Title | : | The Right Stuff |
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Release | : | 1983 |
Rating | : | 7.9 |
Language | : | English, Russian |
Runtime | : | 193 |
Genre | : | Action,Adventure,Drama,History |
Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once.
Tom Wolfe (book), Philip Kaufman (screenplay)