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The Right Stuff
Release Date: October 20, 1983
Year | : | 1983 |
Slogan | : | «How the future began.» |
Genres | : | Drama, History, Adventure |
Production Companies | : | The Ladd Company |
Director | : | Philip Kaufman |
Producers | : | Lynn Stalmaster, James D. Brubaker, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff |
Writers | : | Philip Kaufman, Tom Wolfe |
RunTime | : | 193 mins. |
Budget | : | 27000000 |
Revenue | : | 21500000 |
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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Featurette: Ed Harris and Ron Howard talk about THE RIGHT STUFF - AFI Movie Club
Trailer: The Right Stuff (1983) Official Trailer - Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid Movie HD
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