Grandma, Jim Lowell’s mother, was played by Director Ron Howard’s mother, Jean Speegle Howard; the Priest at the Lovell house was played by Ron’s father, Rance; the balding NASA technician with the dark glasses was played by Ron’s brother, Clint Howard.

I was 9 when this happened. It was as stressful for everyone then as it was for your wife now. The entire WORLD was glued to the t.v. the entire time. It went from the LEAST covered NASA mission to the MOST covered one in the news. My favorite line "If they can get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy can land it."

Just so you know, the Navy Captain actor that Tom Hanks shakes hands with at the end of the movie, is the real Jim Lovell. Thanks.

Love the sensitivity in your wife, as she shows in many of your videos. She's beautiful inside and out. Such a wonderful and caring heart, both of you.

People at the time didn't realize how dangerous this space travel is. After losing two space shuttles later, the public was a little more aware. "The First Man" about Neil Armstrong, in the course of the movie he nearly dies three times ... the last time, shortly before landing on the Moon!

Happy to see this one put Back-UP again!👍

This is one of my all time favorites. I know Ron Howard took a few dramatic liberties, but this is one of the most historically accurate movies ever made.

Apollo 13 was actually extremely lucky. If that explosion had occurred at absolutely any other time, there is no doubt that the crew would have died. That it happened when it did, when the unused LEM was attached, is what saved them. Ken Mattingly being kept back was also very fortunate, as he was considered an expert in many of the Apollo systems, and he played a vital role in helping them get home.

I lived through this as a high school student agonizing over whether they would make it back. It was NASA's finest hour.

I've seen this a bunch of times, and watched a lot of reactions. Toni, you're stressing me out right along with you, and I keep tearing up! ❤

This came out while I was in College and Jim is also a brother in Alpha Phi Omega, he is the one greeting Tom in the end. His one complaint he mentioned about the film was over that red corvette, his real one was blue. Nearly all the crew got free corvettes from GM during the early days as part of a promo deal. When they did parades they were often seen in the hot corvettes.

20:39 I like charismatic good leaders, we need more of them these days

Gen Kranz never said "Failure is not an option", but he chose it as the title of his autobiography.

The week those guys were stuck up there I was with my grandmother that week and we watched the whole thing together on television. One of my favorite movies.

When watching a movie and someone asks "What's going to happen?", my standard answer is "They time-travel and end up on the sloping deck of the Titanic".

Oh, my god. I can't believe you were crying during the best line in the movie from Jimmy's mom. "Don't be scared. If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it" :) That was director, Ron Howard's mom playing the role.

The person who is in control of the spacecraft is always in the left hand seat...that is the pilot's seat. So on launch, when Lovell is in contrrol of the spacecraft by having the authority to abort the launch, he is sitting in the left hand seat. But when it is time for the spacecraft to be maneuvered in orbit to dock with the LEM or make other manuevers, then Jack Swigert would be sitting in the left hand seat because he is the one who is piloting the spacecraft. Also, the biomed sensor belts definitely had no warming effect at all...they were just meant to keep a series of contact sensors in place next to the astronauts' skin so that their vital signs could be monitored. The cloth involved was as thin as possible to keep the belts light and unobstructive as possible.

Ed Harris. Perennial unsung hero. His single line here about their luck changing is brilliant sarcasm .

One of my favourite movies! I’m excited to see your reactions.

Toni, not to worry. I KNEW how it ended and I nearly hyperventilated watching this the first time. Great job!

This movie was extra special for me, because the first time I watched it many years ago, I thought that they did die during this mission. I knew that there was an incident where astronauts died during the Apollo program, and I wrongly assumed it was this mission. I apparently missed the part in the beginning when they talked about the early Apollo mission where they died. It just never sunk in when they mentioned it. And so the fact that they were taking so long to regain radio contact at the end of the movie, I was expecting it. I was still blubbering like a little girl at the time. And then suddenly they show the chutes open and you hear "Lovell" talking on the radio, I was simply stunned. I went instantly from tears of sadness to tears of joy, which is usually the best type of emotions to go thru, because you traverse the range of emotions from one extreme to the next. It was so awesome.

