The events depicted in the film were actually exceptionally close to the actual events. Ron Howard took great pains to do that. Usually the main point people make regarding inaccuracy is the scene when the astronauts are arguing among themselves in anger; this was done merely for dramatic effect. In reality, all were calm and professional, as recorded in their conversations with NASA. I also always enjoyed the actual television news footage, especially the reports featuring Walter Cronkite, who was the seminal news broadcaster in the U.S. for decades. There were actually nine human U.S. missions to the moon between 1968 and 1972; six of them resulted in a total of 12 American astronauts walking on the moon.
@@nobodyatall1886 And Glen Lunney was flight director that night, and he was the main man in charge of the decisions, not Gene Kranz. Ken Mattengly praised Lunneys leadership skills that night, and credited him for bringing everyone together and bringing calm to the situation. Also, Ken Mattengly was not called from his bed in the middle of the night, it was Charlie Duke.
To be fair, the argument scene could at least be justified in-story by residual low level CO2 poisoning. "when will we be going back? and who will it be?" I wish it was now, and I wish it was me.
The extraordinary thing when you listen to the actual audio logs is that the script is almost completely accurate, but the astronauts were so much calmer than the movie, or that they had any right to be!
My favorite feel-good line from this fantastic film is: "If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it." -Played by Ron Howard's mom, Jean Speegle Howard!
From what I recall, Jim Lovell had rightly earned himself a reputation of being able to land anything on anything. Even the green trail story was true, though in actuality the shorting out was kinda his own fault, and he got chewed out for it. But, he saved his plane and got down safe in the dark.
Speaking from a true space geek, I can tell you this movie is very accurate. I rewatch it from time to time, and even if I know it ends up well, I'm at the edge of my seat every time. The only thing that was Hollywood-ish: the astronauts never argued with each other, they were professionals who handled the stress very well. Also, Jack Swigert was not some kind of rookie, he was a very experienced test pilot and aerospace engineer. Fun facts: when you see Jim Lovell being welcomed on the rescue ship by a white-clad admiral...said admiral is the real Jim Lovell making a cameo appearance!
Actually, he was a Captain. Lovell retired from the military as a Captain, he didn't want to be a rank he didn't attain, as they offered to make him an Admiral in the movie, but he said "I retired as a captain and a captain I will be." So he's in Captain's rank. :D
Glen Lunney was basically a wordless character in it, when he was the flight director everyone turned to, not Gene Kranz. Ken Mattengly spoke very highly of the amazing leadership he displayed that night, and said that it was he, and he alone who brought all the scared people in MC together.
The little boy, the son, saying, "...is it the door?" after he was told that there was a problem, just shatters my heart. He tried with everything in his little mind to make the problem make sense, and he was so scared. The whole film did a wonderful job at really showing the stress!
I only wish Marilyn was able to explain it in laymans terms. "some parts of the air supply and some parts of the electrical power system." I Also only wish that mrs. lovell told her son how determined mission control was to get those three home, while also warning him that it still might not be enough...
Fun fact; The real life Jim Lovell makes a cameo appearance at the end of the movie. He was one of the Naval officers that Tom Hanks shakes hands with, after they get off the helicopter. One of the best novies Hollywood ever made.
He only made the CO2 calculations for two people because the lunar module (when being used how it was supposed to) was only designed for the two people who would descend to the moon. The pilot was meant to stay in the command module the whole trip. Thus it was an understandable mistake.
Not a big deal, but the actual line that Jim Lovell said was "Houston, we've had a problem here." They made a small change to it for the film to punch it up a bit. Also, the astronauts all said that there was no yelling on the flight...another bit of dramatic license from Hollywood. A terrific quote I encountered recently has to do with Apollo 13..."NASA is absolutely not superstitious, but you can bet they will never launch anything numbered "13" ever again." Not sure if that is a real quote...but it does not seem that NASA has sent anything into space with the number 13 on it ever since, though commercial satellite companies have. Also...fun fact "consolation prize"...since they did not go into orbit around the Moon on their free return trajectory, Apollo 13 traveled a bit further away from Earth than all of the other flights to the Moon. So to this day, Lovell, Haise, and Swigert hold the record for the farthest distance from Earth people have ever traveled
The elderly women playing Jim Lovell's mother is actually the mother of the director, Ron Howard! The little bald guy with the glasses at Mission Control is Ron Howard's brother Clint!
