While these are more space fantasy than true sci-fi, the genre's core purpose is to offer commentary on our present and possible future. Films like Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, and Ridley Scott's The Martian are exemplary in their scientific fidelity. However, one film stands out for its unparalleled accuracy: Ron Howard's Apollo 13.
The Story of the Failed, Yet Heroic Flight to the Moon
"Apollo 13" is not your typical sci-fi movie but rather a science space drama with fictional elements, dramatizing the perilous events of the April 1970 space mission. Directed by Ron Howard, known for films like Willow, A Beautiful Mind, and The Da Vinci Code, and written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, the movie meticulously recreates the dangerous mission.
The film's all-star cast, including Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris, delivers stellar...
The Story of the Failed, Yet Heroic Flight to the Moon
"Apollo 13" is not your typical sci-fi movie but rather a science space drama with fictional elements, dramatizing the perilous events of the April 1970 space mission. Directed by Ron Howard, known for films like Willow, A Beautiful Mind, and The Da Vinci Code, and written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, the movie meticulously recreates the dangerous mission.
The film's all-star cast, including Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris, delivers stellar...
- 5/22/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
"Houston, we have a problem." This is easily one of my all-time favorite space movies. Ron Howard's docu-drama thriller Apollo 13 first opened in theaters in the summer of 1995, celebrating its 29th anniversary this year. The old 35mm trailer scanner YouTube recently posted a crisp 2160p scan of the original Apollo 13 trailer. Though this actually plays more like a teaser, setting up the story and stakes and characters without showing too much (the full trailer is also available right below it). In this movie based on a true story, NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 (which launched in April 1970) to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. Starring Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell, Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert, Bill Paxton Fred Haise, and Ed Harris on the ground as Flight Director Gene Kranz.
- 4/29/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Ron Howard's 1995 film "Apollo 13" is an effective thriller even when forearmed with the knowledge that the three astronauts depicted returned to Earth okay. For those unfamiliar with the Apollo 13 mission, in April of 1970, Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise took a shuttle into space, hoping to land on the moon. An electrical problem, however, caused an explosion on the craft, and the astronauts lost a great deal of their oxygen supply. With resources nil and communication limited, the astronauts had to find a way to survive in space and return to Earth alive. Sadly, they didn't get to walk on the moon.
In Howard's film, the astronauts were played by Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton, while Ed Harris played their contact back at NASA. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two for Best Sound and Best Editing. It...
In Howard's film, the astronauts were played by Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton, while Ed Harris played their contact back at NASA. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two for Best Sound and Best Editing. It...
- 4/13/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Adam Petlin, who joined Fox News weeks after its debut in 1996 and was longtime head of Chicago bureau operations, died on Dec. 23 after a long illness. He was 58.
Petlin was one of the first six field photographers hired for the then-fledging news operation in August 1996. He was quickly promoted to supervisory posts and became part of the core team that built the channel into a cable powerhouse.
Petlin led the first Fox News camera crew to reach the scene at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. His other career highlights included a trip to Antarctica and the South Pole with former Apollo program astronaut Jim Lovell.
“He was an integral part of the field and production team and a gifted still and television photographer,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott wrote in a memo to employees sent on Dec. 24. Scott called Petlin “a natural leader” and “a Fox News original.
Petlin was one of the first six field photographers hired for the then-fledging news operation in August 1996. He was quickly promoted to supervisory posts and became part of the core team that built the channel into a cable powerhouse.
Petlin led the first Fox News camera crew to reach the scene at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. His other career highlights included a trip to Antarctica and the South Pole with former Apollo program astronaut Jim Lovell.
“He was an integral part of the field and production team and a gifted still and television photographer,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott wrote in a memo to employees sent on Dec. 24. Scott called Petlin “a natural leader” and “a Fox News original.
- 12/26/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Images of the 2023 National Film Registry selections
Home Alone, Love & Basketball, Apollo 13, 12 Years a Slave, and The Nightmare Before Christmas are among the 25 films chosen to be preserved by the Library of Congress National Film Registry. 2023’s selection also includes Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Lady and the Tramp, Desperately Seeking Susan, and Fame.
“Films are an integral piece of America’s cultural heritage, reflecting stories of our nation for more than 125 years. We are proud to add 25 diverse films to the National Film Registry as we preserve our history through film,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. “We’re grateful to the film community for collaborating with the Library of Congress in our goal to preserve the heritage of cinema for generations to come.”
The new additions date back to 1921 and bring the total number of films included in the registry to 875. According to the Library of Congress,...
Home Alone, Love & Basketball, Apollo 13, 12 Years a Slave, and The Nightmare Before Christmas are among the 25 films chosen to be preserved by the Library of Congress National Film Registry. 2023’s selection also includes Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Lady and the Tramp, Desperately Seeking Susan, and Fame.
“Films are an integral piece of America’s cultural heritage, reflecting stories of our nation for more than 125 years. We are proud to add 25 diverse films to the National Film Registry as we preserve our history through film,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. “We’re grateful to the film community for collaborating with the Library of Congress in our goal to preserve the heritage of cinema for generations to come.”
The new additions date back to 1921 and bring the total number of films included in the registry to 875. According to the Library of Congress,...
- 12/13/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Just in time for the holidays, Chris Columbus’ Home Alone and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas have been unwrapped with 23 other cinematic sparklers for entry into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, it was announced Wednesday.
Among those also voted in: Dinner at Eight (1933), the seventh film from director George Cukor to be selected for preservation; Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan (1985); John Sayles’ Matewan (1987); James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet (1993); Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 (1995); Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Love & Basketball (2000) and Spike Lee’s Bamboozled (2000).
Then, there are the films with music central to their core: Lady and the Tramp (1955), Cruisin’ J-Town (1975), Passing Through (1977), Fame (1980) and the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom (2013).
This year’s picks span the years 1921 (the Kodak educational film A Movie Trip Through Filmland) to 2013 (20 Feet From Stardom and the lone Oscar...
Among those also voted in: Dinner at Eight (1933), the seventh film from director George Cukor to be selected for preservation; Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan (1985); John Sayles’ Matewan (1987); James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet (1993); Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 (1995); Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Love & Basketball (2000) and Spike Lee’s Bamboozled (2000).
Then, there are the films with music central to their core: Lady and the Tramp (1955), Cruisin’ J-Town (1975), Passing Through (1977), Fame (1980) and the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom (2013).
This year’s picks span the years 1921 (the Kodak educational film A Movie Trip Through Filmland) to 2013 (20 Feet From Stardom and the lone Oscar...
- 12/13/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marilyn Lovell, whose stoic comportment during the touch-and-go Apollo 13 flight accident gave the world hope that all would turn out well, died on August 27 in Lake Forest, Illinois, at 93. Her husband of 71 years, Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, was at her side.
Her husband named a small mountain on the moon Mount Marilyn in her honor during his Apollo 8 moon flight in 1968.
Marilyn Lillie Lovell was born on July 11, 1930, in Milwaukee, Wi. She was the youngest of five children. She graduated from Milwaukee’s Juneau High School, where she met her future husband, James A Lovell, Jr.
Marilyn attended George Washington University in Washington DC to be closer to him while he attended the U.S. Naval Academy. They married immediately following his graduation in Annapolis, MD.
She later was an active member of the original “Astronaut’s Wives Club,” promoting her husband’s NASA career.
She is survived by her husband,...
