Mom Shows Me APOLLO 13 (1995) | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
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[@gmaqwert]

The Naval officer welcoming Tom Hanks on the Aircraft Carrier is the real Jim Lovell.

[@Jen-Mom]

😊

[@donsample1002]

And Marilyn Lovell was in the stands in front of Kathleen Quinlan during the launch sequence.

[@CosmoFella]

Jim Lovell is the captain, but YES, THE REAL JIM LOVELL AND MARYLIN LOVELL APPEAR IN THE MOVIE.

[@stephenkehl7158]

You hit the nail on the head with how the weightless scenes were filmed- they used NASA’s KC-135 trainer, the Vomit Comet. 612 separate flights of 23 seconds of weightlessness each.

[@tomfowler381]

“The Right Stuff”, the story of the Mercury Program leading to Apollo is a must see. Consider it the prequel.

[@TheGunslinger1]

It's currently free on KZbin movies channel too.

[@Jen-Mom]

Thanks for the suggestion! Adding it to our list. 😊

[@Maverick25ish]

I was about to suggest this, Yes! The Right Stuff, its a great movie, Chuck Yaegur himself was on set helping with the technicals

[@minnesotajones261]

And Ed Harris is in it too. This time, he played astronaut John Glenn.

[@k1productions87]

I just wish it didn't take as many liberties with history like it did, much less be a total hatchet job to Gus Grissom. Nevermind how it completely ignores two of the seven, with a third only getting screentime cuz he happens to know Gus and Gordo

[@trevorbryant4360]

There was never any of the arguing between them during the actual mission. They all remained calm during it all. It was added to the movie for dramatic effect. Jack was also considered a specialist in the Command Module. He had a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, then a Master of Science in aerospace engineering. So he knew the Command Module extremely well.

[@Nonya_Concern]

He also worked for North American Aviation (the name of the company at the time who built the command module) before becoming an astronaut. He even helped write the emergency procedures for the command module. He was as much of a command module expert as anyone.

[@nowhereman6496]

The scene where Marilyn's ring fell off in the shower and went down the drain just before the launch actually happened to her. However, the scene where Fred Haise questions Swaggert about when he flipped the switches and an argument ensues Lovell has said that there was never any such argument between the crew. They had enough to worry about. That was all done for dramatic purposes. If you've ever seen the real Jim Lovell I've always thought Kevin Costner looks alot like him and should have played Lovell. Funny thing, I saw an interview with Jim Lovell and he had said the same thing. However, he also said that Tom Hanks really has a passion and love for the space program and did a great job playing him. Great, great adventure movie considering the story is known as to whether they get home or not. The movie never drags. It keeps you on the edge of your seat though out. Great job of directing by Ron Howard.

[@Jen-Mom]

😬

[@Nonya_Concern]

Came here to say this. Crazy how much of this is a actually true and not made up. Talk about bad omens.

[@Mister_Samsonite]

Despite Tom Hanks being the lead in this film, I believe Gary Sinise and Ed Harris are the lynch pins for the whole movie. I just love Harris' portrayal of Gene Krantz - the definition of grace under pressure.

[@crossfire1453]

A word about Ed Harris. If you look up Gene Kranz you will discover just how perfect a choice he was to portray him. Gene was very much in charge.

[@Jen-Mom]

Yes!😊

[@Shazzadut1]

Gene had a habit of always having a new waistcoat made by his wife which he wore at Mission Control. That’s why they applauded him when he opened the parcel from his wife and put it on. Not sure if it as a good luck thing.

[@Nonya_Concern]

My father got to meet Gene Kranz once. He made a speech about perseverance and never giving up at my dad's company years ago. Im jealous. I read both of Gene Kranz's books and have also been a bit of a space nerd. It would be a GREAT honor to meet him

[@clarencewalker3925]

The Senator was played by Roger Corman, a producer/director who gave Ron Howard his first directing gig, as he did with Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and Francis Coppola.

[@joshuacoldwater]

This film deserves SO MUCH MORE recognition than it has received. The entire production team did an amazing job. The cast was beyond fantastic, down to his young son. The prop and setting team partnered with NASA for legitimacy and accuracy. Every non-gravity shot was filmed in NASA’s KC-135. They leased use for 6 months and built entire SETS inside the plane. It would attempt 40-80 parabolas a day, each with 23 seconds of weightlessness and 19 seconds of filming time. The rest was filmed inside the Kennedy Space Center and inside older models of the Apollo. Even after the beautiful direction, the editing team was handed over 1,550 clips that added up to just under 100 hours of footage. These had to be stitched together to create this amazing film. Truly astonishing for the time it was shot and released.

