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Apollo 13

Apollo 13

Film · 1995

Original languageEnglish

Runtime2 hours 20 minutes

GenreDramaHistory

Set in1970
Letterboxd average
3.8 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0187Last checked

Directed byRon Howard
25 years
between the events and the release
1970 → 1995

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Project

The successor to Projects Mercury and Gemini that began the United States' development of human spaceflight at the dawn of the Cold War, the Apollo Program represented a high-water mark of the Space Race with the first humans successfully setting foot on the Moon in 1969 as part of Apollo 11.

filed under 1969

Runs throughSpace Race2 titles

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Production Information

Written by
Al ReinertWilliam Broyles Jr.
Cinematography
Dean Cundey
Production design
Michael Corenblith
Costume design
Rita Ryack
Music by
James Horner
Technical advisor
Jim LovellJeffrey KlugerMax L. AryJerry BostickDave ScottGerry Griffin
Production country
United States
Budget
$52 million
Box office
$355.2 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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