Her husband named a small mountain on the moon Mount Marilyn in her honor during his Apollo 8 moon flight in 1968.
Marilyn Lillie Lovell was born on July 11, 1930, in Milwaukee, Wi. She was the youngest of five children. She graduated from Milwaukee’s Juneau High School, where she met her future husband, James A Lovell, Jr.
Marilyn attended George Washington University in Washington DC to be closer to him while he attended the U.S. Naval Academy. They married immediately following his graduation in Annapolis, MD.
She later was an active member of the original “Astronaut’s Wives Club,” promoting her husband’s NASA career.
She is survived by her husband,...
- 9/2/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
For some, the frenzied search (and hope) surrounding the Titan submersible brought to mind the Apollo 13 near-disaster, which featured NASA astronauts marooned in space aboard a malfunctioning spacecraft, with time and oxygen running out. Fortunately, the Apollo 13 tale had a happier ending, which made it perfect fodder for a Hollywood big-screen retelling. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and the late Bill Paxton starred as the three astronauts aboard the crippled ship, with Hanks playing mission Commander Jim Lovell. During the making of the film, Lovell himself was present on the set, and Hanks admitted to us that he felt a lot of pressure playing the real-life character. (Click on the media bar below to hear Tom Hanks) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tom_Hanks_Apollo_13_.mp3
Apollo 13 is available on DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K, and most digital platforms.
The post Playing ‘Apollo 13’s’ Real-Life Commander Put The Pressure On...
Apollo 13 is available on DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K, and most digital platforms.
The post Playing ‘Apollo 13’s’ Real-Life Commander Put The Pressure On...
- 6/29/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
When discussing the most beloved actors in Hollywood, several prominent names often come to mind.
Clint Eastwood reigns as the iconic figure of Western classics, while Al Pacino stands tall as a legend of dramatic films.
Additionally, Jim Carrey shines brightly as an unparalleled comedy icon.
However, when it comes to effortlessly navigating humor and drama, one name resonates as America’s most relatable performer—Tom Hanks.
With his endearing charm and remarkable versatility, Hanks has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide.
Referred to as “America’s Dad” or “Mr. Nice Guy,” Hanks has earned a reputation for embodying solid, dependable characters that exude trustworthiness.
Yet, his career extends far beyond a single typecast.
Throughout his illustrious journey, Hanks has ventured into a multitude of phases, surprising us with portrayals of peculiar, daring, and occasionally unlikable characters that challenge our perception of him.
In the 1980s, Hanks delighted audiences with his comedic brilliance,...
Clint Eastwood reigns as the iconic figure of Western classics, while Al Pacino stands tall as a legend of dramatic films.
Additionally, Jim Carrey shines brightly as an unparalleled comedy icon.
However, when it comes to effortlessly navigating humor and drama, one name resonates as America’s most relatable performer—Tom Hanks.
With his endearing charm and remarkable versatility, Hanks has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide.
Referred to as “America’s Dad” or “Mr. Nice Guy,” Hanks has earned a reputation for embodying solid, dependable characters that exude trustworthiness.
Yet, his career extends far beyond a single typecast.
Throughout his illustrious journey, Hanks has ventured into a multitude of phases, surprising us with portrayals of peculiar, daring, and occasionally unlikable characters that challenge our perception of him.
In the 1980s, Hanks delighted audiences with his comedic brilliance,...
- 6/3/2023
- by Dee Gambit
- buddytv.com
The props and set were only part of what brought the world of Gunsmoke to life. The cast had a natural chemistry that allowed their characters to pop off the screen in brilliant ways. They were further brought together when a part of Dodge City left the set and went all of the way to space during the Apollo 8 mission. However, the most special part was that they each got to keep a part of history in the process.
‘Gunsmoke’ was the top-rated show on television L-r: Milburn Stone as Doc Adams, James Arness as Matt Dillon, Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty, and Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen | CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
Gunsmoke originally started as a radio show in 1952, which was adapted into a television show in 1955. Fortunately, it allowed the show to get off on the right foot, as there was already an established fan base that...
‘Gunsmoke’ was the top-rated show on television L-r: Milburn Stone as Doc Adams, James Arness as Matt Dillon, Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty, and Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen | CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
Gunsmoke originally started as a radio show in 1952, which was adapted into a television show in 1955. Fortunately, it allowed the show to get off on the right foot, as there was already an established fan base that...
- 4/14/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Somewhere in between his Oscar-winning portrayal of a gay lawyer dying of AIDS in "Philadelphia" and his performance as the mild-mannered captain of an Army detachment ordered to rescue the sole surviving son of a family that lost three of their children to the Normandy Invasion in "Saving Private Ryan," Tom Hanks was declared the James Stewart of his generation. The evidence was compelling. As Forrest Gump, astronaut Jim Lovell, and Sheriff Woody, Hanks had come to exemplify all that is right and decent about America. We saw the best of ourselves in his characters, while, off-screen, he exuded good, clean charm whenever he turned up on a talk show or a red carpet. He seemed affable, erudite, and kind. But to call him the Baby Boomer James Stewart was to ignore Stewart's willingness to play hard against type.
It is 2023, and Hanks has just delivered his first truly...
It is 2023, and Hanks has just delivered his first truly...
- 3/17/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
This post contains mild spoilers for episode 6 of "The Last of Us."
There are two quiet, existential scenes shared between Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) that parallel each other at the beginning and final moments of "The Last of Us" episode 6. Right before running into Tommy (Gabriel Luna) at the Jackson Commune, our loveable duo sit underneath the stars and talk about their dreams and ambitions. Ellie begins to wonder, "then what?" Hypothetically, if the Fireflies are able to make a cure from her blood, what do they do next? If they can cure society and become free to do or be anything, what would it be?
Off the cuff, Joel answers that he'd get an old farmhouse and herd sheep. "They're quiet and do what they're told" he quips. When it's time for Ellie to share, she looks up to the stars and gushes about the spectacle of outer space.
There are two quiet, existential scenes shared between Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) that parallel each other at the beginning and final moments of "The Last of Us" episode 6. Right before running into Tommy (Gabriel Luna) at the Jackson Commune, our loveable duo sit underneath the stars and talk about their dreams and ambitions. Ellie begins to wonder, "then what?" Hypothetically, if the Fireflies are able to make a cure from her blood, what do they do next? If they can cure society and become free to do or be anything, what would it be?
Off the cuff, Joel answers that he'd get an old farmhouse and herd sheep. "They're quiet and do what they're told" he quips. When it's time for Ellie to share, she looks up to the stars and gushes about the spectacle of outer space.
- 2/20/2023
- by Tyler Llewyn Taing
- Slash Film
Ever since there have been movies, there have been movie stars – and becoming one of the world’s greatest actors involves being able to be many things at once. For one, you have to be able to act – to really inhabit a character’s deepest emotions, to step into their skin so that the words on the page come across as lived and felt. Plus, you have to be able to take that technical mastery and apply it across multiple genres, from quiet character dramas to epic action-packed blockbusters. And on top of that, you have to have that thing that can’t really be learned, or taught – a charisma, a command of the camera, an energy that enlivens even the most stellar script, and makes audiences flock to the multiplex in their droves.
For Empire’s February 2023 issue, we asked readers to vote for the best actors of all...
For Empire’s February 2023 issue, we asked readers to vote for the best actors of all...
