Apollo 13 To the Edge and Back

Reseña del editor They were 200,000 miles from Earth when an explosion crippled their spacecraft, stranding them, perhaps forever. Relive the thrilling true story of the catastrophic flight of Apollo 13 and the crews heroic battle against the odds in this NOVA documentary, through first-hand accounts from the pilots, their families, and Mission Control. ""Suspense and intrigue as powerful as any manufactured drama,"" writes The Hollywood Reporter. Tienda Produced a year before Ron Howard's film of the doomed space mission hit Hollywood, To the Edge and Back brings the real faces of the Apollo 13 saga to the forefront. Astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise talk about the flight (Jack Swigert died in 1982) while the technicians, including mission operations director Chris Kraft and flight director Gene Kranz, recall the moon shot and the near-fatal explosion. It's still hard to make the story fill an hour, so there's time to examine the space race in general and show previous missions. The "showing" part is the program's weakness. Ron Howard used no real footage in his film, which was smart since there really isn't a lot of interesting footage, just the usual launch and TV transmissions. Simple computer animations fill in the gaps, yet even the money shot--a still picture of the damaged spacecraft--is not shown. Still, this is a key document for those digging to see the "real" behind the story. It works as a wonderful "extra" to the Oscar-winning Hollywood film. --Doug Thomas

Detalles del producto Relación de aspecto : 1.33:1 Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Clasificación de MPAA : Unrated (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 7,75 x 5,5 x 0,5 pulgadas; 3,84 Onzas Número de modelo del producto : 2258361 Formato multimedia : Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Pantalla completa Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 30 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Septiembre 7, 2004 Idioma : Unqualified Estudio : PBS ASIN : B0002TSZQ0 Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº69,659 en Películas y TV (Ver el Top 100 en Películas y TV) nº2,307 en Arte de Intereses Especiales (Películas y TV) Opiniones de clientes: 4.7 4.7 de 5 estrellas 70 calificaciones Relación de aspecto : 1.33:1 Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Clasificación de MPAA : Unrated (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 7,75 x 5,5 x 0,5 pulgadas; 3,84 Onzas Número de modelo del producto : 2258361 Formato multimedia : Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Pantalla completa Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 30 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Septiembre 7, 2004 Idioma : Unqualified Estudio : PBS ASIN : B0002TSZQ0 Número de discos : 1