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Apollo 13

1995Runtime unavailableDrama

Movie details, ratings, and The Rewatchables episode for Apollo 13.

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Apollo 131995
RT CRITICS92
RT AUDIENCE87
METACRITIC78
Directed byRon HowardMovie director
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RT critics92%Tomatometer
RT audience87%Popcornmeter
Metacritic78Critic score

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THE POD'S PICKS

Episode awards

See who or what the hosts picked for each award.

21award categories
EPISODE 467

Apollo 13

20 picked · 1 without a winner

Most rewatchable scene

Likely pick

the atmosphere re-entry

The room ultimately settles on the re-entry sequence as the scene they most want to watch again.

~ 0:48:00Runner-up: the CO2 filter fix

What's aged the best?

Picked on the show

Houston, we have a problem

They agree the phrase and its lasting cultural shorthand have aged best.

~ 0:56:00Runner-up: the score

Apex Mountain

Picked on the show

American ingenuity

They frame the movie as an Apex Mountain for American ingenuity.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: American idealism
Show every award18 more, in episode order

What's the most 1995 thing about this movie?

Picked on the show

the overwhelmingly white cast

They land on the movie’s extremely white ensemble as the most 1995-specific detail.

~ 0:48:00Runner-up: the mid-90s opening graphics

The Floyd Gondoli butter on my ass and lollipops in my mouth award

Picked on the show

Hanks's white vest

The room picks Hanks’s white vest as the thing they just enjoy most.

~ 0:48:00Runner-up: Hanks refusing to look at the moon

Big kahuna burger award

Picked on the show

jello in space

They choose the space jello gag as the best food-and-drink bit.

~ 0:56:00Runner-up: zero-G puke

Cape Cod Pursuit of happiness or best needle drop

Picked on the show

"Spirit in the Sky"

They identify the "Spirit in the Sky" cue as the clear needle-drop winner.

~ 0:56:00

Was there a better title for this movie?

Picked on the show

Apollo 13

They conclude the existing title works best and should not be changed.

~ 0:56:00Runner-up: Houston, We Have a Problem

Girlfriend award

Picked on the show

the teenagers

They pick the teenage kids as the weakest family element in the movie.

~ 0:56:00Runner-up: the older daughter

What's aged the worst?

Picked on the show

the teenage daughter material

They again single out the teenage daughter scenes as the part that has aged worst.

~ 1:04:00Runner-up: some VFX details

Dion Waiters Award

Picked on the show

Walter Cronkite

They choose Walter Cronkite as the most memorable supporting presence.

~ 1:04:00Runner-up: Clint Howard

Recasting couch

Picked on the show

Tom Cruise as Jack

The room likes the idea of Tom Cruise taking the Jack role most of all.

~ 1:04:00Runner-up: Gene Hackman as Ed Harris

Fortune 3 clap award for best GIFable moment

Picked on the show

Ed Harris’s double thumbs-up after the landing

They settle on Ed Harris’s double thumbs-up as the clearest GIF-worthy moment.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: Hanks/Houston, we have a problem reaction

Sean Penn, I brought my own pack award

Picked on the show

Ed Harris

They award Ed Harris for the movie’s best onscreen smoking work.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: the control-room smokers generally

Sequel, prequel, prestige TV, all podcasts are untouchable

Picked on the show

untouchable

They mark the movie as untouchable for sequel or spin-off treatment.

~ 1:12:00

Just one Oscar who gets it

Picked on the show

the movie

They decide the film itself is the one Oscar that best represents what should win.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: Hanks

Answerable questions

No winner

No clear winner

They raise a few hypotheticals, but no single answer is clearly settled.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: whether Cameron would have made a better version

Double feature

Picked on the show

First Man

They end up recommending First Man as the stronger companion watch.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: The Martian

The memorabilia you'd most want from this movie

Picked on the show

Jim Lovell's astronaut suit

They agree the most desirable prop would be the movie-worn astronaut suit.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: Gary Sinise's sleeveless sweater

Coach Finstock, Mr. Miyagi or best worst life lesson

Picked on the show

"Your greatest disaster is seconds away from being your finest moment"

They pick the disaster-to-triumph line as the episode’s best life lesson.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: "Let's work the problem"

Cruiser Hanks

Likely pick

Tom Hanks

The room leans Hanks overall, while also floating Cruise in Kevin Bacon’s role as a way to put both stars in the movie.

~ 1:36:00Runner-up: Tom Cruise

About these picks Winners come from the episode transcript. Timestamps may be a little off.

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