[@Jen-Mom]

Incredible! 😊

[@DonMachado]

It was nominated for all kinds of awards, including 5 Oscar nominations, but only won 2. One was for Best Editing which gives props to all of the scenes filmed on the KC-135.

[@daddynitro199]

The miniseries From the Earth to the Moon is a Hanks/Howard project about the Apollo program. It features Canada’s own Dave Foley and a number of other fine actors!

[@skyhawksailor8736]

I can not watch this movie without thinking how I had parts of the Apollo program cross into my life. Growing up as a child I went to Church with Astronaut We White's (killed in Apollo 1) brother. Many years later I performed Military Funeral Honors for the Navy. At one funeral the Reno Reserve Center was tasked with in Reno, we always tried to arrive an hour before the service to make sure the Military Funeral Honors were set up correctly. When we walked into he Mountain View Mortuary's Chapel, the table with the urn and United States Flag was on the center table. On each side of the table was a large easel, each easel had about a 2 foot by 3 foot picture on it. The picture on the left side of the table I do not remember what the picture was. The picture on the right side of the table was taken from the cargo door of a helicopter. The photographer took the picture looking out the cargo door and had the vast Pacific Ocean and in the background was the USS Iwo Jima. Between the photographer and the USS Iwo Jima was another helicopter hovering over the Pacific with a rescue swimmer in the air half way between the helicopter and the Pacific. About 20-30 closer to the photographer is the Apollo 13 Command Capsule waiting their rescue swimmer.

[@van8ryan]

Ron Howard's father actually requested Ron to audition his mother for the role of Jim Lovell's mother. Ron agreed but said he had to be fair and his mother had to seriously give it her all. She did and Ron agreed her performance was good, but he said, "Mom..........you still look too young." Ron's mother took out her dentures and said, "How about now?" Ron said, "You're in, Mom." Apparently, his favorite moment at the A13 premiere was, when Lovell's mother makes the comment, "If they can get a washing machine to fly..........", the line got a huge cheer.

[@Jen-Mom]

😊❤

[@devinminar3089]

To answer your question on how they filmed all the space scenes with zero gravity. If you've ever heard of NASA's vomit comet it's an airplane that goes up high in the air than it does a very steep nose dive during the nose dive it has weightlessness inside the cabin. So they pretty much built a set inside of the airplane. And Ron Howard paid NASA a lot of money for fuel and time.

[@Mister_Samsonite]

That overhead shot of Mission Control after radio silence with everyone jumping and applauding is BRILLIANT!

[@Jen-Mom]

Yes!😊

[@denveradams4909]

The actor who played the minister sitting with the family, was Rance Howard, father of Ron and Clint.

[@jhilal2385]

The Reverend was played by Ron Howard's father Rance Howard The girl in the yellow dress behind Lovell's wife the night before launch was Bryce Dallas Howard. The Navy Captain shaking Tom Hanks' hand on the aircraft carrier is the real Jim Lovell

[@Parallax-3D]

“Grandma” Lovell is Ron Howard’s mother. Fred Haise’s wife is Mary played by Tracy Reiner, daughter of Penny Marshall and Rob Reiner. The actual Marylin Lovell is among the crowd in the stands at the launch.

[@BryanWhite77]

Fred Haise was sick with a urinary infection and later a kidney infection during the mission on Apollo 13.

[@Jen-Mom]

Kind of ironic! 😬

[@that.ll_do_pig]

Oh man, I've had a few of those over the years and they're _so_ painful. I can't imagine dealing with that _and_ all the space stuff. Was hard enough working a "normal" job with one.

[@greeneyesinfl9954]

The woman who plays Jim Lovell's mom is actually Ron Howard's real life mom.

[@Jen-Mom]

Yes! 😊❤

[@joshuacoldwater]

19:41- Pet Cemetery he was Gage

[@stevesheroan4131]

Also as the “genitalia expert” kid in Kindergarten Cop, Heather Langenkamp’s kid in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare , and the autistic government code cracking child that Bruce Willis has to protect in Mercury Rising. Miko Hughes

[@panamafloyd1469]

Thanks for this. My maternal aunt was Federal Services IBM, was assigned to NASA from late Gemini to early Shuttle. She helped write the Lunar Orbit Insertion program for Apollo 8. The few times she mentions 13, the only thing she says about 13 is, "..it was all just a blur. But we got them back." She did once say that she'd met one of the Navy divers who'd been part of the recovery of 13's capsule. Dude said the stench after the door opened was so strong that he almost vomited. This film reignited the public's curiosity about the work they did. I hate the 'hoaxers' too. Approximately 400,000 people put humans on the moon. It's a common joke among us that continue their legacy that if someone like Kubrick had 'filmed' it, it would have been cheaper to do it 'on location' than do the SFX at the time. 🤣

[@acecombatter6620]

Zero G was filmed at zero G, in "The Vomit Comet", a NASA plane that climes and then dives to give passengers zero G experience.

