The Right Stuff (Special Edition)
Winner of 4 Academy Awards
In the middle of the 20th Century, America pondered its future-and looked to the skies. Based on Tom Wolfe's book, The Right Stuff is the tale of how the future began, a thrilling epic of intrepid test pilot Chuck Yeager and the seven pioneering astronauts of the Project Mercury space program. Philip Kaufman scripts and directs, pushing the envelope with a filmmaking bravado that matches this soaring story of training and heroism...and of sudden fame for which there is no training. Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey, Sam Shepard, Dennis Quaid and Fred Ward are among the perfect cast of this winner of 4 Academy Awards that in a pristine 20th-anniversary digital transfer remains the stuff of must-see entertainment. Let's light this candle, flyboys!
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It is the Right Stuff - easypeasy
I don't think I ever saw this film before. It came out while I was still too young to appreciate it. I find the history of the space program fascinating and this film is a great way to learn more about the challenges they faced. I would recommend it to anyone interesting in space / NASA history.
I'd also recommend "From the Earth to the Moon". It was a series that Tom Hanks produced a bunch of years ago and it is incredible.A true classic - Ojay
Long enough that it almost needs to be watched in two sittings, this epic stands out for one big reason: It's consistently funny as hell. You can thank a script that's true in tone to Tom Wolfe's equally awesome book about the space program. The flying is exciting, the dialogue sparkles and the characters are universally memorable (especially impressive is that the women are as fleshed out as the heroic flyboys). Right Stuff has remained on my all-time top-10 list.Impressive - Moogie
I watched this movie a few times and I never get tired of it. Watching the very few crazy guys trying to break the sound barrier. Then after wards trying to go in space for the first time. It's well detailed and nicely done. The movie always keeps you interested and you always want more. I was thinking near the end maybe at some point we would see a similar mnovie depicting how man went beyong the light barrier. A must see movie to any explorer type person. It's a tail detailing how man went beyong what anybody thought possible. WOW.
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It is the Right Stuff - easypeasy
I don't think I ever saw this film before. It came out while I was still too young to appreciate it. I find the history of the space program fascinating and this film is a great way to learn more about the challenges they faced. I would recommend it to anyone ...A true classic - Ojay
Long enough that it almost needs to be watched in two sittings, this epic stands out for one big reason: It's consistently funny as hell. You can thank a script that's true in tone to Tom Wolfe's equally awesome book about the space program. The flying is ...Impressive - Moogie
I watched this movie a few times and I never get tired of it. Watching the very few crazy guys trying to break the sound barrier. Then after wards trying to go in space for the first time. It's well detailed and nicely done. The movie always keeps you interested ...