Houston, Weve Got a Problem
6.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Lawrence Doheny Duration Narrator Eli Wallach | 6.2/10 IMDb Writer Dick Nelson Running time 1h 14m Genres Action Film, Drama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1974 Cast Robert Culp (Steve Bell), Clu Gulager (Lou Matthews), Gary Collins (Tim Cordell), Sandra Dee (Angie Cordell)Similar movies Apollo 13 (1995), Apollo 11 (1996), In the Shadow of the Moon (2007), Marooned (1969), Failure Is Not an Option (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apollo 13 houston we ve got a problem
Houston, We've Got a Problem is a 1974 television film about the Apollo 13 spaceflight, directed by Lawrence Doheny and starring Ed Nelson in the role of NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz.
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Apollo 13 houston we ve got a problem
Technical and historical accuracy
The title of the film is a misquotation of the ominous announcement made by Commander Jim Lovell following the explosion of an oxygen tank which tore off the side of the spacecraft service module. Lovell actually said, "Houston, we've had a problem" (emphasis added).
The rocket depicted leaving the launch pad is a Saturn I in some shots and a Saturn V in other shots. The correct rocket was in fact a Saturn V.
The film does not focus on the spaceflight itself, but rather on the crises in Mission Control. Jim Lovell wrote a letter to TV Guide about the film, saying that the crises in Mission Control were dramatized.
There are several other inaccuracies.
References
Houston, We've Got a Problem WikipediaHouston, Weve Got a Problem IMDb Houston, Weve Got a Problem themoviedb.org