The Right Stuff

Release Date:
Sep 9, 1983
MPAA Rating:
PG
Running Time:
3:13
Genre:
Docudrama
Director:
Philip Kaufman
Cast:
Sam Shepard Capt/Col. Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot
Scott Glenn Capt. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Mercury Astronaut
Ed Harris Maj. John Herschel Glenn Jr., Mercury Astronaut
Producers:
James D. Brubaker , Robert Chartoff , Irwin Winkler
Writers:
Philip Kaufman, Tom Wolfe
Language:
English
Related Programs:
Marooned
Apollo 13
October Sky
Space Cowboys
The Space Movie
In the Shadow of the Moon

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This adaptation of the non-fiction novel by Tom Wolfe chronicles the first 15 years of America's space program. By focusing on the lives of the Mercury astronauts, including John Glenn and Alan Shepard, the film recounts the dangers and frustrations experienced by those involved with NASA's earliest achievements. It also depicts their family lives and the personal crises they endured during an era of great political turmoil and technological innovation.

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