We stir the tanks on Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13” and discuss:

• Cinematography, vertigo shot, selling space-gravity;
  
• Story & Writing, exposition, building stakes & tension;
  
• Acting & Directing, building emotional weight, stoicism;
  
• and other such stuff and things and stuff.
  

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.“ – Henry Ford

Notes & References:

Blanch Lovell is played by Ron Howard’s mother, Jean Speegle Howard (iMDB)
Carol Hickey Acting Studio
Gene Kranz on failure (YouTube)

Scripted page between Jim and Marilyn shows that either it was workshopped by the team or Tom Hanks added his own flair to it

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