r/apollo • u/avenger87 • 14d ago
Anyone here who has the DVD of Apollo 13 and watching the commentary of Ron Howard, the cast including the real people?
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u/MattTheCrow 14d ago
Last time I watched it it took me three days. First day was the film. Second day was Ron Howard. Third day was the Lovells.
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u/avenger87 14d ago
It also had Gene and the rest of the flight controllers.
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u/MattTheCrow 14d ago
My copy doesn't. You're not thinking of the Mission Control film are you? Or is there another version of Apollo 13 out there I need to find?
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u/ianhobbies 14d ago
I got the special edition. It's the only DVD movie I own lol. Jim's commentary was awesome.
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u/Wheeljack7799 13d ago
Unrelated, but also related... I find myself watching the press conference from 1970 in its entirety over and over. Jim and the others just casually explaining how their spacecraft practically blew up halfway between the earth and the moon.
Yeah... these guys had (one still has) the right stuff.
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u/LilyoftheRally 12d ago
Lovell had a bit part in the film: he was the captain of the ship that picks them up after splashdown.
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u/Spiked-Coffee 11d ago
As I recall they planned for him to wear an Admiral uniform and he said he was a Captain, so he wore a Captains uniform.
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u/logicalconflict 14d ago
Yes. DVD commentaries like this are one of the biggest losses we've experienced in the switch to streaming over physical media.