The Apollo 13 mission as seen through the reporting of two newscasters, highlighting the changing character of news coverage.The Apollo 13 mission as seen through the reporting of two newscasters, highlighting the changing character of news coverage.The Apollo 13 mission as seen through the reporting of two newscasters, highlighting the changing character of news coverage.
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Rus Blackwell
- Joel Kruger
- (as Rus D. Blackwell)
Colette Piceau
- Reporter #4
- (as Colette Piceau Colangelo)
Heather De Oreo
- Doris
- (as Heather DeOreo)
Jeffrey William Evans
- Director
- (as Jeff Evans)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsIn the exterior scenes of the Johnson Space Center Mission Control in Houston (which were filmed at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral) the Texas flag is flying upside down.
- Alternate versionsWarner Brothers remastered the entire miniseries for re-release in time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was enhanced to improve picture and sound quality, more saturated, and completely true widescreen. This new version was released both in Blu-Ray format and for streaming services.
- SoundtracksSh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)
Performed by The Chords
Written by James Keyes, Carl Feaster, Floyd McRae and Claude Feaster
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Featured review
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A story that can evoke emotion is a great story, and this is a great story, although sad. I was born in the 1950s, so my formative years were the 1960s and 70s. I grew up watching Walter Cronkite. He was the most trusted man in America.
This episode was about the change in news style more than the space shot. Cronkite gave factual "And that's the way it is." news. Around the time this movie is set, others in the "news" business started changing to a more "touchy-feelie" style of news. And this episode covers that well.
I don't know if Jay Mohr is anything like the character he portrays. He sure seems to play a lot of characters like that. He did a fantastic job playing that character, because it evoked such strong feelings against him. To this day, I won't watch anything he's in because I don't like those types of people.
I want to know that the sky is blue and the grass is green. I could care less what they neighbor thinks about the grass or how the pilot feels about the sky. As Jack Webb is reportedly reputed to say, "Just the facts."
If you want to know how the news changed into a touchy feelie style, this show's for you.
This episode was about the change in news style more than the space shot. Cronkite gave factual "And that's the way it is." news. Around the time this movie is set, others in the "news" business started changing to a more "touchy-feelie" style of news. And this episode covers that well.
I don't know if Jay Mohr is anything like the character he portrays. He sure seems to play a lot of characters like that. He did a fantastic job playing that character, because it evoked such strong feelings against him. To this day, I won't watch anything he's in because I don't like those types of people.
I want to know that the sky is blue and the grass is green. I could care less what they neighbor thinks about the grass or how the pilot feels about the sky. As Jack Webb is reportedly reputed to say, "Just the facts."
If you want to know how the news changed into a touchy feelie style, this show's for you.
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