- 12/20/2022
- by Ben Travis, Sophie Butcher, Nick de Semlyen, James Dyer, John Nugent, Alex Godfrey, Helen O’Hara
- Empire - Movies
Parabolas have their ups and downs. On the upside, the alternating arcs of a parabolic flight can replicate gravity-free conditions inside an aircraft, which makes the ideal environment for filming space movies like "Apollo 13." Kevin Bacon, however — who plays Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert in the film — has firsthand knowledge of parabolic flight's icky downside.
1995's "Apollo 13" is a Ron Howard special, the type of crisp, well-performed rescue story that he also tells in this year's "Thirteen Lives," his film about rescuing a soccer team from a cave in Thailand. Howard's earlier film takes its audience through NASA's greatest "successful failure" — the scrubbed 1970 moon mission that turned into an improvised trek back to Earth for the trio of astronauts aboard. Tom Hanks, as Commander Jim Lovell, and Bill Paxton, as Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, join Bacon in one of the finest space movies of all time.
1995's "Apollo 13" is a Ron Howard special, the type of crisp, well-performed rescue story that he also tells in this year's "Thirteen Lives," his film about rescuing a soccer team from a cave in Thailand. Howard's earlier film takes its audience through NASA's greatest "successful failure" — the scrubbed 1970 moon mission that turned into an improvised trek back to Earth for the trio of astronauts aboard. Tom Hanks, as Commander Jim Lovell, and Bill Paxton, as Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, join Bacon in one of the finest space movies of all time.
- 12/1/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
Stephen Colbert had a plainspoken Election Eve message for America on Monday’s episode of “The Late Show,” and unsurprisingly the overarching point: the country must dump Trump once and for all.
Or as he put it quite simply at the end of the 11-minute, 3-second monologue: “We gotta dump this loser.”
Earlier in the bit, Colbert took a moment to note that regardless of the anxiety that millions of Americans are feeling at this moment, he is actually the calmest he’s been in a long time.
“I’m the most relaxed I’ve been for months because, at 11:38 the night before the election, what ya gonna do?” I think we can officially say we’ve given Donald Trump a chance. Jared, you have 22 minutes to achieve Middle East peace,” Colbert said.
Colbert’s point was that it’s really not an exaggeration to say that democracy as...
Or as he put it quite simply at the end of the 11-minute, 3-second monologue: “We gotta dump this loser.”
Earlier in the bit, Colbert took a moment to note that regardless of the anxiety that millions of Americans are feeling at this moment, he is actually the calmest he’s been in a long time.
“I’m the most relaxed I’ve been for months because, at 11:38 the night before the election, what ya gonna do?” I think we can officially say we’ve given Donald Trump a chance. Jared, you have 22 minutes to achieve Middle East peace,” Colbert said.
Colbert’s point was that it’s really not an exaggeration to say that democracy as...
- 11/3/2020
- by Joseph Kapsch
- The Wrap
Neil Cavuto spends 17 hours a week on air at Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. Today, he is eager to take on one more.
Cavuto, who is known for his coverage of the worlds of business and finance, will later this day turn to space, as many news outlets hope that a joint launch by Nasa and entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX that was scuttled on Thursday can take place this afternoon. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley will attempt to journey to the International Space Station on a spacecraft designed by Musk’s company.
Both of the anchor’s programs today – his regular Saturday “Cavuto Live” and his coverage at 3 p.m. – will focus on the launch. “In a decade like the ’60s, when JFK dreamed of landing on the moon, we did all of it amid wars and riots and upheaval,” says Cavuto, who notes that...
Cavuto, who is known for his coverage of the worlds of business and finance, will later this day turn to space, as many news outlets hope that a joint launch by Nasa and entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX that was scuttled on Thursday can take place this afternoon. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley will attempt to journey to the International Space Station on a spacecraft designed by Musk’s company.
Both of the anchor’s programs today – his regular Saturday “Cavuto Live” and his coverage at 3 p.m. – will focus on the launch. “In a decade like the ’60s, when JFK dreamed of landing on the moon, we did all of it amid wars and riots and upheaval,” says Cavuto, who notes that...
- 5/30/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
This month you can watch the night He came home from the safety of your own home like never before when Universal Pictures Home Entertainment kicks off their weekly Twitter watch parties with Halloween (2018).
Hosted by Blumhouse with special guests David Gordon Green, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more, the Halloween (2018) screening will begin at 4:00pm Et on Saturday, May 16th at 4:00pm Et, and viewers are encouraged to use the #HalloweenAtHome hashtag. For more details on the Twitter watch parties, check out the official press release:
Press Release: Universal City, California, May 12, 2020 – To entertain and bring audiences together, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has organized weekly watch parties of some of their most iconic films. Every Saturday, starting May 16th, audiences can watch a Universal Pictures film along with special guests and hosts for fans around the world to share reactions and discuss their favorite scenes together on Twitter.
Hosted by Blumhouse with special guests David Gordon Green, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more, the Halloween (2018) screening will begin at 4:00pm Et on Saturday, May 16th at 4:00pm Et, and viewers are encouraged to use the #HalloweenAtHome hashtag. For more details on the Twitter watch parties, check out the official press release:
Press Release: Universal City, California, May 12, 2020 – To entertain and bring audiences together, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has organized weekly watch parties of some of their most iconic films. Every Saturday, starting May 16th, audiences can watch a Universal Pictures film along with special guests and hosts for fans around the world to share reactions and discuss their favorite scenes together on Twitter.
- 5/12/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has is getting in on the movie watch parties by announcing their very own Twitter watch parties with some of their own classic films to bring audiences together.
Starting on May the 16th with Halloween audiences can watch a Universal Pictures film along with special guests and hosts for fans around the world to share reactions and discuss their favourite scenes together on Twitter.
In order to join, simply follow the hosts on Twitter. Unlike others who have been showing their films for free with a small donation to charity, you will have to buy or rent the weekend’s movie at any retailer, and press play at exactly 1pm Pt / 4pm Et / 9pm BST! Follow and use the designated hashtag for each title to participate and discuss with friends and other excited fans.
Each and every Saturday will feature a different film, host and a number of special guests.
Starting on May the 16th with Halloween audiences can watch a Universal Pictures film along with special guests and hosts for fans around the world to share reactions and discuss their favourite scenes together on Twitter.
In order to join, simply follow the hosts on Twitter. Unlike others who have been showing their films for free with a small donation to charity, you will have to buy or rent the weekend’s movie at any retailer, and press play at exactly 1pm Pt / 4pm Et / 9pm BST! Follow and use the designated hashtag for each title to participate and discuss with friends and other excited fans.
Each and every Saturday will feature a different film, host and a number of special guests.
- 5/12/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
‘Apollo 13’ Lifts Off Again in Cinemas Nationwide This April, 50 Years After the Breathtaking Crisis in Space. For Three Days Only, Ron Howard’s Box-Office Blockbuster
Returns to the Big Screen for its 25th Anniversary
Almost 50 years to the day after the liftoff of the ill-fated 1970 space mission for America’s third Moon landing, director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer’s acclaimed film “Apollo 13” returns to movie theaters in a special three-day-only presentation from Fathom Events, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
Tickets are available at www.FathomEvents.com or participating movie theater box offices.
“Apollo 13” will play April 5, 6 and 8, blasting off in more than 600 movie theaters nationwide. A full list of theater locations is available on the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).
“Apollo 13” boasts a star-studded cast, featuring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan,...