29:48 The Navy captain shaking Hank's hand is the real Jim Lovell. Ron Howard wanted him to wear admiral's rank for the scene, but Lovell said (paraphrased) 'hell no, I only reached captain when I served, that's what I'm going to wear!'
Consider watching biographical drama "Hidden Figures", also a space/NASA-based film. It was nominated for 2017 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. One of my favorite movies.
19:50 "How do you only do (the math) for two people, though?" The original mission plan had Jim and Fred landing on the moon in the lunar module, with Jack staying in the command module in lunar orbit. So Fred was very familiar with the math for the lunar module's capabilities under the assumption of two people living in it while they were on the moon, and forgot to make the adjustment for the fact that now all three of them were using it as a lifeboat.
I love that you being Australian and describing the US patriotism (or the way it was) was well appreciated for an American, old school American. Thanks. God Bless. Australia is the second country I would visit after Ireland if I had a chance.
@@nonconsensualopinion Australia is America's friend and ally, despite the reputation they have for dangerous wildlife. Plus, not all their wildlife is dangerous, just ask the bearded dragons, they're adorable!
Living through the Challenger and Columbia's disasters it's amazing that we haven't lost anyone in space. It's so great that we get to know people from all around the world on this platform.
@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh I share the same sentiments as you. I grew up on a farm a few miles from the town library. TV, going to the movies, a chat with an Exchange Student, or reading outdated encyclopedias were my portal to other cultures and people. We are living, what we had hoped for at the dawn of the internet. Human Connections. Thanks to platforms like RU-vid, we can now exchange our cultures the fun way! Music, food, wisdom, dance, more food, etc. Hiya, from Minnesota💜👋🏻
This is a great movie. The fact that all but the one astronaut mentioned in the film are still alive today, including Jim Lovell (who has a cameo as the Navy captain shaking Tom Hanks' hand at the end!) at 95 years strong, just proves how impactful working together can be when it comes to saving lives. The best part I get a kick out of is when Ed Harris as Gene Kranz delivers the line "Failure is not an option." The real Gene Kranz never said those words during the real events in 1970, but he loved this addition so much that he made it the name of his biographical novel released in 2000! Life inspired by art inspired by life!
I was a kid in grammar school when these events occurred. We were sent home from school to pray on the day of the landing. This was from a public school, not a parochial school. It was a very different time. The woman playing Jim’s mother is the real life mom of the director, Ron Howard.
You might consider watching "The Right Stuff," based on a book by Tom Wolfe that tells the story of the first American astronauts. It's long but a great story and fairly historically accurate. And you should Google the story of Apollo 1, which the little boy is referencing in the story about the fire and the door that wouldn't open.
"The Right Stuff" is my favorite movie. It's almost like watching a Western or some other film genre where the protagonists are treated as mythic figures. However, it does have one significant flaw: the portion of the story about Gus Grissom's flight. The movie shows him as being panicked, which did not happen, and it fails to show that an investigation proved him correct. Otherwise, he would not have been chosen to fly the first Gemini mission in 1965 and later for Apollo 1. He, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee are the three who lost their lives.
Also watch the Australian film the dish. It’s great & really makes u feel like the moon landing is happening all over again! I watched it when it first came out in 2000 or so, & watched it with my mum last year she was 79 & she teared up. She loved it!
The depiction of Gus Grissom in that movie is just pure character assassination. Very uncool, particularly considering he was cleared of wrongdoing, and was also later killed in the Apollo 1 fire. He had no way to defend himself against such an attack. The rest of the movie's alright I guess, but overall the whole tone of the movie meanders between drama and comedy in a very disjointed fashion IMO, which drags it down. There's many other better movies that could be seen instead of this one.
