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Topic: Apollo 13 (film): "Get a washing machine to fly..."
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Paul78zephyr Member Posts: 675 From: Hudson, MA Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 05-14-2014 11:26 AM
"If they could get a washing machine to fly..."Other than the 'getting home' scene with Jules Bergman, this scene with Blanche Lovell (played brilliantly by Ron Howard's real life mother Jean Howard) is one of my favorite scenes from the 1995 film Apollo 13. Although the incident in the Banshee aircraft at night is recounted in Jim Lovell's book Lost Moon there is no mention in the book - even anecdotally - of Mrs. Lovell ever saying that. Does anyone know if this was something made up by the screenwriters or if it is something Jim Lovell knew his mother to say and passed it on to the filmmakers? Has anyone here ever spoken to Captain Lovell about this? |
randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-14-2014 11:40 AM
If memory serves, in the collectors edition of the DVD, listening to Jim and Marilyn narrating the movie, they say they don't know why that was included in the movie, because they don't remember her saying that. |
Paul78zephyr Member Posts: 675 From: Hudson, MA Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 05-14-2014 11:57 AM
That is very interesting. I guess I was hoping that is was really something Mrs. Lovell would have said about the piloting skills of her son not Hollywood poetic license. |
garymilgrom Member Posts: 1966 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 05-14-2014 03:57 PM
I didn't know Blanche was played by Ron's mom. Thanks for that! |
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-23-2016 05:31 AM
Another detail: In the walkout scene to the capsule, Lovell was wearing an Omega Speedmaster on the right wrist, not left as shown in the movie. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-23-2016 06:55 AM
Well, that really is the giddy limit! I'll never watch "Apollo 13" again! |
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 11-30-2016 12:01 PM
Another bit of artistic license in the movie is the scene where the original crew is posing for photos and Haise says someone said to bring along a pig on the flight for good luck. And Mattingly viewing the launch at the Cape next to his Corvette, when he actually was in Houston. You could go on and on, but it doesn't detract from the movie. |