Movies · 1995
Houston, we have a problem.
— Jim Lovell · Apollo 13
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The calm report makes a frightening emergency sound manageable. In the film, naming the problem is the beginning of the work to solve it. This is the dramatised line, rather than the wording of the real radio transmission.
- AFI100 Movie Quotes, number50; selected film wording and same-film synopsis.Reference checked
- Library of CongressRon Howard interview: film dialogue versus the historical transmission; Tom Hanks portrays Lovell.Reference checked
Context reviewed