The stuff that fell off the rocket when it launched was ice. Some of the coolant is extremely cold, it causes condensation that freezes. Depends on the temperature at launch as well. It was cold weather that caused the Challenger to explode. The o-rings That separated stages could crack allowing gas to pass through, the saddest part was that the astronauts were not killed in the explosion. They were killed when they hit the water. If we had an escape pod parachute apparatus we could have saved their lives. It wouldn't have worked with the other shuttle explosion, that was caused during re-entry.

My uncle worked with NASA during the Apollo Missions. This one truly was "one for the books" . I remember this happening very well. My family was stationed in the Pacific from 1969 to 1972. Military bases aired everything to do with each mission, so we saw it all.

At the end of the Movie Tom Hanks shakes hands with the real Jim Lovell (an older guy wearing a White Cap). Jim Lovell is still with us and is in his 90's. Sadly, Marilyn Lovell passed away last year. Jim Lovell's Mom is played by Ron Howard's Mother. The bald, geeky looking Technician wearing glasses in the Houston Control Room is played by Clint Howard. I remember watching the coverage of Apollo 13. It was a real nail biter. We really didn't know if they would make it home or not. This has been called the "Miracle Mission". If Ken Mattingly hadn't been left behind, he would not have been able to work out the Procedure in the Simulator that brought them home.

Hi guys that white stuff coming off of the rocket at launch was ice. Part of the fuel is liquid oxygen that makes ice form on the out side of the rocket booster. The weightless shots were filmed in a jet plane that go's up to a high altitude and then dives down. While the plane is diving it is zero gravity inside and the actors really were in weightlessness. The nickname for the plane was the vomit commit. The real Jim Lovell had a cameo in the movie he was the captain of the carrier shaking Tom Hanks hand at the end of the film. Jim Lovell's wife Marilyn was also in the film siting in the stands in front of the actress playing her part.👍🏻👍🏻

Answer: the stuff falling off of the spacecraft at launch is ice. The fuels for the rocket are kept at cryogenic temperatures to keeo them in a liquid form. This allows for a LOT more fuel to be stored. As the fuel vessels equalize, it causes ice to build up and then fall off at launch.

I watched all the Apollo missions. Thirteen's launch date missed my birthday by one day! As a sci-fi fan and being an engineer, space travel was a HUGE interest. You guys always do such interesting and fun to watch reactions. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. Everyone!!!

That’s why astronauts are the best of the best. Doing math under that type of pressure? That’s amazing. I get anxiety doing math at a restaurant trying to calculate the tip.

The Man that plays Gene Cranz at Mission Control You said he's the guy who wanted to throw Maverick out? That's Ed Harris. If you watch the Space Movie from 1984 "The Right Stuff" about America's first Seven astronauts, That same Ed Harris plays Astronaut John Glenn. He actually looked like John Glenn. It's a good movie.

Parents do need to adjust to the possibility of stress so that when it does come it does not undo you. My kids are all grown and doing well but I still react to movies like this in a similar manner to Toni's reactions.

Love Toni her true caring shines through. Nice job guys

I was only three when this occurred but learned about it a few years later because I was so enamored by the astronauts, & dreamt of one day being part of that group. I joined the USAF which was fine as I got to fly as a flight mechanic. Toni, you are such a compassionate & genuinely sweet hearted person. Wish there were more like you in the world. (Now you must watch "The Right Stuff", which covers the programs prior to Apollo... Mercury & Gemini. What those people did to make the US relevant in the Space Race is amazing.)

In reality the temperature never reached freezing, but it did go down to 2 degrees, still mighty cold.

Talking about freaking out……one of the reasons that test pilots were selected for these missions was because of their generally calm reactions to intense situations…….instead of saying “We’re going to die”, they might say that they are about to max out their physiological limitations…..or something to the effect……or…..”I’ve got 10 seconds before I crash”, would be” Hell, Ive got 10 seconds, I bet I can save this thing”. Calmness, confidence, courage.