Another commenter suggested you watch The Dish (2000). Definitely ! It's set in Australia and about the true incident when one little Australian satellite dish on a sheep farm ended up being the only way to make images from the first moon landing available for the world to see.
They weren't losing 'air." They were losing the liquid oxygen that fueled the ship. Breathing air came from the CO2 scrubbers (which is why having the wrong filters was such an issue - as long as the filters worked, they had plenty of air to breathe). They just didn't have *power*. The 15 minutes of life support wasn't because of a lack of breathable air, but because the system to filter the air on Odyssey needed power they didn't have without the liquid oxygen, which is why they had to switch over to the LEM, and then shut that down, too, but at least on the LEM, the filters didn't need power, so they could still breathe (once they fixed the filter issue). The guy who solved the filter problem, as you saw, was told "and you, sir, are a steely-eyed missile man." That's one of the highest compliments someone at NASA can be paid: "Within NASA, to be called a “steely-eyed missile man” is among the highest honors one can receive, indicating a unique ability to quickly and coolly solve complex problems under enormous pressure."
I did live through this. In my house growing up, the Space Program was followed very closely. We watched every launch, and ALL coverage we could. HEROES - every one of them, whether on the ground crew or in space. And just like his son's classroom, we had a tv in every classroom to watch the re-entry ( I think I was 9). Our teachers took the entire day and explained everything to us. When they actually made it, the whole school erupted in cheers. I feel sad that as a whole, we aren't as interested in the Space Program any more....to me, it's such a noble quest. Truly filled with wonders and amazing discoveries that could help the entire human race. (NOT that we should ignore things that need fixing right here on our planet. )
Great Trivia: Director Ron Howard always places his family in cameo roles in his films. Astronaut Jim Lovell"s Mom was Ron Howard's Mom, the Lovell Family Catholic Priest was Ron Howard's Dad and the Control Monitor Teachnician with the thick black glasses, ("From my seat here the Odyssey is dying!") is Ron Howard's brother, Clint Howard!
And although uncredited, Bryce Dallas Howard (his daughter) also makes a brief "blink and you'll miss it" appearance, along with Cheryl Howard (his wife).
For another good space history-drama do _The Right Stuff_ (1983) which is about NASA forming, the 7 original astronauts, and the early Mercury missions. Follow it with a good companion piece to Apollo 13 called _From the Earth to the Moon_ (1995), a 12-part miniseries where Tom Hanks hosts each episode, stars in the last one, and produced by Ron Howard. It takes over from _The Right Stuff_ and is mostly about all the Apollo landing missions and development, with a Mercury and a couple of Gemini missions.
One of my favorite films. This was a time when NEWS was objective and smart people were celebrated. To think we've gone from that to people thinking the Earth is flat is disheartening and doesn't bode well for our species. The old-timey News broadcasts are all real footage.
I love the way you reacted during the reentry blackout period when the three minutes stretched into four. In real life the reentry blackout period was closer to SIX minutes than three. the whole world was watching and wondering why it was taking so long, and every second that went by made it seem less likely they had survived. So when they reestablished contact after the unprecedented six minute blackout, the entire world burst into rejoicing.
Not sure if it was in the book or an interview, but I read that Lovell was hesitant to use the radio because he was concerned about conserving battery power.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 They were concerned about having enough power to deploy the parachutes, so they didn't turn on the radio until after the chutes deployed.
Apollo 13 is one of my all time favorite movies. There just isn't anything better in Hollywood than Tom Hanks in the 90's: Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Toy Story (1&2), Sleepless in Seattle, A League of Their Own, You've Got Mail, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, and, of course, Apollo 13. Wow. What a series of amazing films. One of the best actors of all time.
I am 67 years old and remember this Mission well. The entire World was on the edge of its Seat, Jim Lovell's Mom (If they could get a Washing Machine to fly) was played by Ron Howard's real life Mom.
The priest watching the re-entry with them was his dad. Also: the zero-g scenes were not done with CGI or tethering the actors to off-screen helium balloons - they built sets in one of the KC-135s used to train astronauts, then flew the aircraft along the same arcs that produced several seconds of weightlessness.
