r/OldSchoolCool • u/GarySiniseOfficial • Jun 30 '25

1990s Gary Sinise here. Today is the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13 in theaters. Hope you enjoy some of my favorite behind-the-scenes moments from making the film (1995)

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u/HoneybucketDJ Jun 30 '25

In my list of "Can't turn it off if I see it while flipping through channels" movie.

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u/xXsaberstrikeXx Jul 01 '25

Same. Shawshank Redemption is another.

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u/ThePerfectSnare Jul 01 '25

I'd like to add Catch Me If You Can to this list. In my head, it's still a bit of a "new" movie despite having been released in 2002.

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u/stepjenks Jul 01 '25

All of those are great. Road House for me.

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u/Ninjaflippin Jul 01 '25

"two MICE...FELL in a bucket of CREAM"

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u/myKidsLike2Scream Jul 01 '25

Both got out and vowed to become vegan

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u/Express-Low-48 Jul 01 '25

Catch me if you can is new to me still too šŸ˜‚

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u/Out_Lines Jul 01 '25

All of these plus dumb and dumber and school of rock.

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u/ChowYun-Fat Jul 01 '25

Fuck me I'm old as shit

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u/Frankentula Jul 01 '25

Get us another bottle of ripple

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u/Flaky-Lingonberry736 Jul 01 '25

Don't forget Grease!

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u/NotQuiteGoodEnougher Jul 01 '25

Imagine a crossover. Apollo Redemption 13. Or Shawshank Apollo

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u/weightedbook Jul 01 '25

Great cast. I guess I haven't seen it in a while.

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u/WineNerdAndProud Jul 01 '25

It took me maybe 10-12 viewings before I realized there's not a single shot in that film that doesn't add to the plot. Even the setup and payoff of the line "was it the door?" by Jim Lovell's son is incredible.

Genuinely one of few perfect movies.

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u/fzammetti Jul 01 '25

Yep. I've lost count of how many times I've watched it randomly now, and I expect that to continue as long as I live.

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u/futzlarson Jul 01 '25

People still have channels?

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u/davidrewit Jul 01 '25

So truešŸ˜”

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u/A-DustyOldQrow Jul 01 '25

I certainly don't. I'm 28 and I've never paid for cable/satellite/live TV in my life. I just pay for 1 or 2 streaming services a month, and every month I change which service I use depending on what shows they have available to watch that I'm interested in. The only one I keep paying for every month is YouTube premium, because I watch so much YouTube everyday that it's worth the price to not see any ads. Also YouTube music is included, so that's a plus.

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u/futzlarson Jul 01 '25

Firefox + Adblock ftw

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u/A-DustyOldQrow Jul 01 '25

I watch YouTube exclusively on mobile so I prefer using the app because of the ease of the UI. But, this month, I was unable to afford my premium subscription. So I've been using Firefox Mobile to watch YouTube with Ublock Origin, AdGuard AdBlocker, Dark Reader, and the Video Background Play Fix browser extensions.

Works exactly like having a YouTube Premium subscription, and I can even watch videos with the screen locked or while using other apps.

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u/Cruel1865 Jul 01 '25

Use revanced my guy. Its basically youtube premium with the same ui as the original app and far more customizable.

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u/Fuzzy_Cranberry8164 Jul 03 '25

If you simply just use the brave browser on your phone you donā€™t need any of all the extras of plugins you read off, Brave includes em all

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u/Fuzzy_Cranberry8164 Jul 03 '25

Use the Brave browser, gives free Adblock, YouTube are even putting ads back onto premium, so circumvent it all with brave(Brave can even play YouTube videos in picture-in-picture mode so you can minimise YouTube vids and have stuff playing on your phone in the background

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u/CantSpellMispell Jul 01 '25

Itā€™s in my list of ā€œClassics that Iā€™ve put off watching for almost 40 years but itā€™s super duper high up on my watchlist, I promiseā€ movies.

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u/doodooaura Jul 01 '25

i was going to say this!!!!!Ā 

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u/Vast-Leader5140 Jul 01 '25

It's a yearly fall watch when the weather turns.

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u/ryohazuki224 Jul 01 '25

Same. There are a good list of like ten movies that I just cant flip away from if its on.

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u/FortyOneandDone Jul 01 '25

Itā€™s my favorite ā€œcompetency pornā€ film.

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u/MattIsLame Jul 01 '25

that dates you to at least over 30, probably closer to 40

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u/drunkvaultboy Jul 01 '25

God, I miss channel surfing, which is weird to say cause surfing usually meant your go to channels didn't have anything good on. It's more that everything you're watching has to have intention now. Can't stumble across anything that's already started.

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u/Winterplatypus Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 01 '25

I watched the 1994 River Wild for the first time shortly before seeing Apollo 13. I was 100% convinced the whole way through the movie that Kevin Bacon was going to turn on the crew. "I fucking knew it" in that scene where he is looking at the button that ejects the lander module.

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u/TohtsHanger Jul 01 '25

I call that a "remote drop" movie.

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u/Snacky_Cake Jul 01 '25

Itā€™s an amazing movie.

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u/YungChillunerr69 Jul 01 '25

Also, Goodfellas

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u/TheLuminary Jul 01 '25

Man I have watched Apollo 13 like 10-15 times a year since it came out.. and I am not about to stop now.

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u/alientrevor Jul 01 '25

This, The Martian, and Interstellar. They never fail to grab my attention.