Apollo 13 – Forty Years On

Apollo 13 is one of our favourite films and the whole mission was called "a successful failure".
Hard to believe it was 40 years ago.We will watch the film again I think, tonight.

Apollo 13 is a film based on Lost Moon, Jim Lovell's book about the event, was released in 1995. It was directed by Ron Howard and starred Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell. Lovell  and other principals have stated that this film depicted the events of the mission with reasonable accuracy, though some dramatic license was taken. Technical inaccuracies have also been noted. The film is among several to misquote the famous statement, "Houston, we've had a problem". However, the filmmakers purposely changed the line because the original quote made it seem that the problem had already passed. The film was a critical and box office success, and was nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

The film engendered new interest in the history of the Apollo program and American space flight in general.