The making of the motion picture "Apollo 13", as well as the story of the space mission it details. Featuring interviews with director Ron Howard, astronaut Jim Lovell, his wife Marilyn Lovell, producer Brian Grazer, executive producer Todd Hallowell, visual effects supervisor Robert Legato, lead digital compositor Mark Forker, astronauts Fred Haise and Dave Scott, Apollo 13 flight director Gerald Griffin, command module systems controller Sy Lieberglot, Apollo 13 flight dynamics officer Jerry Bostick, mission control director Gene Krantz, Tom Kelly of Grumman, NASA mission operations director Christopher Kraft, daughters Susan Lovell Williams and Margaret Haise, command systems module controller John Aaron, and actors Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan, and Ed Harris.
Jim Lovell
as Self - Apollo 13 Commander
Fred Haise
as Self - Apollo 13 Lunar Module Pilot
Jack Swigert
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Grazer
as Self
Ron Howard
as Self
Tom Hanks
as Self
Bill Paxton
as Self
Gary Sinise
as Self
Kevin Bacon
as Self
Todd Hallowell
as Self
Dave Scott
as Self - Apollo 15 Commander
Ed Harris
as Self