At the very end, when they’re on the ship and they’re shaking hands with everyone, the man dressed in all white who is shaking Tom Hanks’ hand and talking to him for a few seconds while patting his shoulder… That’s the real Jim Lovell. Marilyn Lovell can be seen for a quick second during the launch sequence in the audience with the other wives. Marilyn was staying at a hotel when she lost her wedding ring down the drain. It took a couple of weeks, but they had to dismantle the whole plumbing system in order to find her ring and return it to her. I have seen this movie several dozen times and I’ve seen reactions to it several dozen more times. It’s safe to say I have seen some of these scenes over 100 times. And watching the little boy ask, “was it the door“ rips my heart out every time. Every. Single. Time. Thank you for sharing your views on America’s stories not being just for Americans. That means a lot. It truly does. That was very moving. That’s kind of how America is supposed to be. That’s the ideal. Great reaction! I can’t wait for the next one. 💙💙💙
When you said 'Is that where the quote comes from', after he said 'Houston we have a problem! ' , I felt so happy that you got to learn about it through this movie. I love when people learn about history through film. It just shows how great film can be when people use it as a learning experience! P.S. - really hope you get a chance to look into reacting to the movie THE OUTSIDERS, with Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, etc. - I think you will really like it and I haven't seen anyone else react to it yet. Thanks for the fun reaction. Keep smiling👍🙂
Pedantry Alert: As it's been remembered, the quote is incorrect. What he actually said was "Houston, WE'VE HAD a problem." Not that it matters, I suppose - one wonders how many other historical quotes were actually said as they're remembered. As far as recommendations go, I'd like to hawk my own favorites: "The Right Stuff", on the events leading up to 1st US flights beyond the atmosphere; "From the Earth to the Moon", a 12-part HBO series bridging the "Right Stuff" and the final lunar mission; "Hidden Figures", about some of the backroom mathematicians at NASA who made it happen; & maybe "First Man", the Neil Armstrong biopic. I personally didn't care for it, but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying it.
I was in 6th grade when this happened, living in Fred Haise's hometown of Biloxi, Mississippi. We watched the re-entry on TV in our classroom, just as Jim Lovell's son is shown doing in the film.
I first saw this movie in the theater when I was in college. Man, the intensity was spiked so high many of the audience gasped. And this is still one of my favourite movies. It was nominated for several Oscars including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Actress.
I'll add by watching this you're seeing a pretty good time capsule of life during these events. Fashion, technology, entertainment are all on display. Considering there's no indigenous life on the moon, using Columbus as an example isn't the same thing. I'm guessing if Columbus had turned around and 'never came back', a couple million Native Americans would've been happy. If curious, check out how they 'steer' the command modules during re-entry. While circular, the bottom covered by the heat shield has more weight at one section near the edge, causing that side of the craft to dip down more, forcing the air passing by to push it in that direction. By rotating the craft and placing that heavier section in a direction, the craft will begin to swerve that way. This is all taken into account when the re-entry angle is calculated.
I’ll never forget the day we landed on the moon. We blasted the volume on the TV and sat outside to watch the moon, knowing a human was touching it for the very first time. We slept with the doors and windows open, on a blanket on the floor in front of the TV until the TV station signed off. After that, every Apollo missions were completely televised. It was tragic when the Apollo 11 exploded and killed the astronauts. Then, people just started loosing interest in watching it because watching a lot of no action got boring. We knew that the Astronauts were safe, we believed so much in American ingenuity. Then when when Apollo 13 hit trouble, everyone ran to the nearest TV screen to see what was happening. There was panic. Rumors went around that they were all dead and they would never be able to land on Earth again. They would be floating in space for all eternity. Our hearts were broken and our spirit went with it. Prayers were coming in from all around the globe, with one exception (need I say who!?) Yes, prayers even came from Australia, and we were grateful for them. There was never anything like it until the first Shuttle mission. We’ll go back again… someday.
