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Topic: Odyssey (Avi Belkin/Fifth Season documentary)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 55077
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-13-2025 10:42 AM
   
"Odyssey," a new documentary about the Apollo 13 mission as told from the late Jim Lovell's perspective, is nearing completion, reports Deadline. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Avi Belkin, Odyssey is produced by Delirio Films and financed by Fifth Season. It focuses on the harrowing five days of the Apollo 13 mission in 1970, mostly using over 2000 hours of previously unseen archival footage that captures the perspective of Lovell and his family, as well as the surprising level of international cooperation that helped bring the astronauts home. Filmmakers got cooperation from the Lovell family to tell that side of the story... Still in post-production, the film will launch sales early this fall through CAA and Fifth Media. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3866
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-13-2025 06:00 PM
I look forward to seeing this in due course, but how can there be "2,000 hours of previously unseen archival footage" that has not been unearthed for previous Apollo (and specifically Apollo 13) films? Does this mean previous filmmakers didn't search diligently enough; or that the makers of this film went the extra mile? Or, as the above post hints, is it footage in the possession of the crew families that has only been revealed now? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 55077
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-13-2025 07:11 PM
From the description, it seems to be footage taken by the Lovell family, possibly throughout his entire lifetime (given the cited length). |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3866
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-14-2025 12:26 PM
It seems odd that is has only now become available. How many previous Apollo 13 projects would have benefitted if it had been found previously? Of course, if that has been the will of the family, so be it. It would be a matter for them. |
pollux
Member Posts: 60
From: London, England
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 08-16-2025 06:07 AM
Also odd that this has been announced just days after Captain Lovell's passing. The documentary is in "post production," yet (so far) I have found no mention of it prior to August 7th 2025. Happy to be corrected. |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-16-2025 10:53 AM
The timing could be coincidental; maybe they had planned the announcement before Lovell died and, perhaps after getting the family's permission, decided to go forward after he died. Or if could be purposeful (again, with the family's blessing) to announce the film while Lovell is in the news. quote:
Originally posted by Blackarrow:
...if it had been found previously?
I wouldn't assume it was lost. If the footage is indeed the Lovell family's private home movies, then perhaps they did not want to release it until now, which is why the documentary came about. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 932
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 08-17-2025 04:12 AM
2000 hours is almost 84 days. That is a lot of family movies 8MM or Super 8. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 55077
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-17-2025 07:01 AM
Yes, if limited to Apollo-era, but not so much if it spans his entire life. Clearly there is not 2,000 hours of new footage in the documentary, so they could have been referring to having access to all of the personal film and video taken over Lovell's 97 years of life, including his post-NASA years. |
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