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getbak · 08-21-2008, 10:02 AM

I don't have time for a big write-up, but I'll make my pick now to keep it moving...

"Houston, we have a problem."

In the "Documentary/Non-Fiction" category, team Hot Buttery Topping is proud to select Ron Howard's ambitious and faithful dramatization of the incredible true events of the ill-fated lunar landing mission Apollo 13.

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton star as the astronauts aboard the Saturn V rocket which suffers a near-catastrophe while on its way to the moon. Ed Harris and Gary Sinise are among the earth-bound cast who must find a way to get the crew home -- alive.

Howard wanted his movie to be as technically accurate as possible, going so far as to shoot every scene that takes place in zero-gravity aboard NASA's weightlessness training vehicle, nicknamed "The Vomit Comet".

Mission Commander, Jim Lovell (who is portrayed by Hanks in the film), wrote the book "Lost Moon" about his experience aboard Apollo 13, and actively participated in the production to assure it remained as accurate to real events as possible. All of dialogue between the crew and mission control in Houston is based upon the archived transcripts of the mission communications.

08-21-2008, 10:02 AM	#516
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	I don't have time for a big write-up, but I'll make my pick now to keep it moving... "Houston, we have a problem." In the "Documentary/Non-Fiction" category, team Hot Buttery Topping is proud to select Ron Howard's ambitious and faithful dramatization of the incredible true events of the ill-fated lunar landing mission Apollo 13. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton star as the astronauts aboard the Saturn V rocket which suffers a near-catastrophe while on its way to the moon. Ed Harris and Gary Sinise are among the earth-bound cast who must find a way to get the crew home -- alive. Howard wanted his movie to be as technically accurate as possible, going so far as to shoot every scene that takes place in zero-gravity aboard NASA's weightlessness training vehicle, nicknamed "The Vomit Comet". Mission Commander, Jim Lovell (who is portrayed by Hanks in the film), wrote the book "Lost Moon" about his experience aboard Apollo 13, and actively participated in the production to assure it remained as accurate to real events as possible. All of dialogue between the crew and mission control in Houston is based upon the archived transcripts of the mission communications. YouTube Video __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!