I think director Ron Howard should have gotten an Oscar for this, but he wasn't even nominated. Another good movie about the space race from earlier is The Right Stuff (1983).
Gene Krantz is still the textbook definition of leadership and grace under pressure to me. Despite the amount of scary geniuses on that team, they still needed a leader to keep them cool and get their best efforts to save those men. In a 25yr+ career, I had some inspiring bosses, and some not so inspiring. I think every manager/leader candidate should have to watch this movie to see how it's done! This is how you inspire loyalty, dedication and greatness!
One of my favorite bits is that when they make contact after re-entry, everyone in Mission Control jumps up and cheers while Krantz finally sits down and relaxes.
Tom Hanks was inspired by the success of this film, and his own passion for the space program, and made From the Earth to the Moon HBO mini-series which is well worth watching.
Apollo 13 was directed by Ron Howard. His daughter Bryce directed several episodes of the Mandalorian, including episode 3 of season 2. In it, she does a shot for shot remake of a critical Apollo 13 scene using Mando's ship as homage to her dad.
Oh man I've been waiting for you to react to this. Easily one of my favorite movies I've seen, fantastic cast with amazing performances. I also didn't realize that's where "Houston, we've got a problem" was from, so our reactions were very similar. Love the reactions Oscar
That scene where they guys says, "we need to make this fit into the hole for this using nothing but that." Was an eye opener for me. I went from thinking "okay they can do this" to thinking, "oh yeah, they can only use stuff they have access to in space. Oh, that's much harder."
6:07 my mom did that when I was in high school. I came home to her in absolute hysterics on the phone with a plumber. I immediately went into the basement, opened the "P" trap for the bath/shower and found her ring and a ton of horribly corroded coins for some reason 🤣.
I watched the Apollo 11 landing, and Neil and Buzz's moonwalk, as it happened, on TV. It's an event that sticks in the memory, even though I was only 8 years old.
Everyone around the world should feel a part of the Apollo program. That was us, as a species, who did that. It was a human achievement. Especially the Brits whose old empire hosted stations around the world which allowed NASA to track and communicate with the flights.
Hey kid, I'm baaaaack. And certainly digging this reaction as I did the last one that I commented on. This is a great film with a great cast. Tom Hanks was extraordinary as always. Interestingly, you look a little bit like his son Colin. As a film lover, take note of the brief cameo by legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. Oh yeah, and of course a great part played by Ron Howard's brother Clint. Keep up the great work, I've already begun to spread the word on the channel. ☮️🎬
Did you know that the real Jim Lovell has a cameo part in the movie? He is the second Man in a Naval uniform that shook his hand the longest in the end of the movie. He also wore a white naval Captains Hat during Tom Hanks narration.
The old Navy Captain that salutes Tom Hanks at the end is the real Jim Lovell. His wife is also in the movie - she's one of the spectators at the launch.
As a non-American I knew the quote of "houston, we have a problem" and I knew Houston was a major city in Texas. But it took me seeing this movie to make the link between the 2 that houston in "houston, we have a problem" is refering to a city. "How do you only do it for 2 people though?" The Lem is meant to be used for 2 people. It was not designed for 3. 2 would be the standard. Basically a case of going on autopilot mentally.
One of the highlights of my life was meeting and having dinner with Jim Lovell back in 2016 at an annual gathering called Spacefest. Quite surreal to be sat at a table with him.
Great Trivia #2: The Navy Ship Admiral who rescues and greets Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell at the film's conclusion is the real life Jim Lovell, from my hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
Since you liked this, I think you’d also really like “The Right Stuff” (about the first group of astronauts from The Mercury missions) and “First Man,” about Neil Armstrong, played by Ryan Gosling. There’s also a great series from Appletv called “For All Mankind,” a science fiction drama that imagines the course of history if the Apollo program kept going. It’s 4th season is coming later this year.
Tom Hanks can change garbage into gold, but MANY great actors in this one. The biggest thing is a lot of us want the USA to go back to the moon...it has been over 50 years. I love this film cause it is based on fact.
