Page One: “Apollo 13” (1995)

Screenplay by William Broyles Jr. & Al Reinert, book by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger

The movie version of the opening:

Considerably different. First, veteran CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite,. then a house party for the astronauts and their families. The logic? Cronkite provides the historical frame setting the stage for the Apollo 13 mission. And the party? A convenient way to introduce the key characters and put a human face on them.

You may read the screenplay here.

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