Jim (Tom Hanks), Fred (Bill Paxton) and Jack (Kevin Bacon) prepare to dock with the lunar module. #apollo13 #tomhanks #billpaxton #kevinbacon Get your Critic Pick! Watch Apollo 13 Here: Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise), flight director Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) and a heroic ground crew race against time - and the odds - to bring them home.