Returns to the Big Screen for its 25th Anniversary
Almost 50 years to the day after the liftoff of the ill-fated 1970 space mission for America’s third Moon landing, director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer’s acclaimed film “Apollo 13” returns to movie theaters in a special three-day-only presentation from Fathom Events, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
Tickets are available at www.FathomEvents.com or participating movie theater box offices.
“Apollo 13” will play April 5, 6 and 8, blasting off in more than 600 movie theaters nationwide. A full list of theater locations is available on the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).
“Apollo 13” boasts a star-studded cast, featuring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hollywood loves to be referential, even when it’s unintentional. This is evident in some of the Oscar contenders for best picture. While each are unique and stand out in their own right, they often draw similarities to past buzzy films and television programs. Will nostalgia help make one of the movies on this list find its name inside that last sealed envelope on Oscar night?
1917
War films, particularly those in which an unlikely band of allies are up against the Germans, have long persevered at award shows. Director Sam Mendes’ period drama follows two young British soldiers stuck in France during the height of World War I who wind up on a mission to save the day. For context, consider former best picture nominees like 2017’s “Dunkirk” and 1998’s “Saving Private Ryan.”
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
American legend Tom Hanks is back again to play another American legend.
1917
War films, particularly those in which an unlikely band of allies are up against the Germans, have long persevered at award shows. Director Sam Mendes’ period drama follows two young British soldiers stuck in France during the height of World War I who wind up on a mission to save the day. For context, consider former best picture nominees like 2017’s “Dunkirk” and 1998’s “Saving Private Ryan.”
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
American legend Tom Hanks is back again to play another American legend.
- 12/5/2019
- by Whitney Friedlander
- Variety Film + TV
By our count, Tom Hanks has played eight real-life characters in films, including Fred Rogers in the new movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. And while each of those people was very different — from Walt Disney to astronaut Jim Lovell to journalist Ben Bradlee — Hanks says he approaches each one with a [...]
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- 11/22/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Joseph Baxter Sep 9, 2019
Mattel’s 1960s astronaut toy line, Major Matt Mason, is getting a live-action movie, with Tom Hanks set to star.
Tom Hanks has chartered another onscreen adventure in space, having signed on for Major Matt Mason, a movie based on Mattel’s 1960s line of astronaut action figures.
Hanks is set to star in the live-action film adaptation of Major Matt Mason, reports Variety. The film will see Hanks joined by a familiar face in writer Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind screenwriter, who wrote two entries of his Dan Brown movie adaptations, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, amongst a CV that includes recent work on DC Universe’s Titans, CBS All Access’s Star Trek: Discovery, as well as The Dark Tower movie, Transformers: The Last Knight and Rings. Goldsman is adapting the script off a short story from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon.
Mattel’s 1960s astronaut toy line, Major Matt Mason, is getting a live-action movie, with Tom Hanks set to star.
Tom Hanks has chartered another onscreen adventure in space, having signed on for Major Matt Mason, a movie based on Mattel’s 1960s line of astronaut action figures.
Hanks is set to star in the live-action film adaptation of Major Matt Mason, reports Variety. The film will see Hanks joined by a familiar face in writer Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind screenwriter, who wrote two entries of his Dan Brown movie adaptations, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, amongst a CV that includes recent work on DC Universe’s Titans, CBS All Access’s Star Trek: Discovery, as well as The Dark Tower movie, Transformers: The Last Knight and Rings. Goldsman is adapting the script off a short story from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon.
- 9/9/2019
- Den of Geek
Chicago – July 20th, 2019, will mark the 50th Anniversary that a human being – astronaut Neil Armstrong – first stepped on the moon. All month in July/August, PBS station Wttw is featuring its “Summer of Space,” with special programming dedicated to both the Apollo 11 moon landing/walk and other space-themed shows. Participating are Chicago media personalities Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano, in “Jim Lovell in Booth One with Sirott and Murciano.” For a schedule of showings, click here.
Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano, besides being married, are a media power couple in Chicago, having co-hosted TV’s “Fox Thing in the Morning,” and had radio shows on Wgn and Wls. Before their collaborations, Bob Sirott was a Top 40 style disk jockey on Wls-am during the heyday of that format in the 1970s. He went on to network television, as one of the correspondents of CBS-tv’s “West 57th,”a newsmagazine show that...
Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano, besides being married, are a media power couple in Chicago, having co-hosted TV’s “Fox Thing in the Morning,” and had radio shows on Wgn and Wls. Before their collaborations, Bob Sirott was a Top 40 style disk jockey on Wls-am during the heyday of that format in the 1970s. He went on to network television, as one of the correspondents of CBS-tv’s “West 57th,”a newsmagazine show that...
- 7/11/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Stars: Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad | Directed by Al Reinert
Nasa’s historic Apollo programme only becomes more fascinating as time passes and technology advances. Ahead of the release of Todd Douglas Miller’s Apollo 11, Criterion are offering a chance to see another Space Race documentary, similarly relying on remastered Nasa footage and the voices of people involved in those groundbreaking (ground-leaving?) space missions, some fifty years ago.
Charitably, director Al Reinert and editor Susan Korda don’t just focus on the first Moon landing, but rather cover multiple ventures, from Apollo 8 through to the final Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
Six years in the making, this 1989 version is only slightly less barebones than its original 1983 format. There’s little information about who is speaking at any given moment, or even which mission we’re watching (tip: turn on the subtitles). Some of the post-dubbed sound...
Nasa’s historic Apollo programme only becomes more fascinating as time passes and technology advances. Ahead of the release of Todd Douglas Miller’s Apollo 11, Criterion are offering a chance to see another Space Race documentary, similarly relying on remastered Nasa footage and the voices of people involved in those groundbreaking (ground-leaving?) space missions, some fifty years ago.
Charitably, director Al Reinert and editor Susan Korda don’t just focus on the first Moon landing, but rather cover multiple ventures, from Apollo 8 through to the final Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
Six years in the making, this 1989 version is only slightly less barebones than its original 1983 format. There’s little information about who is speaking at any given moment, or even which mission we’re watching (tip: turn on the subtitles). Some of the post-dubbed sound...
- 6/25/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
“The Saturn V rocket is still the most powerful machine ever made.”
In 1968, Nasa sent three men farther and faster than anyone had gone before. This is the story of how Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders changed history on the flight of Apollo 8.
Check out this video from the three pioneers and their heroic voyage.
Once upon a time America’s Space Program was envied and unrivaled. There was a time when we had the determination, ability and huge national pride of travelling to our nearest celestial neighbor. It’s encouraging to know we will once again start making frequent trips with Nasa’s recent announcement of our return to the Moon.
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/back.html
“Nasa is going to the Moon with commercial and international partners to explore faster and explore more together. This work will bring new knowledge and opportunities and inspire the next generation.
In 1968, Nasa sent three men farther and faster than anyone had gone before. This is the story of how Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders changed history on the flight of Apollo 8.
Check out this video from the three pioneers and their heroic voyage.
Once upon a time America’s Space Program was envied and unrivaled. There was a time when we had the determination, ability and huge national pride of travelling to our nearest celestial neighbor. It’s encouraging to know we will once again start making frequent trips with Nasa’s recent announcement of our return to the Moon.
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/back.html
“Nasa is going to the Moon with commercial and international partners to explore faster and explore more together. This work will bring new knowledge and opportunities and inspire the next generation.