Apollo 13 was directed by Ron Howard. His daughter Bryce directed several episodes of the Mandalorian, including episode 3 of season 2. In it, she does a shot for shot remake of a critical Apollo 13 scene as homage to her dad.

I'm sure someone informed you, on your initial upload, but that white stuff that was falling from the rocket is ice. There are pressurized refrigerants in the body of that rocket, and in the humid air of South Florida, it creates condensation, which in turn freezes on the outside of the rocket. Naturally, when the rocket launches, there's "A whole lotta shakin' going on!" The ice will then fall away as the rocket lifts.

Film gets me every time 😢. Real heroes inspiring us to this day. Thank you for sharing your reaction. Greetings from 🇬🇧 x

SECRETARIAT is an awesome feel-good movie!! True story. 😊

One of the best reactions you have done. I like films that move me and it was good to see you both fully engaged by what you were watching. Love the algae scene.

Dropping a little like and comment to help the re-upload.

Tom Hanks produced a 10 part mini series called From The Earth To The Moon, that is absolutely fantastic. It’s available to stream. He also directed and starred in one episode

One reason for her to not watch the launch is the time. The astronauts spent so much time snd concentration on what they were doing the wives were almost single parents. Supposedly, sometimes they didn't say things about even medical issues with the kids.

Don't apologize for the crying! You were getting caught up in the emotions of the movie. Good movies to that with their audiences. You should see me at the end of ET. :-)

Thanks for putting this back up for us to enjoy again, and again.

Tom Hanks Is The Best 💯, I Have So Many Of His Movie's, Especially This One,Nice Reaction Guy's

The events in this movie took place in 1970. A story from a very different viewpoint, I hope you watch and reaction to Hidden Figures, with the events it is based on taking place c. 1960, the start of America's space program.

That plaque is what they were going to attach to the leg of the LEM.

Jim Lovell’s Mom and the priest are Ron Howard’s parents.

The white stuuf falling of the roccket, during launch, is ice. They use liquid oxygen, which is extremely cold, and causes ice to form, due to the moisture in the air.

At 9:46 you asked what was falling off the rocket. That was sheet ice that forms on the outside of the rocket. The fuel oxidizer they load into the Saturn V rocket is super-cooled which makes it very cold. Ice forms from the humid Florida air and it falls off during the turbulence of launch.

For next videos: The Road (2009), Spartacus (1960), Midsommar (2019)

Lots of interpersonal drama was added to the screenplay to spice up the story. In reality, Jack Swigart was considered to be as competent as anyone else - he even authored procedures manuals for the command module. I wondered how the story would have gone, were he still alive. [The movie "Sully" also dramatized the NTSB investigation, after the "Miracle On the Hudson"] And many of the improvised "fixes" on the mission had already been considered by NASA as possibilities, albeit improbable to ever be needed. But, still great storytelling !

this is a really good history film

You wondered what was falling off at launch. It's frost. Liquid Hydrogen and liquid Oxygen are cold. Really cold. So the humidity in the air condenses on the rocket. Kind of like how your windows frost up while cooking Holiday dinner on a cold day. The frost falls off at launch,

One day your wife will get through an entire Tom Hanks movie without crying. Better not watch Philadelphia! Love you guys.

"Why does it have to go to the other side" if you flew straight at the earth you'd need to do a major retrograde burn as you were approaching the earth to avoid being destroyed by reentry friction. The reentry angle is instead kept shallow so that you enter the atmosphere gradually and let it slow the vehicle down but not so quickly that it overwhelms the capacity of the heat shield. This is also what they're referring to when they say 'too steep and you burn up, too shallow and you skip off'. If the reentry angle is too shallow the vehicle won't slow down enough and will instead go back out into space on a sub-orbital trajectory to crash into the planet on the next pass.