[@Mister_Samsonite]

Leadership, ingenuity & teamwork - the trifecta of success over tragedy!

[@ganymeade275]

Earlier tonight I watched another channel reacting to Tremors 2 and discussed why Kevin Bacon wasn't back for the sequel. The reason was he picked this instead... probably a good move on his part

[@Flix2Us]

Was it Cinebinge? If so, I watched that reaction, too.

[@browniewin4121]

Great story, great cast (RIP Bill Paxton), great film making ... all together excellent movie.

[@theoutdoorslifetv3200]

Space is dangerous work. We should never forget that.

[@danielkyllo4121]

I’m one of those crazy people who plays video games with an inverted Y axis. It just makes sense in my mind.

[@rg3388]

I had the pleasure of photographing Ken July 4, 1982 after a space shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base.

[@Jen-Mom]

So cool!😊❤

[@susanliltz3875]

Jenn!! Loved that you recognized the “little boy” playing Toms son!! You’re the only one that has!!!👍 He’s from “Kindergarten Cop”!!!

[@SixFour0391]

You were talking about Ron Howard in the intro…Absolutely love the DaVinci Code series. Along with Hans Zimmer’s music!

[@StevesFunhouse]

If Ken Mattingly hadn't been kicked off the crew, they probably never would've made it back to Earth safely. It was his efforts that really helped them tremendously in the final leg of the mission.

[@jillfromatlanta427]

Several people were working on the solution, though they combined them all into Ken's character. It makes for good story to have the guy who couldn't go be the hero, getting them back

[@StevesFunhouse]

@@jillfromatlanta427 But they showed that in the movie. You can choose to ignore it, but all they did was highlight that he was the focal point and is the one who worked out what to do to get to the solution, not that he was the ONLY one involved. In fact, they showed him conversing with others from NASA when figuring out what was working as opposed to what wasn't. I'll agree that they didn't Focus or DWELL on the others as much, but any reasonable person could see that he wasn't the ONLY person in all of NASA working in it. Actually, they showed a LOT of people working on various pieces of each problem many times (i.e. person who identified the requirements/power drain, Clint Howard determining that the oxygen needed to be shut off, people who designed the CO² filter, the people working on how to get more distance out of the trip instead of 75% of the way, calculating and adjusting the direction to get back and for reentry, etc.).

[@StevesFunhouse]

Yeah, the woman who played Mrs. Lovell (Jim Lovell's mom, Blanch) and the Reverend were played by Ron Howard's parents, Jean Speegle Howard and Rance Howard, respectively. And, of course, you recognized Clint Howard, but what you may NOT have noticed, was Cheryl Howard, Ron's wife played an "Onlooker at Launch Site" and the "woman in yellow" at the launch was Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron's daughter. Also, the REAL Jim Lovell played the captain of the USS Iwo Jima that they boarded after their ordeal and the REAL Marilyn Lovell also played an "Onlooker at Launch Site".

[@Jen-Mom]

So cool! 😊

[@StevesFunhouse]

@@Jen-Mom I know, right ???

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

The weightless scenes were done in what is known as the "vomit comet", which is an Air Force plane that climbs to whatever altitude and then swiftly descends, at the Apex of that is where weightlessness takes place!! If I'm not mistaken I think they get 30 seconds of weightlessness for each Apex!! So imagine all of these weightless scenes were done in 30 second increments!!😮 I believe Gene Krantz quote that this would be "NASA's greatest hour" is the truth because I think this feat even out does landing on the moon itself!!!

[@alexistrebexis3195]

I don’t think he realizes just how far the earth is from the moon. It’s a lot further than people think. Look it up. 😬

[@gallendugall8913]

A big happy memory for me was waking up early in S FL as a kid so I could go outside and watch a launch. So I take exception to people saying the launches are all faked.

[@Jen-Mom]

We should all take exception to that! ❤

[@FinTume]

3 guys in the LEM with raising CO² levels, must be fun.

[@Shazzadut1]

The old lady who played Lovells mother is actually Ron Howard’s mother. He directed the film. And the priest in the living room is Ron’s father. It was a family affair!