- 5/30/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tom Hanks is easily one of my all-time favorite actors, so whenever he lands a new movie role I can’t help but be excited. The actor is going to be joining director Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis biopic and he will take on the role of Elvis’ iconic manager Colonel Tom Parker. Luhrmann is best known for his films such as The Great Gatsby, Romeo & Juliet, and Moulin Rouge.
Parker is the guy who discovered Presley when he was just an unknown musician. He ended up being his lone representation and was responsible for various milestones, including Presley’s record deal with RCA and his successful acting career.
According to Variety, Luhrmann always envisioned a star like Hanks for Parker’s part, but he is looking for a newcomer for the role of Presley.
The report goes on to say that “a budget is still being ironed out,...
Parker is the guy who discovered Presley when he was just an unknown musician. He ended up being his lone representation and was responsible for various milestones, including Presley’s record deal with RCA and his successful acting career.
According to Variety, Luhrmann always envisioned a star like Hanks for Parker’s part, but he is looking for a newcomer for the role of Presley.
The report goes on to say that “a budget is still being ironed out,...
- 3/28/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Tom Hanks is in negotiations to play Elvis Presley’s iconic manager Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Warner Bros. biopic[/link] about the legendary musician.
Luhrmann will direct the movie. He also penned the script with Craig Pearce.
Parker discovered Presley when he was just an unknown and quickly moved in as his lone representation. Parker was responsible for various milestones, including Presley’s record deal with RCA and his successful acting career.
While Luhrmann always envisioned a star for Parker’s part, he wants a newcomer for the role of Presley. The director has begun meeting with talent for the part.
Insiders say a budget is still being ironed out, but Hanks’ commitment will urge the studio to push the project forward. Luhrmann hopes to get the pic into production sometime this year.
Hanks is no stranger to portraying real-life figures like astronaut Jim Lovell in “Apollo 13,...
Luhrmann will direct the movie. He also penned the script with Craig Pearce.
Parker discovered Presley when he was just an unknown and quickly moved in as his lone representation. Parker was responsible for various milestones, including Presley’s record deal with RCA and his successful acting career.
While Luhrmann always envisioned a star for Parker’s part, he wants a newcomer for the role of Presley. The director has begun meeting with talent for the part.
Insiders say a budget is still being ironed out, but Hanks’ commitment will urge the studio to push the project forward. Luhrmann hopes to get the pic into production sometime this year.
Hanks is no stranger to portraying real-life figures like astronaut Jim Lovell in “Apollo 13,...
- 3/28/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
After collaborating with Damien Chazelle on La La Land to the tune of three Oscar nominations, sound editors Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Morgan embarked on a transformative odyssey with First Man, which defied their preconceptions of how sound might manifest in a big-budget space drama. Scripted by Josh Singer, Chazelle’s latest would dive into the psychology and potently immersive experiences of Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon.
Knowing the degree to which Chazelle and his team respected Armstrong and his legacy—and their desire to faithfully recreate his experiences in space—Lee imagined that the film’s sonic palette should feel “real and authentic” at every moment. Ultimately, while a series of Nasa space missions were recreated in meticulous detail, on visual and sonic levels, there was more room for the figurative use of sound than she had imagined. “Damien wanted the sound to convey danger,...
Knowing the degree to which Chazelle and his team respected Armstrong and his legacy—and their desire to faithfully recreate his experiences in space—Lee imagined that the film’s sonic palette should feel “real and authentic” at every moment. Ultimately, while a series of Nasa space missions were recreated in meticulous detail, on visual and sonic levels, there was more room for the figurative use of sound than she had imagined. “Damien wanted the sound to convey danger,...
- 12/12/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – There were several “firsts” for humankind in our civilization and technology breakthroughs, but until 1969 no person had even stepped on a planetary surface other than on earth. Neil Armstrong was that man, and he is portrayed by Ryan Gosling in a respectful overview of that Apollo 11 mission in “First Man.”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film is directed by Damien Chazelle of “La La Land,” and nobody would ever accuse him of sitting back on his laurels. He has taken his time as an artist to pursue different genres of storytelling, and “First Man” is a based-on-history drama of high order. The slowly paced film breaks down the pursuit to get to the moon… part geopolitics, part discovery and all adventure. Neil Armstrong was a famously reticent man, and actor Ryan Gosling is perfect to interpret that part of him. The actor’s infamous stone face is super-astronaut appropriate, but he also...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film is directed by Damien Chazelle of “La La Land,” and nobody would ever accuse him of sitting back on his laurels. He has taken his time as an artist to pursue different genres of storytelling, and “First Man” is a based-on-history drama of high order. The slowly paced film breaks down the pursuit to get to the moon… part geopolitics, part discovery and all adventure. Neil Armstrong was a famously reticent man, and actor Ryan Gosling is perfect to interpret that part of him. The actor’s infamous stone face is super-astronaut appropriate, but he also...
- 10/12/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
On the heels of their six-time Academy Award®-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ First Man, the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong’s perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost—on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself—of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
Written by Academy Award® winner Josh Singer, the epic drama of leading under the pressure of grace and tragedy is produced by Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen through their Temple Hill Entertainment banner, alongside Isaac Klausner and Chazelle. Steven Spielberg, Adam Merims and Singer executive produce, while DreamWorks Pictures co-finances the film.
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Written by Academy Award® winner Josh Singer, the epic drama of leading under the pressure of grace and tragedy is produced by Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen through their Temple Hill Entertainment banner, alongside Isaac Klausner and Chazelle. Steven Spielberg, Adam Merims and Singer executive produce, while DreamWorks Pictures co-finances the film.
In...
- 10/2/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ryan Gosling and “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle reteam in “First Man,” the riveting true story of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon — or, as Universal calls it in its new trailer released Friday night, “one of the most dangerous missions in history.”
The clip features Gosling as Armstrong, battling the fear of what could happen if something goes wrong in the flight to the moon. “We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there,” he says to his Nasa colleagues.
As ominous music sets the mood, Armstrong and his wife (played by Claire Foy) tell their two sons about the Apollo 11 spaceflight. “Do you think you’re coming back?” asks one boy. “There are risks but we have every intention of coming back,” Gosling’s Armstrong reassures.
Also Read: Ryan Gosling Blasts Off as Neil Armstrong in 'First Man...
The clip features Gosling as Armstrong, battling the fear of what could happen if something goes wrong in the flight to the moon. “We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there,” he says to his Nasa colleagues.
As ominous music sets the mood, Armstrong and his wife (played by Claire Foy) tell their two sons about the Apollo 11 spaceflight. “Do you think you’re coming back?” asks one boy. “There are risks but we have every intention of coming back,” Gosling’s Armstrong reassures.
Also Read: Ryan Gosling Blasts Off as Neil Armstrong in 'First Man...
- 6/9/2018
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
In this edition of Canon Of Film, we take a look back at Ron Howard‘s ‘Apollo 13’ in honor of ‘Solo‘ and ‘Arrested Development‘ season 5.
Apollo 13 (1995)
Director: Ron Howard
Screenplay: William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert based on the book “Lost Moon,” by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
For some reason, certain films are almost too familiar for me to talk about well. Even great films. ‘Apollo 13‘, in America anyway, is one of those films for a lot of people, me included. A few films are like this, that they ingrain so much of the best of Americana that they almost exist outside of their greatness as a film. In fact, when they are so ingrained, the greatness of a film, sometimes gets overshadowed. It’s almost impossible to see the amazing technical achievements now, partially because they’re hidden in plain sight so brilliantly, recreating images and of 1970 space technology,...
