News (archive footage)

Character Glynn Lunney

Character John Young

Character John Aaron - EECOM Arthur

Character EECOM Gold

Character RETRO White

Character RETRO Gold

Character Jerry Bostick - FIDO White

Character FIDO Gold

Character CAPCOM 2

Character GUIDO White

Character GUIDO Gold

Character LEM Controller White

Character TELMU White

Character TELMU Gold

Character INCO White

Character INCO Gold

Character FAO White

Character Booster White

Character Grumman Rep

Character Ted

Character Tracey

Character Woman

Character Kim

Character Technician

Character Pad Rat

Character Whiz Kid

Character Whiz Kid Mom

Character SIM Tech

Character Reverend

Character Neighbor

Character Noisy Civilian

Character Stephen Haise

Character Fred Haise Jr.

Character Margaret Haise

Character Loud Reporter

Character Suit Room Assistant

Character Patty

Character Science Reporter

Character Anchor

Character Roger Chaffee

Character Virgil Grissom

Character Edward White

Character Reporter

Communicator Tom Hanks

Communicator Jean Speegle Howard

Communicator Kevin Bacon

Communicator Loren Dean

Character William "Bill" Pogue

Communicator Brett Cullen

Communicator Ben Marley

Last updated: 2018-12-03

Characters in ‘Apollo 13’

“[waking Ken Mattingly up] Good, you're not dead. We've been trying to get in touch with you for forty-five minutes.”

— John Young, Apollo 13

Tagged: Resurrection

“When I go up there on 19, I'm gonna take my entire collection of Johnny Cash along!”

— William "Bill" Pogue, Apollo 13

Tagged: Johnny Cash

“Technician: How much power have we got to work with?

John Aaron, EECOM Arthur: Barely enough to run this coffee pot for nine hours.”

— John Aaron - EECOM Arthur, Apollo 13

Tagged: Power, Coffee, power shortage

“So long, Earth. Catch you on the flip side.”

— Jack Swigert, Apollo 13

Tagged: goodbye, NASA, Space Travel

“Blanche Lovell: Are you scared?

Susan Lovell: [nods]

Blanche Lovell: Well don't you worry, honey. If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it.”

— Blanch Lovell, Apollo 13

Tagged: Fear, reassurance

“Christopher Columbus, Charles Lindbergh, and Neil Armstrong. Ha, ha, ha. Neil Armstrong!”

— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13

Tagged: NASA, christopher columbus, Charles Lindbergh, Neil Armstrong

“Patty: How do you go to the bathroom in space?

Jim Lovell: Well, um... I tell you it's a very complicated procedure that involves cranking down the window and looking for a gas station.”

— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13

Tagged: NASA, Going to the Bathroom in Space

“Congressman: Now Jim, people in my state keep asking why we're continuing to fund this program now that we've beaten the Russians to the moon.

Jim Lovell: Imagine if Christopher Columbus had come back from the New World and no one returned in his footsteps.”

— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13

Tagged: NASA, space race, Cold War, christopher columbus

“Reporter: So...the number 13 doesn't bother you?

Fred Haise, Sr.: Only if it's a Friday, Phil.

Reporter: Apollo 13—lifting off at 1300 hours and 13 minutes, and, entering the moon's gravity on April 13th.

Jim Lovell: Uh, Ken Mattingly has been doing some...scientific experiments regarding that very phenomenon, haven't you?

Ken Mattingly: Well, uh, yes, well I uh, had a black cat walk over a broken mirror under the lunar module ladder, didn't seem to be a problem.

Fred Haise, Sr.: We also consider a real helpful letter we got from a fellow who said we ought to take a pig up with us for good luck.”

— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13

Tagged: NASA, 13, friday the 13, Triskadekophobia

“From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, we just decided to go.”

— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13

Tagged: NASA, Moon Landing, Miracle

“Houston, we have a problem.”

— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13

Tagged: NASA, Houston

“I don't care about what anything was DESIGNED to do, I care about what it CAN do.”

— Gene Kranz, Apollo 13

Tagged: function, purpose

“NASA Director: This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced.

Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.”

— Gene Kranz, Apollo 13

Tagged: NASA, disaster, Finest Hour

“We've never lost an American in space and we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch. Failure is not an option.”

— Gene Kranz, Apollo 13

Tagged: America, USA

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