In quanto appassionato di astronautica non potevo esimermi dal comprare l'edizione speciale del DVD di
Apollo 13, eccellente ricostruzione di quella che avrebbe dovuto essere la terza missione lunare americana e che invece, come tutti sanno, rischiò di trasformarsi in una tragedia.
L'esplosione di un serbatoio di ossigeno nel modulo di comando danneggiò seriamente l'intera capsula, lasciandola ben presto a corto di energia; da quel momento un immenso sforzo venne compiuto da migliaia di persone al fine di far rientrare i tre membri dell'equipaggio che, a bordo del modulo lunare ora divenuto "scialuppa di salvataggio", si trovavano ancora a 200 mila miglia dalla superficie terrestre, diretti verso il nostro satellite.
Con un'ottima regia (
Ron Howard è sempre una garanzia) ed un cast eccellente, il film si prende qualche licenza artistica per aggiungere sottotrame, per semplificare la storia e per sviluppare alcuni elementi umani della vicenda; per il resto però si tratta di una ricostruzione meticolosa degli avvenimenti e delle persone coinvolte, sotto la supervisione dei protagonisti dell'epoca.
Pur avendo un finale noto, la tensione resta sempre alta; ottimi anche gli effetti speciali: tutto viene ricostruito in studio, ma mantenendo lo spirito delle riprese del tempo.
Gli extra del dvd, pur abbastanza ben fatti, non sono niente di eccezionale: buono il
"making of", un po' banalotto (benché corretto nel contenuto) la cronistoria dell'esplorazione spaziale ad opera della NASA.
Voto: 9.
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Regista: Ron Howard Scrittore: Jim Lovell,
Jeffrey Kluger Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Valutazione: 7.5/10 (51673 voti)
Durata: 140 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and America have already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight.. until that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade.
Trivia random: All the screens in the fictional Houston control room were monitored by a software center that was built just below the set. According to director 'Ron Howard' , almost three days of production were lost while trying to fix the software, which wouldn't work properly.
Citazione random: Jack Swigert: So long, Earth. Catch you on the flip side.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Howard, Ron (I)
Nome di battesimo: Howard, Ronald William
Data di nascita: 1 March 1954
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Cheryl Howard::(7 June 1975 - present) 4 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Ron was born in Oklahoma, into an acting family - his father had realized a boyhood dream of acting by attending the University of Oklahoma and majoring in drama, and his mother went through acting school in New York. He was in his first movie at 18 months, Frontier Woman (1956), although his first real part was at the age of 4. Soon a regular on "Playhouse 90" (1956) he was cast as Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960), and later moved from a child in Mayberry to America's teenager as Richie Cunningham in "Happy Days" (1974). The life of a child star is certainly not routine, but Ron's parents wanted his life to be as normal as possible - he attended public schools and at age 15 even took nine months off to play a basketball season. The transition from child actor to adult actor is always difficult, but for Ron the real transition was from child actor to adult director. There were some film roles, such as The Shootist (1976) for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, but his dream and now his focus was directing. He had begun shooting films at age 15 with a Super-8 camera, and after high school spent two years in a film program at the University of Southern California, but then left, feeling he could learn more from actual experience. That first film was the hardest to finance, but he struck a deal with Roger Corman - he would star in _Eat My Dust! (1976)_ and Corman would produce Grand Theft Auto (1977) which Howard would direct (he also wrote the script and starred). It was a success, and his directorial career was jump-started. Married since 1975 to his high school sweetheart, he, in 1997, is enjoying a life of telling stories as one of Hollywood's top directors.
Trivia random: Daughters: Bryce Dallas Howard (b. 1981), Jocelyn Carlyle (twin, b. 1985), Paige Carlyle (twin, b. 1985). Son: Reed Cross (b. 1987).
Citazione random: "There is something inherently tough about Americans. They will not accept defeat. The astronauts of Apollo 13 (1995) would not give up, John Nash in A Beautiful Mind (2001) would not give up, and Jim Braddock would not surrender to poverty".
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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