Apollo 13 (1995)
Director: Ron Howard
Screenplay: William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert based on the book “Lost Moon,” by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
For some reason, certain films are almost too familiar for me to talk about well. Even great films. ‘Apollo 13‘, in America anyway, is one of those films for a lot of people, me included. A few films are like this, that they ingrain so much of the best of Americana that they almost exist outside of their greatness as a film. In fact, when they are so ingrained, the greatness of a film, sometimes gets overshadowed. It’s almost impossible to see the amazing technical achievements now, partially because they’re hidden in plain sight so brilliantly, recreating images and of 1970 space technology,...
- 5/23/2018
- by David Baruffi
- Age of the Nerd
Films like “Apollo 13” and “Gravity” have delved into the deadly risks astronauts take when they go into space, but Damien Chazelle will show how those disasters impacted Neil Armstrong, in “First Man,” his upcoming film starring Ryan Gosling as the famed Apollo 11 astronaut.
“What I really wanted to do is get to know the people who went on this unimaginable journey and take audiences along with them,” Chazelle said before unveiling the film’s first trailer at CinemaCon.
The trailer shows Gosling as Armstrong taking care of his infant child with his wife, Janet, played by Claire Foy. It then shows the couple mourning their friends in Nasa who were killed in previous missions while watching new tests and launches take place, often with disastrous results.
Also Read: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone Reunite in Epic 'Blade Runner 2049,' 'La La Land' Mashup (Video)
Among those infamous tragedies are Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee (Jason Clarke and Cory Michael Smith), the men who were tragically killed on the launch pad during the first Apollo mission. Pablo Schreiber will also appear as Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who said the infamous “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
“We have every intention of coming back,” Armstrong assures his son before embarking on his lunar voyage.
“But you might not,” his son replies, to which Armstrong can only admit,”That’s right.”
“First Man” will hit theaters October 12.
Read original story ‘First Man’ Trailer Peek: Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy Blast Off At TheWrap...
“What I really wanted to do is get to know the people who went on this unimaginable journey and take audiences along with them,” Chazelle said before unveiling the film’s first trailer at CinemaCon.
The trailer shows Gosling as Armstrong taking care of his infant child with his wife, Janet, played by Claire Foy. It then shows the couple mourning their friends in Nasa who were killed in previous missions while watching new tests and launches take place, often with disastrous results.
Also Read: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone Reunite in Epic 'Blade Runner 2049,' 'La La Land' Mashup (Video)
Among those infamous tragedies are Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee (Jason Clarke and Cory Michael Smith), the men who were tragically killed on the launch pad during the first Apollo mission. Pablo Schreiber will also appear as Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who said the infamous “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
“We have every intention of coming back,” Armstrong assures his son before embarking on his lunar voyage.
“But you might not,” his son replies, to which Armstrong can only admit,”That’s right.”
“First Man” will hit theaters October 12.
Read original story ‘First Man’ Trailer Peek: Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy Blast Off At TheWrap...
- 4/25/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Pablo Schreiber (American Gods) has been cast to play astronaut Jim Lovell in Damien Chazelle’s moon-mission movie First Man.
Lovell is best known as the commander of Apollo 13 — once played by Tom Hanks in the 1995 Ron Howard movie. Lovell is one of only 24 people to have flown to the moon. He is the first of only three to fly to the moon twice. He also is the first person to travel to space four times. Schreiber will play along side Ryan Gosling in the Universal movie, which lands in theaters on October 12, 2018.
The movie also stars Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, The Strain), Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), and Kyle Chandler (Super 8, Friday Night Lights). The movie is written by Academy Award winner Josh Singer (Spotlight).
First Man is based on James Hansen’s biography First Man: A Life Of Neil A.
Lovell is best known as the commander of Apollo 13 — once played by Tom Hanks in the 1995 Ron Howard movie. Lovell is one of only 24 people to have flown to the moon. He is the first of only three to fly to the moon twice. He also is the first person to travel to space four times. Schreiber will play along side Ryan Gosling in the Universal movie, which lands in theaters on October 12, 2018.
The movie also stars Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, The Strain), Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), and Kyle Chandler (Super 8, Friday Night Lights). The movie is written by Academy Award winner Josh Singer (Spotlight).
First Man is based on James Hansen’s biography First Man: A Life Of Neil A.
- 10/4/2017
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
American Gods Star Pablo Schreiber has signed on to portray astronaut Jim Lovell in Damien Chazelle's First Man.
- 10/3/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: American Gods star Pablo Schreiber will play astronaut Jim Lovell in Damien Chazelle’s moon-mission movie First Man. Lovell had quite the résumé: Best known as the commander of Apollo 13 — played by Tom Hanks in the 1995 Ron Howard movie — he is one of only 24 people to have flown to the moon, the first of only three to fly to the big rock twice and the only one to have flown there twice without making an actual landing. He also is the first person to fly in…...
- 10/3/2017
- Deadline
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Neon, the recently launched distribution company founded by Tom Quinn and Tim League, will release Oscar winning director Errol Morris’ “The B-Side,” a heartfelt portrait of photographer, Elsa Dorfman. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2016 followed by a prestigious festival run, screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (Idfa).
The film is slated to open theatrically on June 2.
– Gravitas Ventures has secured worldwide rights to “Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo,” the compelling untold story about an extraordinary team.
The story is told told “with unprecedented access to archival footage and stories from the men who lived it, including the creator of Mission Control,...
– Neon, the recently launched distribution company founded by Tom Quinn and Tim League, will release Oscar winning director Errol Morris’ “The B-Side,” a heartfelt portrait of photographer, Elsa Dorfman. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2016 followed by a prestigious festival run, screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (Idfa).
The film is slated to open theatrically on June 2.
– Gravitas Ventures has secured worldwide rights to “Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo,” the compelling untold story about an extraordinary team.
The story is told told “with unprecedented access to archival footage and stories from the men who lived it, including the creator of Mission Control,...
- 2/24/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
On Story – Screenwriters and Filmakers on Their Iconic Films
Edited by Barbara Morgan and Maya Perez
247 pages, $20, University of Texas Press
The Austin Film Festival is a great place to watch films and hear from filmmakers as co-founder and Executive Director Barbara Morgan assembles a winning lineup of producers, directors, screenwriters, and performers to come talk about their craft.
Thankfully, Morgan and Maya Perez, producer of the Emmy-winning PBS series Austin Film Festival’s On-Story, have collected an assortment in a too-short collection, On Story – Screenwriters and Filmakers on Their Iconic Films. After a James Franco introduction, we get the best from the last 20 years’ worth of conversations in transcript form.
Among the highlights is the Conversation with Shane Black, David Milch, and Sydney Pollack, where the diverse filmmakers talk character, plot, structure, theme and favorite moments from across their careers.
Similarly, genre devotees will appreciate the focus on comic...
Edited by Barbara Morgan and Maya Perez
247 pages, $20, University of Texas Press
The Austin Film Festival is a great place to watch films and hear from filmmakers as co-founder and Executive Director Barbara Morgan assembles a winning lineup of producers, directors, screenwriters, and performers to come talk about their craft.
Thankfully, Morgan and Maya Perez, producer of the Emmy-winning PBS series Austin Film Festival’s On-Story, have collected an assortment in a too-short collection, On Story – Screenwriters and Filmakers on Their Iconic Films. After a James Franco introduction, we get the best from the last 20 years’ worth of conversations in transcript form.
