It's like flying with a dead elephant on our back.
— Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks)
4 seconds sound clip from the Apollo 13 movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:04:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Control, what the hell happened?
- I'm trying to pitch down, but we're yawing to the left.
- She wasn't designed to fly attached to the command module.
- It's like flying with a dead elephant on our back.
- Flight, Guidance. We're getting awfully close to center here.
- Watch that middle gimbal. We don't want you tumbling off into space.
- Inform Houston that I'm well aware of the goddamn gimbals!
[...]