Three great movies that you will like that are sort of on this vein are The Right Stuff (long but amazing), outlining the astronauts and the establishment of the space program, and Hidden Figures, about the race to get up into space, and the women who made it possible (you thought the cockpit mathematics in this movie was something, wait until you see what they had to do in Hidden Figures), and First Man, about Neil Armstrong. Great movies with amazing casts.
Another great, I mean great Astronaut movie is The Right Stuff (Ed Harris). Also Ed Harris was in a movie called The Abyss, such a great movie, also Michael Biehn is in it...a scyfi movie worth seeing.
There is this little show called "For All Mankind"... Since you've enjoyed this film so much (and rightly so), the show might be just the thing for you. It's fictional, starting from the premise: "What if the Russians had made it to the Moon first?", and it's a look at a future that might have been. The show has some of the best writing currently on TV, and, visually, it's a stunner. That was a marvellous, thoughtful reaction, thank you!
Since you liked the film Apollo 13, I think you will also enjoy the film The Right Stuff, and you should react to it if you have not already done so. The film is about the early development of the U.S. Space program, focusing on the selection, training, and accomplishments of the first American astronauts under Project Mercury, which preceded the Gemini and Apollo programs. The men selected to be astronauts for Project Mercury had to have "the Right Stuff" to make the program successful. These first astronauts were collectively referred to as the Mercury Seven: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Alan Shepard became the first American to fly in space in 1961, and later walked on the Moon on Apollo 14 in 1971. Gus Grissom was the second American to fly in space in 1961. He flew the first crewed Gemini mission in 1965. Gus Grissom died in the Apollo 1 fire in 1967. John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth in 1962. He also flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 to become, at age 77, the oldest person to fly in space at the time. John Glenn served from 1974 to 1999 as a U.S. Senator from Ohio. He was the last living member of the Mercury Seven when he died in 2016 at age 95. Scott Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space. Carpenter obtained permission from NASA to take a leave of absence to join the U.S. Navy SEALAB project as an aquanaut. During training he suffered injuries that grounded him, making him unavailable for further spaceflights. Wally Schirra flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission in 1962. In the two-man Gemini program, he achieved the first space rendezvous by station-keeping his Gemini 6A spacecraft within 1 foot (30 cm) of the sister Gemini 7 spacecraft in 1965. In 1968, Schirra commanded Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo mission, in Gus Grissom's place. He was the first astronaut to go into space three times, and was the only astronaut to have flown in all three of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Deke Slayton, was grounded with an atrial fibrillation in 1962. In 1972, he was medically cleared to fly and was the docking module pilot of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was the first crewed international space mission, carried out jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union. Gordon Cooper was the youngest of the Mercury Seven. In 1963, Cooper piloted the longest and last Mercury spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 9. During that 34-hour mission he became the first American to spend an entire day in space, the first to sleep in space, and the last American launched on an entirely solo orbital mission. Despite a series of severe equipment failures, he managed to successfully complete the mission under manual control. Cooper became the first astronaut to make a second orbital flight when he flew as command pilot of Gemini 5 in 1965. Along with pilot Pete Conrad, he set a new space endurance record of 190 hours and 56 minutes-just short of eight days-showing that astronauts could survive in space for the length of time necessary to go from the Earth to the Moon and back.
This has long been a favorite of mine and i think my favorite thing about it is how well it does buiding the suspense. Even though you know how it ends, you still get caught up in the tension of the radio silence, and the worries of the family and everything
That you did not know the actual outcome enhanced your reaction to the final re-entry so much! You must react to The Dish which is an Australian film about our involvement in the moon landing, and it wasn't insignificant!