[@sdevouard]

Word has it that Kubrick actually shot the moon landings, but as he was a very meticulous director, he demanded to shoot in natural settings ;-)

[@BedsitBob]

The guy playing GNC is Gabe Jarrett, who played Mitch Taylor in Real Genius.

[@KayoMichiels]

11:49 LES: Launch Escape System, a rocket strapped on the front of the command capsule that would pull it away from the rocket incase of an emergency... It is ditched when the vehicle is going too fast and too high for it to be effective... (it would have seperated with the Service Module engine instead)

[@andystewart581]

In Forrest Gump, LT Dan mentioned to Forrest that Forrest would be a shrimp boat captain about the same time Lt Dan became an astronaut.

[@susanliltz3875]

For the weightlessness they went up in the military’s “vomit comet” the plane where they practice weightlessness.

[@alissageorge5679]

Jack Black’s mom helped create the Abort Guidance System that helped save the Apollo 13 astronauts…while in labor with Jack Black. I always thought that was the coolest tid bit of information.

[@Jen-Mom]

So cool!😊

[@susanliltz3875]

Clint Howard was the one in the control room who said the IRS will jump on you … after Kevin mentioned he didn’t file his income taxes.

[@tommiller4895]

At the end of the Movie Tom Hanks shakes hands with the real Jim Lovell (an older guy wearing a White Cap). Jim Lovell is still with us and is in his 90's. Sadly, Marilyn Lovell passed away last year. I remember watching the coverage of Apollo 13. It was a real nail biter. We really didn't know if they would make it home or not. This has been called the "Miracle Mission". If Ken Mattingly hadn't been left behind, he would not have been able to work out the Procedure in the Simulator that brought them home.

[@Jen-Mom]

Incredible! 😊

[@Cookies_crumbs]

Ken Mattlingly passed away last fall also.

[@mnomadvfx]

Lol at the spliced in Joker tax clip. I literally laughed so hard I devolved into Mark Hamill level Joker laugh 😅

[@tonymayren9776]

I really enjoy you and your mothers reactions. She's so sharp and funny! It would be great if you both reacted to the Firefly series, I think it would be right up your street. The writing is brilliant and funny!

[@Jen-Mom]

❤

[@toddnesbitt3113]

Never underestimate the bonding experience of a light mutiny amongst your unit. (Gulf War)

[@JC-ke7mj]

Great movie! Thank y'all! Amazing mission

[@lawrencekoprowski6480]

They did shoot in zero g. They had the craft inside of a 747 doing sharp up and down maneuvers to make it zero g. Cool fact.

[@iKvetch558]

A terrific quote I encountered recently has to do with Apollo 13..."NASA is absolutely not superstitious, but you can bet they will never launch anything numbered "13" ever again." Not sure if that is a real quote...but it does not seem that NASA has sent anything into space with the number 13 on it ever since, though commercial satellite companies have. Also...fun fact "consolation prize"...since they did not go into orbit around the Moon on their free return trajectory, Apollo 13 traveled a bit further away from Earth than all of the other flights to the Moon. So to this day, Lovell, Haise, and Swigert hold the record for the farthest distance from Earth people have ever traveled.

[@Jen-Mom]

So cool! 😊

[@bobrunnicles4618]

Let's not discount the incredible score from James Horner - he did Braveheart the same year, how he didn't win an Oscar for either of them boggles the mind.

[@gordondafoe3516]

"She knows it means the world to him". Wrong mother. It means the MOON to him! Are you from Canada like me, "Eh"? You're all right! 😘

[@Jen-Mom]

😊❤🇨🇦

[@susanliltz3875]

Great movie!!! Great cast!!!

[@georux6783]

I was thinking yes, those foot prints will be there eternity. But actually, probably for 15 billion more years. And, before the last black hole dissipates, (the end of this universe) , another several trillion years will pass by. So, those footprints will actually be there for a very small time period in the grand scheme of things.

[@susanliltz3875]

Toms characters youngest son was also in “Kindergarten Cop” , had a great line … then said his dad was a gynecologist…

[@stevesheroan4131]

He also likes to “play” in Pet Semetary.

[@stevesheroan4131]

He’s Heather Langenkamp’s kid in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare , and the autistic government code cracking child that Bruce Willis has to protect in Mercury Rising. Miko Hughes

[@susanliltz3875]

Ron Howard directed this!! His dad is the priest in this and his mom is Tom Hanks characters mom in this and his brother Clint is one of the guys in the control room ( glasses/bald head).

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

The girl in the yellow dress behind Lovell's wife the night before launch is his daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard.

