News Summary

• Ron Howard’s 1995 film Apollo 13 is one of the best movies of the ‘90s.
• Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton bring to Apollo 13 as Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise.
• The audience understands how much this mission means to them, because the first hour of the film shows their preparation, their excitement, their years of work all leading to this moment.
• All too soon their dreams of walking on the moon are vanquished.