Documentaries since then have illustrated how accurate this movie is. Mattingly watches the space shot with a Corvette in the background. General Motors offered free cars to the astronauts, as American heroes. They all chose Corvettes. Yes, the IRS joke about late taxes actually happened in Mission Control when Swigert said he forgot to file his taxes. Yes the churches around the country and the world were full as people prayed for the crew; President Nixon appealed to the nation to pray for them. The only significant deviation was for plot tension reasons: the real crew didn't resent Swigert's last-minute substitution or feel he would be less capable than Mattingly. He actually was an expert in emergency procedures. They UNDERplayed the issue of the landing instructions. In real life, Houston had to dictate line by line hundreds of instructions for settings for the crew to re-enter the atmosphere properly. Radio reception was spotty at times. The crew (who were exhausted) wrote these complex calculations and settings out by hand, then read them back to confirm. Turns out, they landed closer to their target in the Pacific than many other regular missions. Outstanding performance. Finally: the commander greeting Tom Hanks at the end and shaking his hand is Jim Lovell.
I think the reason there was no transmission on Re-entry until they were almost on the ground was because the Astronauts didn’t want to expend any power unnecessarily until the shoots opened!
Very accurate, remember watching the broadcast on TV & waiting w/the rest of the world. - The scenes that look like zero-g are real zero-g, wires were not used. - Your smart phone in your pocket has more computer power than all the equipment in the control room & on board the moon rocket... Combined. Ron Howard was a very successful child actor, who made the switch to a very successful teen actor, & again to a very successful Director. (among the best) He's been in front of, or behind the camera, since he learned to walk & talk.
He calculated his numbers for only two people because the crew was taking refuge in the lunar landing module, which in the planned mission landing would only have two crew. While they were on the moon's surface the third crew member orbited the moon in the command module. He forgot to factor in that there was now an unplanned third person in the lunar module consuming resources and contributing waste CO2.
2:14 NASA rushed things in the 60's and the fatal fire on Apollo 1 was the result, so many people were always a little anxious about this program. 6:00 She did get the wedding ring back 🙂 13:55 As a kid back in the 60's I loved watching stories from that TV science reporter, Jules Bergman. 24:22 You were right, Mattingly on the ground was crucial to the return of the crew.
One of the most amazing parts of this mission for me is that they came down within sight of the carrier Iwo Jima, without the aid of all of their technology. I watched this as a 16 or 17 year old and it is a very accurate rendition.
I saw this movie the first time on an overnight night flight from Hawaii to the Mainland. With turbulence and sleep deprivation it was almost like being on a theme park ride. LOL
He figured it for 2 people because the LM (lunar module) was only designed for two to actually land on the moon. He just wasnt thinking in the lifeboat frame of mind.
This mission was a year before I was born, but I still grew up obsessed with NASA and outer space. If I could go up now with 0% chance of returning alive, I'd still do it. I suppose listening to "Dark Side Of the Moon" in a dark room with headphones is the closest I'll ever get to a "space trip".
Watch “The Right Stuff” about the early days of the space program. Australia makes a brief appearance as an important location. An excellent documentary that is mostly about the first landing, of Apollo 11, but includes interviews with the real astronauts, and which the director of this film Ron Howard helped to produce is the 2007 film “In the Shadow of the Moon.” (NOT the 2019 feature film.)
A slower, more serious toned movie, First Man with Ryan Gosling, is one you should have a look at. It follows the personal journey of Neil Armstrong and his colleagues in the Space Race to the moon. It really puts forth the absolute marathon of hurdles needed to overcome, not just to make it to space, but all the way to the moon, and back safe for the world's first time. Great vid man, as all have said below, the movie sells the edge-of-your-seat anxiety, and the levels of intellect on these teams that brought the crew home safely.
I love this movie. My mom took my sister and I to see it in the theaters (might have been a lil young for it, but even I mostly got it) cuz she remembered it as it happened. Seeing them so cold made me cold. If you like space problem solving movies, The Martian is pretty great. Even if fictional vs based on events.
Dude! What a great laugh I had there “wait this is what that’s from!!” If u want to watch a great movie about landing in the moon watch a film called the dish. Its an Australian film so it’s right up your alley.
Yet ANOTHER movie with Forrest and Lieutenant Dan! Man, I miss the 90's, I know that there's nostalgia involved but the movies and music are so good to this day! The 80's were amazing too, in a corny and fun way :)
