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*The Right Stuff* is a 1983 American adventure, drama, and historical film directed by Philip Kaufman. The screenplay was written by Kaufman and Tom Wolfe, with Irwin Winkler serving as producer. The cast includes Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, and Scott Glenn. Caleb Deschanel was the director of photography, Bill Conti composed the score, and Levon Helm provided narration. The film was produced by The Ladd Company and Winkler Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment.
The movie has a runtime of 193 minutes and was filmed in San Francisco, California. It received four Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Sound. Additional nominations included Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography. The film holds a 7.8 rating on IMDb and a 91 Metascore. Its tagline is "How the future began."
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7.4At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
Cast
- Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager
- Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard
- Ed Harris as John Glenn
- Dennis Quaid as Gordon Cooper
- Fred Ward as Gus Grissom
- Barbara Hershey as Glennis Yeager
Themes
- based on novel or book
- nasa
- politics
- cold war
- answering machine
- pilot
- u.s. air force
- space travel
- based on true story
- flight
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
67,160 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
91/100
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 193 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 4 Oscars. 12 wins & 16 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Philip Kaufman
- Written by
- Philip Kaufman
- Based on
- The Right Stuff , by Tom Wolfe
- Produced by
- Irwin Winkler Robert Chartoff
- Starring
- Sam Shepard Scott Glenn Ed Harris Dennis Quaid Fred Ward Barbara Hershey Kim Stanley Veronica Cartwright Pamela Reed Scott Paulin Charles Frank Lance Henriksen
- Cinematography
- Caleb Deschanel
- Edited by
- Glenn Farr Lisa Fruchtman Stephen A. Rotter Douglas Stewart Tom Rolf
- Music by
- Bill Conti
- Production companies
- The Ladd Company , Chartoff-Winkler Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release dates
- October 16, 1983 ( 1983-10-16 ) ( Kennedy Center ) October 21, 1983 ( 1983-10-21 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 192 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $27 million
- Box office
- $21.1 million (domestic only)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- aviation
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Screenwriter
- Tom Wolfe
- Cast member
- James E. Webb
- Composer
- Bill Conti
- Producer
- Irwin Winkler
- Production company
- The Ladd Company
- Cinematographer
- Caleb Deschanel
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 184
- FilmAffinity ID
- 995637
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- film editor
- Glenn Farr
- title
- The Right Stuff
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- narrator
- Levon Helm
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- different from
- The Right Stuff
- review score
- 7.8/10
- characters
- James E. Webb
- capital cost
- 27000000
- box office
- 21192102
- publication date
- 1986-08-28
- Commons category
- The Right Stuff (film)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Right Stuff is a 1983 American epic historical drama film written and directed by Philip Kaufman and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Tom Wolfe. The film follows the Navy, Marine, and Air Force test pilots who were involved in aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as well as the Mercury Seven, the seven military pilots who were selected to be the astronauts for Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight by the United States. The film stars Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey and Kim Stanley (in her final film); 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. However, it received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for eight Oscars at the 56th Academy Awards, four of which it won. The film was a huge success on the home video market. In 2013, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The film was ranked #19 on the American Film Institute's most inspiring movies.
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