The Apollo mission that did not make it to the moon, and almost got the three astronauts killed. Directed by Ron Howard, based on the true story. Three men are preparing to go to the moon, Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise). A couple days before the journey, Mattingly was replaced by Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) for fear that Mattingly may have contracted the measles and would become ill in space. All goes well, until there is an explosion on the ship.
This movie does a very good job of showing the reactions of the families when their spouses/ fathers are in danger. These include wives Marilyn Lovell (Kathleen Quinlan) and Mary Haise (Tracy Reiner) It also does a good job of showing the many team members in Houston. This includes the acting talents of Ed Harris, Clint Howard (Ron Howard's brother) and Marc McClure. The cast also includes Ron's mother, Jean Speegle Howard as Lovell's mother.
The problem solving that went into getting these three home, including the scene of putting a round peg into a square hole was very good. This was to filter the carbon dioxide and they came up with something that worked.
Very well done, and even with knowing the outcome you wanted to heer with the people of mision control agt the end.
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