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The film stars Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, and Barbara Hershey; Levon Helm narrates and plays Air Force test pilot Jack Ridley . The Right Stuff was a box-office bomb, grossing about $21 million (domestically) against a $27 million budget.
The Right Stuff (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Feb 17, 1984 · With Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid. The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
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- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Philip Kaufman
- 1984-02-17
Tom Wolfe. Novel. Philip Kaufman. Screenplay. As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.
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- Philip Kaufman
As the last of the Mercury-7 astronauts prepares for his flight into space, the ground controllers hear snoring over the microphone in the capsule. Gordo Cooper is finally getting his chance to prove he has "the right stuff", but first they have to wake him up.
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 (Ed Harris...
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- History, Drama
- PG
