Jim Lovell

Ron Howard. The movie was filmed in 1995 and the lead roles were played by Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell, Bill Paxton as Fred Haise, Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert, Gary Sinise as Kevin Mattingly, and Ed Harris as Gene Kranz. It was written by William Broyles, Jr. and Al Reinert. The movie was all in color, it does not have a sequel to it, and it is 140 minutes. I watched it December 11, 2014 at my house. Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert are assigned to the mission Apollo 13. Their target was the

engine failure, all was set. The Apollo 13 crew were able to do a television broadcast, this was on the night of the 13th of April 1970, they were showing how the mission was going and how was everything going in the spaceship, the Commander, Jim Lovell closed the broadcast by this message “This is the crew of Apollo 13. Wish everybody there a nice evening and a, we're just about to close out our inspection of Aquarius and get back to a pleasant evening in Odyssey. Goodnight." ……… Shortly after

The movie “Apollo 13” is a great example of the different styles of leadership and conflict management presented by the main characters like Gene Kranz, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, Ken Mattingly, and Jack Swigert. The first scene there Gene Kranz, the main commander of the Houston Control Center is informed by the medical staff member that three of the Apollo 13 crew members removed their biomedical sensors from their body being tired of western world, represents “Laissez- Faire” leadership

A CASE SUMMARY OF APOLLO 13 (1985) When Apollo 13 mission was launched by NASA, which was to take crew of seasoned astronauts to the moon headed by Jim Lovell. On the way to the moon, one of the liquid oxygen tanks exploded, and the other one began leaking. In addition, there were the problem of inadequate air and electricity to get them back because of all these problem. The mission team headed by Gene Kranz rose to the occasion , by taking calculated risks to ensure that the survival of the crew

Have you ever dreamed of going to space, or walking on the moon? Commander Jim Lovell and officers Fred Haise and Jack Swigert did that exact thing. They were the astronauts that went on a moon landing mission aboard Apollo 13. Many people believe that Apollo 13 was a failed mission, since the spacecraft had an explosion and they had to go straight home. Although, many other people believe that it was one of NASA’s greatest successes. Apollo 13 was truly one of NASA’s greatest successes. The first

wanted Apollo 13 to be realistic, as well as exciting and enjoyable. Within the characters, Ron wanted to capture their real personalities. This was done by the actors (Tom Hanks and Kathleen Quinlan) meeting the real-life Jim and Marilyn Lovell. They each spent a day in their home to help capture the right characteristics and get a real idea how they felt. To make the film realistic and scientifically correct, actors and the film crew went to NASA in Florida and

award for the AMPAS, best picture, best film editing, and the best sound which were many accomplishments for this film. This movie is definitely under the drama category as you will see after watching it. In the movie, Tom Hanks plays astronaut Jim Lovell, Bill Paxton plays astronaut Fred Haise, and Kevin Bacon plays astronaut Jack Swigert. These brave astronauts were originally supposed to fly Apollo 14 but were changed to fly Apollo 13 and faced many situations that could have taken off of their

James Arthur also known as “Jim” Lovell, Jr was born in March 25, 1928 in Cleveland Ohio. During in his lifetime career he launched four different missions into space. First mission was Gemini 7, the second mission was Gemini 12, the third mission was Apollo 8, and the last mission he took was Apollo 13. Jim lovell was in command of his third mission which was Apollo 8, one of the first to enter the lunar orbit. He was selected as an astronaut by NASA in September 1962 in the mission of Apollo 13

Arrogance was also displayed by the pilots throughout the movie. Tom Hanks (Jim Lovell) for example didn’t seem all that amused when Neil Armstrong was taking his first steps on the moon, almost to a sense that he knew he would get his chance. The NASA pilots also displayed that they had an extreme comfort level within their teams. When Ken Mattingly was told that he was going to have to stay behind, Jim Lovell was upset because he didn’t want to work with Jack Swigert. He even mentioned

Apollo 13 begins in 1969. Astronaut Jim Lovell thinks of how close he came to the moon when he was orbiting it on Apollo 8, and thinks about one day setting foot on the moon for himself. His wife is thinking about the opposite, She fears for her husband's safety. Months later the astronauts of Apollo 13 received news that due to an ear-infection by one of the Apollo 13 crew members, he and his crew members have been bumped up to complete the mission. Jim and his crew members attend a small press