Netflix’s new documentary,Apollo 13: Survival, brings that harrowing journey to life.
In particular, critics are praising the way director Peter Middleton weaves together suspense with human emotion.
The reviews also touch upon how the documentary incorporates larger philosophical themes while remaining a nail-biting clock countdown.
Of course, it’s a slightly fictionalized, dramatized retelling of the events.
The cast underwent flight controller training, as well as modified astronaut training.
Apollo 13lost 1996’s Best Picture Oscar toBraveheart.
The other movies nominated wereBabe,The Postman(Il Postino), andSense and Sensibility.
One of the reasons forApollo 13’s enormous success was thanks to the cast it boasted.
Historical Figure
Who They Were
Cameo Scene
Jim Lovell
Apollo 13 commander
Captain of the recovery ship U.S.S.
Apollo Thirteen: Survival retells the 1970 crisis where NASA struggled to save three astronauts stranded in space after a catastrophic explosion on their spacecraft en route to the moon.
Apollo Thirteen: Survival retells the 1970 crisis where NASA struggled to save three astronauts stranded in space after a catastrophic explosion on their spacecraft en route to the moon.
