The Right Stuff (Blu-ray) PG
How the future began.
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 3 hours, 13 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 5, 2013
- Originally Released: 1983
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Sam Shepard, Fred Ward & Dennis Quaid | |
Performer: | Barbara Hershey, Charles Frank, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed, Scott Paulin, Lance Henriksen, Donald Moffat, Levon Helm, Scott Wilson, Kathy Baker, William Russ & Kim Stanley | |
Directed by | Philip Kaufman | |
Edited by | Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter & Douglas Stewart | |
Screenplay by | Philip Kaufman | |
Composition by | Bill Conti | |
Cameo: | Chuck Yeager | |
Produced by | Irwin Winkler & Robert Chartoff | |
Director of Photography: | Caleb Deschanel | |
Executive Production by | James D. Brubaker |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1983 -
Best Film Editing: Not Applicable & Tom Rolf
Academy Awards 1983 -
Best Original Score: Bill Conti
Academy Awards 1983 -
Best Sound: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1983 -
Best Sound Effects Editing: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
...Flying at its coolest...
Entertainment Weekly
[The film] delivers real exuberance....Time has been good to it.
Premiere
...Kaufman's love for the Yaeger character pays off in the magical closing sequence of the film...
Chicago Sun-Times
It means something to be a member of the brotherhood whose trials and accomplishments are celebrated so enjoyably in The Right Stuff.
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Washington Post
Rating: 4/4 --
A great movie that unfortunately failed to attract audiences back in '83, this adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book about astronauts pays tribute to what we would like to believe represents the American spirit: hard work, perseverance, camaraderie and vision.
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Creative Loafing
Rating: 3/4 --
An epic symphony of triumph that portrays modern man as the ultimate being driven by power. So visually stunning it looks almost experimental. [Full review in Spanish].
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Cinelipsis
The Right Stuff is a spectacular celebration of those heroes of the skies -- those fly jocks who fought the demons of space to launch a new era in American air technology.
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Associated Press
Product Description:
This epic chronicle of the seven pilots chosen to become astronauts for Project Mercury is based on the novel by Tom Wolfe. Deep in the desert during the 1950s, army test pilots courageously fought to break the sound barrier. These maverick men would stop at nothing to achieve winning speed. Led by their champion, Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard), they caroused at the local watering hole while sharing tales of extreme sport and bravery--until the Russians successfully sent their Sputnik satellite into the skies, and the United States government panicked, quickly launching a space program of its own. In an effort to find the right men for the job, the government searched the desert and the seas, compiling a crew of daredevil space cowboys willing to do anything for the chance to represent America in the space race. After grueling medical, physical, and psychological tests, seven men were left standing, led by American hero John Glenn (Ed Harris), test pilots Gordon Cooper (Dennis Quaid), Gus Grissom (Fred Ward), and Scott Carpenter (Charles Frank), and Navy man Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn). With the help of the media and the government, these men became overnight heroes, sacrificing their freedom and their families for the dream of space travel. This piercing exploration of the men and wives behind the mission serves as a testament to the determination of America to dominate the field of space exploration, while offering an intriguing portrait of a period in which America wanted to believe in perfect men and their perfect wives, even if the reality was vastly more complex. Philip Kaufman's gripping film also features fabulous special effects and stunning aerial cinematography.
Keywords:
Action
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Adventure
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High Flying
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Space Exploration
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Suspense
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Thriller
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True Story
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Achievers
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