[@d.-_-.b]

I remember visiting the state of Queensland, Australia from the southern states and noticing how often people there ended their sentences with "eh?" I thought what a completely unique speech pattern to evolve… then I learned about Canada.

[@Jen-Mom]

😊

[@jhilal2385]

Try the classic 1983 "The Right Stuff" with another stacked cast

[@cgo225]

LES Motor stands for Launch Escape System

[@andreraymond6860]

Oh PLEASE be the first channel to react to FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON miniseries. Before Band of Brothers Tom Hanks produced a superb follow up to Apollo 13.

[@Jen-Mom]

Great suggestion! 😊

[@BedsitBob]

LES Motor is the Launch Escape System.

[@TheFalconerNZ]

Ron Howard did make this movie & he has established himself as one of the best directors of our time. I have suggested it before in you reaction to Ford vs Ferrari that you watch 'Rush' (2013) another of his movies & like this one a real life story about the legendary battle for the 1976 Formula 1 Championship.

[@Jen-Mom]

Yes, it’s on our list for sure! 😊

[@TheFalconerNZ]

@@Jen-Mom So glad to hear this, I will waiting patiently for it to arrive. FYI Niki Lauda actually makes a guest appearance at the end as he had a lot of input into the making so keep an eye open for him.

[@orangeandblackattack]

Gene Krantz should have a statue of himself at NASA control.

[@markkennicutt1213]

WHOLESOME!

[@johnnehrich9601]

I remember little Ron Howard when he played Winthrop Paroo in the 1962 Music Man* and Opie on the Andy Griffith show. Went on to star in Happy Days too and then obviously transitioned to being behind the camera. *Love that movie, the original only. Remake is terrible.

[@Jen-Mom]

I love that one! 😊❤

[@truckinfool3550]

If you want to see something really intense and gripping, watch the official NASA video from Mission Control during the Columbia shuttle disaster. Watch how Flight Director LeRoy Cain and the team handled the situation, you can see the anguish in their faces. The unanswered repeated radio calls, “Columbia, Houston, comm check…” are just heart wrenching. Then Cain uttering the most dreaded words, “Lock the doors…”

[@Jen-Mom]

😢

[@CosmoFella]

The 0-g scenes were filmed in a 0-g plane, also known now as "the vomit comet"

[@orangeandblackattack]

Actually, Nixon finished his first term from 1968-1972. Watergate was his second term.

[@cathyvickers9063]

To this day, I wonder if NASA got medical reports mixed up.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Well, the film is all fiction.

[@michaelpratt8150]

Pet Semetary is where you saw the kid before. He was Gauge.

[@stevesheroan4131]

Also as the “genitalia expert” kid in Kindergarten Cop, Heather Langenkamp’s kid in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare , and the autistic government code cracking child that Bruce Willis has to protect in Mercury Rising.

[@lexabot]

I hope you will react to First Man (2018) :)

[@BedsitBob]

The movie was a bit unfair to the Grumman guy. Far rom trying to cover their asses, they were highly supportive of NASA.

[@wesleysewell6224]

I cant believe somebody would have the nerve to question the reality of what the all mighty hollywood just prooved! We landed on the moon! Tom Hanks proved it! 😂

[@user-br5gn8mb7c]

Why would kathleen quinlan's character marilyn confront henry in the movie apollo 13?

[@Vlasko60]

If your going to be superstitious about a number, it should be Apollo 1. They all died.

[@spaghetti9845]

This further proves that pineapple belongs on pizza.

[@tonysoto8949]

Not so fun fact, to this day mankind which includes America, China, Russia, etc have not been able to figure out how to safely get astronauts through the Van Allen Belts which are made up of solar flares. The belts are located between earth and the moon. Not even Elon Musk has been able to figure this out. Only unmanned spacecrafts and satellites have been able to get through the belts with most being damaged and few getting through to complete missions and probes of celestial bodies

[@Parallax-3D]

🙄 Completely false! Peddle your conspiracy theories elsewhere please. 🦇💩🤪

[@tonysoto8949]

@@Parallax-3D it’s called science and common sense no conspiracy theories here. Do your research before making a fool of yourself, but judging by your username fantasy worlds are what you believe in. Say hello to Hal Jordan for me when you see him.

[@deborahcornell171]

Really enjoyed this.🩵 Another great one is "First Man" with Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong. It's about his personal journey as well as the moon landing mission. Really shows Gosling's range as an actor when you consider how funny & goofy he was in "The Nice Guys" (enjoyed your reaction to that too) just 2 years before playing the very serious Armstrong so effectively in "First Man". Hope you check it out. Much love from Kentucky.🩵✨️🩵

[@Jen-Mom]

❤