Apollo 13 (I) (1995)

Xander Berkeley: Henry Hurt

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• Henry Hurt : I, uh, I have a request from the news people.

  Marilyn Lovell : Uh-huh?

  Henry Hurt : They're out front here. They want to put a transmitter up on the lawn.

  Marilyn Lovell : Transmitter?

  Henry Hurt : Kind of a tower, for live broadcast.

  Marilyn Lovell : I thought they didn't care about this mission. They didn't even run Jim's show.

  Henry Hurt : Well, it's more dramatic now. Suddenly people are...

  Marilyn Lovell : Landing on the moon wasn't dramatic enough for them - why should NOT landing on it be?

  Henry Hurt : Look, I, um, I realize how hard this is, Marilyn, but the whole world is caught up in this, it's historic-...

  Marilyn Lovell : No, Henry! Those people don't put one piece of equipment on my lawn. If they have a problem with that, they can take it up with my husband. He'll be HOME... on FRIDAY!

• Marilyn Lovell : [none of the TV networks are showing Apollo 13's TV broadcast]  Do they know they're not on the air?

  Henry Hurt : We'll tell them when they get back.

• Henry Hurt : Hey Marylin.

  Marilyn Lovell : Where's their broadcast?

  Henry Hurt : All the networks dumped us. One of them said we made going to the moon as exciting as taking a trip to Pittsburgh.

• Henry Hurt : Let me put it this way. Trajectory may be off. Their thrusters may be frozen. Their guidance system might be malfunctioning. Their heat shield could be cracked. And their parachutes might be three blocks of ice. Clearly, we have some obstacles to overcome.

  Reporter : Yeah, okay, but now I'm asking you, when will we know?

  Henry Hurt : Blackout lasts for three minutes. If they're not back in four, we'll know.