Apollo 13: Survival
Netflix
Directed By Peter Middleton
Produced By Hugh Davies & Clive Patterson
Runtime 96 min
2024
CPH DOX
Official Selection
2024
Critics Choice Awards
Best Science / Nature Documentary - Nominated
2025
MPSE Golden Reel Award
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary (Nominated)
Screen Daily
“A white-knuckle viewing experience”
Wendy Ide
The Observer
“familiarity doesn’t lessen the impact of this excellent documentary”
Wendy Ide
The Guardian
“"meticulously and sumptuously rendered"”
Adrian Horton
In April 1970, NASA faced the greatest crisis in its history; three astronauts stranded halfway to the moon on a spacecraft that had suffered a catastrophic explosion. What unfolded over the next four days was a rescue mission like no other; a knife-edge, life-or-death drama, broadcast in real-time to the watching world.
'Apollo 13: Survival’ is a visceral archive-led, cinematic re-telling of this iconic space story, brought to life with rare access to the complete recordings of the Apollo 13 mission, never-before-seen film from the NASA archives, alongside interviews with the crew, their families and members of ground control.
As the spacecraft haemorrhages critical power and oxygen supplies, our approach immerses the audience in the unfolding drama of the crisis; from inside the spaceship, at mission control and within the families' homes. What transpired was one of the great survival stories in human history. A triumph of ingenuity, teamwork and human resilience as the world watched. Waited. Held its collective breath.
Apollo 13: Survival Reviews
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Screen Daily
"A white-knuckle viewing experience"
Apollo 13: Survival
“Some stories are worth retelling, particularly when they are as well told as this…This is a film that repays a big screen viewing”.
posted on
The Guardian
"meticulously and sumptuously rendered"
Apollo 13: Survival