Fun fact "consolation prize"...since they did not go into orbit around the Moon on their free return trajectory, Apollo 13 traveled a bit further away from Earth than all of the other flights to the Moon. So to this day, Lovell, Haise, and Swigert hold the record for the farthest distance from Earth people have ever traveled. Also., a terrific quote I encountered recently has to do with Apollo 13..."NASA is absolutely not superstitious, but you can bet they will never launch anything numbered "13" ever again." Not sure if that is a real quote...but it does not seem that NASA has sent anything into space with the number 13 on it ever since, though commercial satellite companies have.

Another true story that is a tear jerker and I found high stress was “The Impossible.” It does a good job of showing not just a natural disaster but the chaos, horror, and struggles afterwards.

Loved the reaction. Oh! Want a fun one next? I’m not sure if you’ve seen it, but 1973 Academy Award winner “The Sting” would be a great one. It features megastars Robert Redford and Paul Newman, and a fantastic cast of character actors. It’s got twists and turns, and when it was in theaters, at the end of the film, there was a short announcement to please not spoil the ending for people who hadn’t seen it yet! This film also single-handedly repopularized the ragtime music of American composer Scott Joplin. After this film became a smash hit, there wasn’t a music store in the country that didn’t sell the sheet music for “The Entertainer”. Only they put “The Sting” movie logo on the cover, as if that were the song’s title. I remember my classmates asking me to “Play the Sting!” Haha Oh, I’m not on Patreon, but if there’s a way I can contribute to a review for this movie, let me know.

That last for 3 to 4 minutes of the blackout, that was nerve racking, but reminds me of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, same thing happened but unfortunately for them, 4 minutes went by, then 10, then 15, then 20 minutes and no response, till they got a call from witness reports, they saw it disintegrate. So terrifying and tragic so sad.

You guys are the best, I love watching you react to some of my favorite movies.

if you liked this movie and you like NASA historical movies, (and you haven't seen it yet) " hidden figures" ... I recommend watching the movie, it's very good, (and educational)

When the Saturn 5 launched, what you saw coming off was ice. Part of the fuel was liquid oxygen. which needs to be kept cold.

This a good movie but, the movie - The Right Stuff is even better I think. Has to do with the space race before the Applo missions. Good reaction, thank you...

The girl in this movie was a friend's sister. She did this and Free Willy and I guess was never heard from again

Something like 400,000 people worked on the space program.

If anyone think the space race and moon landings are interesting, check out the mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998). It's like Apollo 13, just as a mini-series, and it covers the entire space program. Another interesting mini-series is Moon Machines (2008) about the incredible engineering aspect of the moon landings.

excellent flick. Got teary eyed watching it in the theater when he's imagining himself on the Moon. Might have said that last time ; ). Glad I don't have to deal with KZfaq bureaucracy.

As always great reaction. Next one should be Toni's choice. They are always lighter reactions. And happy as well. Hopefully she does not choose "Sophies Choice"😮

What you were seeing falling off the launch vehicle was ice built up from the extremely cold liquid oxygen fuel in the tanks and the warmed humid Florida air outside.

Great reaction guys, and I think now that you've seen the movie you would really enjoy watching a video on KZfaq of Jim Lovell, (the Commander played by Tom Hanks), as he gives a lecture about the Apollo 13 mission. It's titled, Apollo 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell Space Lecture. The channel is travelshorts, and it runs about an hour and fifteen minutes. But it's well worth watching and hearing from the man himself all about how everything happened on that flight. Since you've seen the film, I believe you would enjoy hearing Jim's account.

T and I have the same memory ability. : ) There were moments when Toni seemed to take it better than I did - and I've seen the movie. That's how well this movie was done.

I remember. 24 hour prayer services. Calls for prayers at sporting events and the service held at the Vatican by the Pope.

When the first and second stages detach, they don't fall to earth but remain in orbit for many years. Sometimes they break up and become dangerous space debris. (It is a testimony to how expensive space flight is, as the cost of the discarded high-tech rocket engines is LESS than the cost of the extra fuel needed if the ship didn't have separate stages.) However, I think a first stage of a Chinese rocket just recently didn't remain in orbit but fell to earth, setting part of a village on fire.

