APOLLO 13 Rerelease with New Intro Honoring Jim Lovell

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 187 minutes

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On this bonus episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha honor the passing of NASA astronaut Jim Lovell with the rerelease of their episodes on APOLLO 13 with a new intro from Steve and John and their guest on this episode, animation writer and certified rocket scientist Dave Rapp. The guys discuss Jim Lovell's impact on their lives and the country's history and why the lessons of this mission and his actions still endure today. A decorated Naval Academy graduate, Lovell was a member of the next round of astronauts known as the "Next Nine" and flew four missions into space with Apollo 13 being his most famous mission. For this tribute, both episodes on the movie have been combined into one super episode with Steve, John and Dave going thru the movie scene by scene to break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, action sequences and more.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome once again to a very special episode of the Cinefiles.
0:11.8	I'm Steve Morris.
0:12.6	I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.
0:15.6	Hello, my name is John Roke.
0:16.8	I'm a writer, producer, and host, and voiceover artist here in San Diego, California.
0:20.7	And the reason we're getting together to talk right now, we often do this when we lose actors and writers and directors.
0:28.1	But this is none of them.
0:29.8	This is a true American hero who we just lost the great, great Jim Lovell.
0:34.9	And we thought it would be a good idea to re-release one of our favorite episodes
0:38.2	which is apollo 13 and we couldn't discuss the great gym level or apollo 13 without welcoming
0:43.7	back to the microphones animation writer dave rap welcome back thank you uh it is good to be back and be with
0:52.0	you guys obviously not for the sad reason that we have today, but any chance that I get to talk about this man or the space program is a plus of my book.
1:02.8	And I think that's one of the things that he leaves behind with us.
1:06.0	And what is so special?
1:07.8	So this is Jim Lovell.
1:08.9	Obviously, Tom Hanks plays him in Apollo 13. And I'm just curious,
1:12.4	what do you think is so special, Dave, about this astronaut? Dave, before you answer, we should
1:17.6	interject and say for some of the new fans who may be discovering this episode for the first time,
1:21.8	Dave Rapp was our guest on this episode, which is why he's doing the intro with us. And just
1:27.0	want to clarify that before we
1:28.4	go forward. So please, go ahead, Dave. That's true. And I believe you guys had me here because
1:34.8	I went to school for aerospace engineering. I am a space nut. I love the space program. And I
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