Among the highlights is the Conversation with Shane Black, David Milch, and Sydney Pollack, where the diverse filmmakers talk character, plot, structure, theme and favorite moments from across their careers.
Similarly, genre devotees will appreciate the focus on comic...
- 11/9/2016
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
There are very few actors working in Hollywood today that have the ability to do literally anything. Most become synonymous with a particular genre, and coast along in their comfort zone. Some occasionally dip into new material, but soon retreat to the familiar. Then there’s two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks.
As a performer, Hanks has successfully hopped between comedy, drama, thriller, and sci-fi; he’s skipped between time periods, and has played multiple roles in the same movie. In his 36 year career, he has reached the status of ‘Go-to true story lead’ – which means that we can hardly imagine any biopic or cinematic rendering of heroism or drama, without Hanks in the notable role. Of course, Tom Hanks is the man to play Jim Lovell – stoically leading an ill-fated mission to the moon. But, he’s also the man to play the alcoholic, womanizing Texas congressman Charlie Wilson – manipulating U.
As a performer, Hanks has successfully hopped between comedy, drama, thriller, and sci-fi; he’s skipped between time periods, and has played multiple roles in the same movie. In his 36 year career, he has reached the status of ‘Go-to true story lead’ – which means that we can hardly imagine any biopic or cinematic rendering of heroism or drama, without Hanks in the notable role. Of course, Tom Hanks is the man to play Jim Lovell – stoically leading an ill-fated mission to the moon. But, he’s also the man to play the alcoholic, womanizing Texas congressman Charlie Wilson – manipulating U.
- 8/1/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
This is the Pure Movies review of The Last Man On The Moon. Former Nasa astronaut and Navy Captain Gene Cernan became the last man to walk on the moon in December 1972. Featuring rare footage of the last moonwalk, and interviews with former astronauts, including Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, the documentary shares Cernan’s personal story of fulfilment, love and loss. The Last Man on the Moon charts Eugene “Gene” Cernan’s incredible career from a Top Gun Naval pilot, to an early Nasa astronaut and the last of the 12 men to ever set foot on the moon. Director Mark Craig (Talk To Me, The Flying Scot) takes us on an intimate journey, encapsulating the pioneering-spirit and at times brutality of early space travel.
- 4/7/2016
- by Dave Owen
- Pure Movies
2015 may just be noted in the annals of cinema history as the year that Hollywood really went “space happy” (a more benign term for “space madness” I suppose). The Martian, a fairly fact-based film (though we’ve not gone to the “red planet”) won critical praise and was a box office smash. We’ll see if it takes home some Oscar gold this Sunday night. And of course there’s that space fantasy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, that smashed several records and is still in the box office top ten nearly ten weeks after its release. The studios have mined the stars since the beginnings of movies over a 100 years ago. The great majority of these films are fictitious, with a couple of notable exceptions being the overlooked gem from the 80’s, The Right Stuff, and the 90’s nail-biter Apollo 13 (and its HBO companion mini-series “From the Earth to the Moon...
- 2/26/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Apollo program was a time when true space travel happened. The United States wasn’t just going into space and coming back, it was sending men to another celestial body in our universe. The stakes were very high.
Everything had to work – spacesuits could not leak, rocket engines absolutely had to fire, life support systems could not fail. When you’re a quarter of a million miles away from earth, there are no safety nets. No rescue missions were possible.
What started out as a presidential goal in the early 1960’s turned into the most impressive feat of all mankind. We did something no other country ever did or has done since. Not only once, but six times.
Now comes the story of Gene Cernan – one of the very few men who went to the moon not only once, but twice. He first went to the moon on the Apollo 10 mission.
Everything had to work – spacesuits could not leak, rocket engines absolutely had to fire, life support systems could not fail. When you’re a quarter of a million miles away from earth, there are no safety nets. No rescue missions were possible.
What started out as a presidential goal in the early 1960’s turned into the most impressive feat of all mankind. We did something no other country ever did or has done since. Not only once, but six times.
Now comes the story of Gene Cernan – one of the very few men who went to the moon not only once, but twice. He first went to the moon on the Apollo 10 mission.
- 1/18/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
There has been a trend towards the stars in the past few years in Hollywood, and Oscar has finally begun to take notice. Films set in outerspace are no longer just the realm of niche science fiction, but rather have begun to get serious awards recognition.
The Martian, the new space epic from director Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon based on the novel by Andy Weir, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this past weekend and has high hopes for Oscar gold. Scott has been nominated for best director three times in his career (1991’s Thelma &Louise, 2000’s Gladiator, 2001’s Black Hawk Down) and hopes that his latest will finally earn him the statue.
Space-set films have been getting more respect as potential award season threats, with 2013’s Gravity earning a best director award for Alfonso Cuarón and a best picture nom. The trend is somewhat new,...
Managing Editor
There has been a trend towards the stars in the past few years in Hollywood, and Oscar has finally begun to take notice. Films set in outerspace are no longer just the realm of niche science fiction, but rather have begun to get serious awards recognition.
The Martian, the new space epic from director Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon based on the novel by Andy Weir, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this past weekend and has high hopes for Oscar gold. Scott has been nominated for best director three times in his career (1991’s Thelma &Louise, 2000’s Gladiator, 2001’s Black Hawk Down) and hopes that his latest will finally earn him the statue.
Space-set films have been getting more respect as potential award season threats, with 2013’s Gravity earning a best director award for Alfonso Cuarón and a best picture nom. The trend is somewhat new,...
- 9/16/2015
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
You know you’re watching a remarkable film when even though you know how it’s going to end, you still hold your breath, doubting the outcome.
That’s the level of anxiety director Ron Howard pulls off with Apollo 13, based on Nasa’s 1970 ill-fated space mission that captured the attention of the world.
Astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) are successfully launched into space with the goal of landing a man on the moon for the third time. But when one of the ship’s oxygen tanks explodes, the astronauts on board and the mission control team back on Earth frantically search for ways to keep the ship operational and bring the men home.
The tension is palpable, but what’s so amazing is that no one panics — the astronauts swallow their fear and carry on, engineers solve problems they never imagined would need solving,...
That’s the level of anxiety director Ron Howard pulls off with Apollo 13, based on Nasa’s 1970 ill-fated space mission that captured the attention of the world.
Astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) are successfully launched into space with the goal of landing a man on the moon for the third time. But when one of the ship’s oxygen tanks explodes, the astronauts on board and the mission control team back on Earth frantically search for ways to keep the ship operational and bring the men home.
The tension is palpable, but what’s so amazing is that no one panics — the astronauts swallow their fear and carry on, engineers solve problems they never imagined would need solving,...
- 8/7/2015
- by Ingrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine
- Cineplex
Not all Hollywood blockbusters are about rampaging dinosaurs, time-traveling cyborgs or spandex-clad heroes.
Some big-budget movies get by just fine focusing on real-life moments of danger and drama. "Apollo 13" is one of those films.
Released 20 years ago today on June 30, 1995, here are 20 things you need to know about how director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks worked to deliver one of the best space movies in the history of always.
1. It may be one of the most iconic lines in movie history, but "Houston, we have a problem" isn't exactly what was said during the mission. Jim Lovell actually said, "Houston, we've had a problem." The edit was made for the film because "we've had" implies that the problem is over.
