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'Apollo 13' turns 30: How NASA legend Gerry Griffin helped director Ron Howard 'get it right'

Happy 30th Birthday to "Apollo 13!" Director Ron Howard's harrowing true tale of the unlucky Apollo 13 mission to the moon in 1970 still stands as one of the finest space survival movies of all time ...
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Ron Howard Says Artemis II Mission Had Him Remembering His Obstacles Making“ Apollo 13”

In a new interview, Howard noted he painstakingly worked to make the onscreen launch look real Legendary filmmaker Ron Howard knows what it takes to make a realistic-looking space launch, but says ...

The cast of “Apollo 13”, then and now: See the A-list stars of Ron Howard's Oscar-winning film more than 30 years later

The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including two acting nominations for Kathleen Quinlan and Ed Harris. Much of the film's success can also be attributed to its cast, led by Tom Hanks, ...
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How Ron Howard 'Accidentally' Got High on the Set of Apollo 13

"They were all just looking like ‘somebody just hit this guy with a hammer, please,'" Howard said of the incident Jesse Grant/Getty Director Ron Howard once accidentally got high while filming the ...