The Right Stuff | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

In the middle of the 20th Century, America pondered its future-and looked to the skies. Based on Tom Wolfe's book, 'The Right Stuff' is the tale of how the future began, a thrilling epic of intrepid test pilot Chuck Yeager and the seven pioneering astronauts of the Project Mercury space program. Philip Kaufman scripts and directs, pushing the envelope with a filmmaking bravado that matches this soaring story of training and heroism...and of sudden fame for which there is no training. Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey, Sam Shepard, Dennis Quaid and Fred Ward are among the perfect cast of this winner of 4 Academy Awards? that in a pristine 20th-anniversary digital transfer remains the stuff of must-see entertainment. Let's light this candle, flyboys!

Synopsis: Epic-length, mainstream Hollywood drama about early days of U.S. space program. Realistic recreations of space flights and strong performances will please space history buffs, drama fans interested in subject matter.

Production Year:

1983

Released:

Tue, 06/10/2003

Run Time Minutes:

193

Rating:

Genres:

Adventure

Genres:

Drama

Genres:

Family

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

1.85-Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

More Information:

HD-5

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

5.1

Actors:

Sam Shepard - Chuck Yeager

Actors:

Scott Glenn - Alan Shepard

Actors:

Ed Harris - John Glenn

Actors:

Dennis Quaid - Gordon Cooper

Actors:

Fred Ward - Gus Grissom

Actors:

Barbara Hershey - Glennis Yeager

Actors:

Kim Stanley - Pancho Barnes

Actors:

Veronica Cartwright - Betty Grissom

Actors:

Pamela Reed - Trudy Cooper

Actors:

Scott Paulin - Deke Slayton

Actors:

Charles Frank - Scott Carpenter

Actors:

Lance Henriksen - Wally Schirra

Actors:

Donald Moffat - Lyndon B. Johnson

Actors:

Levon Helm - Jack Ridley / Narrator

Actors:

Mary Jo Deschanel - Annie Glenn

Actors:

Scott Wilson - Scott Crossfield

Actors:

Kathy Baker - Louise Shepard

Actors:

Mickey Crocker - Marge Slayton

Actors:

Susan Kase - Rene Carpenter

Actors:

Mittie Smith - Jo Shirra

Actors:

Royal Dano - Minister

Actors:

David Clennon - Liaison Man

Actors:

Jim Haynie - Air Force Major

Actors:

Jeff Goldblum - Recruiter

Actors:

Harry Shearer - Recruiter

Actors:

Scott Beach - Chief Scientist

Actors:

Jane Dornacker - Nurse Murch

Actors:

Anthony Munoz - Gonzalez

Actors:

John P. Ryan - Head of Program

Actors:

Darryl Henriques - Life Reporter

Actors:

Eric Sevareid - Eric Sevareid

Actors:

William Russ - Slick Goodlin

Actors:

Drew Letchworth - The Permanent Press Corps

Actors:

Christopher P. Beale - The Permanent Press Corps

Actors:

Richard Dupell - The Permanent Press Corps

Actors:

William Hall - The Permanent Press Corps

Actors:

John X. Heart - The Permanent Press Corps

Actors:

Ed Holmes - The Permanent Press Corps

Actors:

Jack Bruno Tate - The Permanent Press Corps

Actors:

Edward Anhalt - Grand Designer

Actors:

Mary Apick - Woman Reporter

Actors:

Robert Beer - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Actors:

Erik Bergmann - Eddie Hodges

Actors:

James M. Brady - Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson

Actors:

Katherine Conklin - TV Reporter

Actors:

Maureen Coyne - Waitress

Actors:

Tom Dahlgren - Bell Aircraft Executive

Actors:

John Lion - Bell Aircraft Executive

Actors:

Peggy Davis - Sally Rand

Actors:

John Dehner - Henry Luce

Actors:

Robert Elross - Review Board President

Actors:

Drew Eschelman - Assistant Scientist

Actors:

Robert J. Geary - Game Show M.C.

Actors:

Major Royce Grones - 1st X-1 Pilot

Actors:

David Gulpilil - Aborigine

Actors:

Anthony Wallace - Australian Driver

Actors:

Kaaren Lee - Young Widow

Actors:

Sandy Kronemeyer - Cocoa Beach Girl

Actors:

Frankie Di - Cocoa Beach Girl

Actors:

Michael Pritchard - Texan

Actors:

Ed Corbett - Texan

Actors:

O-Lan Shepard - Pretty Girl

Actors:

Mark Todd - Astronaut Trainee

Actors:

Alan Gebhart - Astronaut Trainee

Actors:

Chuck Yeager - Fred

Actors:

Nikolai Bulganin - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Bill Dana - Jose Jimenez

Actors:

Yuri Gagarin - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Lyndon Johnson - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

John F. Kennedy - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Nikita Khrushchev - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Georgi Malenkov - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

James Mathers - Capt. Mills

Actors:

Anastas Mikoyan - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Ed Sullivan - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Kliment Voroshilov - Himself (archive footage)