Where Eagles Dare.

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2003)

It kind of shocks me to think that this event is as old to young people today as the second world war was to me in 1970.
Fortunately, my memory serves me well enough, still, to recall the events of the Apollo 13 mission, and the phrase that captured the entire event : "Houston, we have a problem".
The extraordinary visual effects combined with the all-star-packed casting couldn't have been better; each performance, from Tom Hanks down through the ranks to the techs at Mission Control, and the 'spot-narration' voice over (in the form of news bulletins) by Walter Cronkite accurately captured the anxiety, character, enthusiasm and 'can-do' attitude of this 'gremlin plagued' mission.
If you lived these events then see it, it's sure to recall the times and places. But if this is history to you see it and know that "that's the way it was", at the very pinnacle, of the age of exploration.