2. On that note, Jim Lovell wasn't the only astronaut to speak that famous line. Jack Swigert first radioed in with "Okay, Houston -- we've had a problem here.
Some big-budget movies get by just fine focusing on real-life moments of danger and drama. "Apollo 13" is one of those films.
Released 20 years ago today on June 30, 1995, here are 20 things you need to know about how director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks worked to deliver one of the best space movies in the history of always.
1. It may be one of the most iconic lines in movie history, but "Houston, we have a problem" isn't exactly what was said during the mission. Jim Lovell actually said, "Houston, we've had a problem." The edit was made for the film because "we've had" implies that the problem is over.
2. On that note, Jim Lovell wasn't the only astronaut to speak that famous line. Jack Swigert first radioed in with "Okay, Houston -- we've had a problem here.
- 6/30/2015
- by Phil Pirrello
- Moviefone
For the sixth consecutive year, thousands of movie lovers from around the globe descended upon Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival. The 2015 festival took take place Thursday, March 26 – Sunday, March 29, 2015 and no matter your favorite genre, attendees were treated to an extensive lineup of great movies, appearances by legendary stars and filmmakers, fascinating presentations and panel discussions, special events and more.
Friday night’s screening of Apollo 13 was definitely one of the most exciting events of the festival. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Ron Howard’s impressive telling of the nearly doomed mission of the 3 astronauts aboard Apollo 13 looked as spectacular as the first time audiences saw it 20 years ago.
Host and long-time Nasa enthusiast Alex Trebek was on hand to introduce the film, as well as introduce fans in attendance to the real Captain Jim Lovell (played in the film by Tom Hanks). Also joining them on...
Friday night’s screening of Apollo 13 was definitely one of the most exciting events of the festival. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Ron Howard’s impressive telling of the nearly doomed mission of the 3 astronauts aboard Apollo 13 looked as spectacular as the first time audiences saw it 20 years ago.
Host and long-time Nasa enthusiast Alex Trebek was on hand to introduce the film, as well as introduce fans in attendance to the real Captain Jim Lovell (played in the film by Tom Hanks). Also joining them on...
- 3/30/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Launch Control this is Houston. We are Go for launch.”
A harrowing moment in human history became an exhilarating cinematic event two decades ago when acclaimed director Ron Howard chronicled Nasa’s tense 1970 lunar mission crisis in the Oscar-nominated film Apollo 13.
To Nasa enthusiasts and Saturn V rocket experts, the launch sequence, along with James Horner’s emotional score, is the greatest in movie history.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the unforgettable tale of courage and conviction with Apollo 13: 20th Anniversary Edition, coming to Blu-ray and Digital HD on June 2, 2015.
Newly restored and remastered using the original high-resolution 35mm film elements, the commemorative edition comes with an array of bonus features including “Apollo 13: Twenty Years Later,” an all-new retrospective featuring exclusive interviews with director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer.
The restored version of Apollo 13 premieres on March 27 at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood.
A harrowing moment in human history became an exhilarating cinematic event two decades ago when acclaimed director Ron Howard chronicled Nasa’s tense 1970 lunar mission crisis in the Oscar-nominated film Apollo 13.
To Nasa enthusiasts and Saturn V rocket experts, the launch sequence, along with James Horner’s emotional score, is the greatest in movie history.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the unforgettable tale of courage and conviction with Apollo 13: 20th Anniversary Edition, coming to Blu-ray and Digital HD on June 2, 2015.
Newly restored and remastered using the original high-resolution 35mm film elements, the commemorative edition comes with an array of bonus features including “Apollo 13: Twenty Years Later,” an all-new retrospective featuring exclusive interviews with director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer.
The restored version of Apollo 13 premieres on March 27 at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood.
- 3/24/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
10. Waterworld
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
It could be the flop of all flops. At the time, “Waterworld” was the most expensive film ever made. Starring Kevin Costner, “Waterworld” is a science-fiction/fantasy film taking place roughly 500 years after the polar ice caps melted in the beginning of the 21st century, effectively covering the entire world with water. Dirt has become a commodity and an unknown traveler named “the Mariner” (Costner) is trying to find anywhere to trade his stash. The catch: he’s a mutant, with gills, allowing him to breathe underwater. He is joined by a woman named Helen (Jeannie Tripplehorn) and child named Enola (Tina Majorino) with an elaborate map tattooed on her back. They sail the world and encounter various groups of survivors. They are pursued by a group of evil forces, led by an eye-patched man called “the Deacon” (Dennis Hopper). The special effects are actually pretty impressive,...
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
It could be the flop of all flops. At the time, “Waterworld” was the most expensive film ever made. Starring Kevin Costner, “Waterworld” is a science-fiction/fantasy film taking place roughly 500 years after the polar ice caps melted in the beginning of the 21st century, effectively covering the entire world with water. Dirt has become a commodity and an unknown traveler named “the Mariner” (Costner) is trying to find anywhere to trade his stash. The catch: he’s a mutant, with gills, allowing him to breathe underwater. He is joined by a woman named Helen (Jeannie Tripplehorn) and child named Enola (Tina Majorino) with an elaborate map tattooed on her back. They sail the world and encounter various groups of survivors. They are pursued by a group of evil forces, led by an eye-patched man called “the Deacon” (Dennis Hopper). The special effects are actually pretty impressive,...
- 1/31/2015
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has landed four film restorations set to make their world premieres during the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival, taking place March 26-29, 2015, in Hollywood. The movies, each from a different era in cinema history, including Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 (1995), Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960), William Dieterle’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928). The Keaton comedy will be accompanied by legendary silent film composer Carl Davis conducting the world premiere performance of his new score for the film.
Earlier this month, TCM announced that the theme for the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival will be History According to Hollywood:
The Old West. Medieval England. Ancient Rome. Hollywood has found endless inspiration in re-creating historical moments and bringing to life the heroes and villains of the past, creating a form of time travel for audiences through the ages and around the world.
Earlier this month, TCM announced that the theme for the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival will be History According to Hollywood:
The Old West. Medieval England. Ancient Rome. Hollywood has found endless inspiration in re-creating historical moments and bringing to life the heroes and villains of the past, creating a form of time travel for audiences through the ages and around the world.
- 11/3/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Interstellar just got the cover of Time magazine. Was it because Warner Bros., which spun off Time Inc this year, is a co-partner with Paramount Pictures? Maybe, so. Regardless, it’s still a really nice piece of marketing for the Christopher Nolan-directed sci-fi action/drama which is bowing next Tuesday on 250 locals. It rolls out wide November 7.
The last time the news magazine put a movie on its cover was for Zero Dark Thirty on February 4, 2013 when it featured director Kathryn Bigelow. Before that, it was Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln on November 5, 2012. The reach of the magazine is 3.3 million in print circulation … so that’s a lot of eyes.
Time editor at large Jeffrey Kluger, who co-authored Apollo 13 with astronaut Jim Lovell, penned the cover story.
The last time the news magazine put a movie on its cover was for Zero Dark Thirty on February 4, 2013 when it featured director Kathryn Bigelow. Before that, it was Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln on November 5, 2012. The reach of the magazine is 3.3 million in print circulation … so that’s a lot of eyes.
Time editor at large Jeffrey Kluger, who co-authored Apollo 13 with astronaut Jim Lovell, penned the cover story.
- 10/30/2014
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline
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