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Apollo 13
Studio executives summary / pitch
Ron Howard's "Houston we have a problem" entertainment.
Short plot summary

A tale of weightless tear-filled broken dreams, as space craft (built to cheapest competitive tender) squirts oxygen into space on way to Moon.

Moon shot therefore a write off, but will they suffocate to death up there, or be rescued in emotion filled movie conclusion?

What our panel of critics thought

"Oh, the dream to kick dust on that Moon of all our dreams! Beset with problems along the way, shall we ever get there, oh bitch of fate you cow! Oh, how oft one has had to turn back lest the oxygen of hope is extinguished before one gets to one's final destination..."

"Surprisingly gripping."

"Has all of the wet feeling, frozen windowed horror of those cheap holiday's in those hostels of my youth."

"Nice weightless moments, although I objected to the moment of vomiting madness. Sheer lunacy in such a confined space."

"A space shimmy, but no earrings? None of the fantastic 1970's fashions which we all so enjoyed? These guys were just so square, and yet they were also the coolest things not in platform soles at the same time..."

"Not since that straight to internet movie, Miami Vice in Space, have my space juices been squeezed so firmly. Lovely! Nice weather for it too."

"I always thought they had too many Houston boys sitting at their Houston screens. Were they all fully employed?"

Alternative casting suggestions
All the characters from Godfather, but in space.
Would your cat like this movie? Would your dog like it? Other pets?

This is a dogs in space movie. Dog's will pine loudly for Tom Hanks' return as Hanks is regarded as the God of dog owners by most mutts.

Cats will spit on this movie simply because of the dogs over affectionate, licking, attitude.

Bats and other non-bird flying pets will find the movie too claustrophobic and could attempt to kill themselves by dive bombing any dog in the room.

Other comments

A good documentary type record of one of the low points of the Apollo project.

A borderline popcorn movie as we didn't really care too much for the characters, but we like Ron Howard so it is here.

Critics at the time punned 'this movie has no atmosphere'. This was as unfunny as it was true.

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