Need to react to "Hidden Figures"...please! Great movie!

I thought you were gonna have to perform CPR on Toni for a minute David! Lol. Great movie!

A great movie. Two other great "space" movies are "The Right Stuff" (another based on a true story movie) and "Gravity", a story starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney film...

Although there's some "Hollywood" in the film, the main plot points ALL happened. Detai-l the Oddessy DID come down damn near on top of the USS Iwo Jima. The copters had to come back to towards the ship to get them. That's pin point landing! The controllers at NASA did not celebrate like in the film, they were cool and maintained. Excellent, suspensive film though! Also- Hanks shakes the captain's hand- THAT was Jim Lovell for real.

Did you have copyright issues? Whatever it was I’m glad it’s solved. *PLEASE* don’t forget about *Arlington Road* starring *Jeff Bridges* and *Tim Robbins* 🙏🏼 And for a nice comedy starring *Tim Robbins* and *Martin Lawrence* watch *Nothing To Lose* 👍🏼

It is ICE, try to remember that the Saturn 5 rockets were 5 F-1 Rocket engines, and they were fueled by LIQUID hydrogen and LIQUID oxygen, both of them in liquid form are -273f for Hydrogen and -294 for Oxygen, the first stage of the Saturn 5 held 246,000 pounds of liquid Hydrogen and 500,000 pounds of liquid oxygen so condensation would form on the outer skin of the rocket as it was being fueled, and while it was fueled, the shaking and vibrations of the launch breaks the ice loose, it also happened with the space shuttles big centerline tank.

Holy crap, you are the first one who said what I had always thought every time I watched this movie, about Ken wanting the exact conditions. It never made any sense to me. The last thing you want is to be in those conditions. You want to be fresh. You need to see everything. If you must, put some orange tape on the flashlights, so you know they can't be utilized for re-entry purposes.

BTW the wife got her ring back after a plumber took apart the pipes at the hotel.

At this point we need to get Toni an emotional support plushy lol (one for me as well to be fair lol)

30:32 the aunt is cute 🙂

The stuff falling off during the launch is ice. The contents of the rocket is very cold and ice forms from commendation from the humidity

In ron Howard's movie apollo 13, why does marilyn confront henry?

9:44 The Saturn rocket was powered by kerosene, liquid oxygen and hydrogen. Oxygen and hydrogen are in a gaseous state at the usual temperature on the surface of the planet, they have to be cooled down a lot to become a liquid state. In the case of oxygen, the cold fuel is separated from the air by a steel plate, so the vapor condenses on its surface, like a cool beer mug, and freezes thickly on it. As a result of the energy released during the rocket launch, the sound and the vibration, the accumulated ice falls.

If you notice the astronauts were driving Corvette's that's because Rathman Chevrolet dealership in Florida made a deal with General Motors to lease the astronauts Corvette for one dollar 😂

That was ice falling from the rocket at launch.

If you haven’t watched “THE IMPOSSIBLE” about the tsunami in 2004 you should (after she regains her composure 😊😊) bless her.

You all should watch October Sky

45:18 absolutely, Ken was left behind for a reason I think. 😊❤

For A Laugh-Try “MONSTER-IN-LAW” with Jane Fonda, Wanda Sykes, Jenifer Lopez-it’s hilarious!!😂 “THE PROPOSAL” is also great with Ryan Reynolds & Sandra Bullock, Betty White. Really funny movie! 😊

You guys are wonderful.

Ice falls off rockets at launch that use cryogenic (very cold) fuel, which Saturn V did. It's because there's frost on the outside.

Lovell was faster at calculations by hand than the computers were back then.

Yall gonna give that girl a heart attack man lol

35:10 yes it's a ball of fire because they're falling at 300 miles 5 to 6 miles above the Earth which causes fire because they're falling so quickly

No matter the problem, fix it with duct tape. They were lucky Ken was grounded....it saved their lives. Truth is stranger than fiction.

23:00 I also like people who can create great things from nothing 😀