Apollo 13 is a 1995 film based on the real-life events of NASA's Apollo 13 mission to the moon.
References
- In a 2023 social media video promoting reading, Alistair Cookie is set adrift in space and references the film's best known line ("Houston, we have a problem") by declaring "Houston, me have a problem!" The movie line was itself a paraphrase of the real-life mission's quote: "Okay, Houston... we've had a problem here."
- Telly Monster paraphrases the line in Sesame Street Episode 3713 when the Wiggleprise turns around and heads away from the moon: "Sesame Street, we have a humongous problem!"
Connections
- Tom Hanks played Commander Jim Lovell
- Ron Howard directed the film