FILM REVIEW: Name of film: Apollo 13 Main Actors: Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell Bill Paxton as Fred Haise Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert Gary Sinise as Ken Mattingly Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Lovell Director: Ron Howard The year Apollo 13 was released: 1995 The historical circumstances in the film are not unlike the actual events surrounding the 1970 incident. Nothing contradicts what really happened. Though it was dramatized to a certain point, such as the explosion the movie …showed first 75 words of 644 total…

…showed last 75 words of 644 total…unfold as it was happening in space is actually real news footage from America. The movie began with President John F. Kennedy's historic challenge to put a man on the moon by 1970. It also showed footage of Apollo 11 landing on the moon, and the tragic events of a previous mission when astronauts were killed in a fire. This helps hold the historical detail and show what people were thinking about space travel at that time.