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The Right Stuff(Movie, 1983)

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| 3h 13min | Genres: Drama, History, Adventure
The Right StuffRating: 3.7/5 (with 361361 votes)
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, and Barbara Hershey; Levon Helm narrates and plays Air Force test pilot Jack Ridley. The Right Stuff was a box-of... ()
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"The Right Stuff" is currently available on 2 providers. The Right Stuff can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Awards & Nominations for The Right Stuff

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Sound National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Sound

About The Right Stuff

A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper.

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Trailer for The Right Stuff + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Right Stuff (1983) Official Trailer - Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid Movie HD(Trailer, 3:34)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: California
Based on: "The Right Stuff" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Russian (RU)
Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/21/1983 (World premiere: 10/20/1983)
Appearing Characters: Chuck Yeager, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, Betty Grissom, Pancho Barnes, Scott Carpenter, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jack Ridley, Annie Glenn, Albert Scott Crossfield, Rene Carpenter, Wernher von Braun, Eric Sevareid, Chalmers Goodlin, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sally Rand, Henry Luce, Jack Woolams, Ed Sullivan, José Jiménez, Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, Georgy Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, Kliment Voroshilov, Anastas Mikoyan, John F. Kennedy, James E. Webb
Narrator: Levon Helm
Director: Philip Kaufman
Producer: Irwin Winkler
Screenwriter: Philip Kaufman, Tom Wolfe
Film Editor: Glenn Farr
Director of Photography: Caleb Deschanel
Composer: Bill Conti
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Os Eleitos - Onde o Futuro Começa"
"Správní hoši"
"L'etoffe des héros"
"필사의 도전"
"De Pure Klasse"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:4537, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 04/10/2024