The Right Stuff

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The Right Stuff is a 1983 American historical drama film about the early U.S. space program and the original Mercury 7 astronauts, acclaimed for its direction, performances, and realistic depiction of test pilots and spaceflight.

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The Right Stuff (1983 film) 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film
historical drama film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing
basedOn The Right Stuff
surface form: The Right Stuff (book)
basedOnAuthor Tom Wolfe
cinematographyBy Caleb Deschanel
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Philip Kaufman
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editingBy Douglas Stewart
Glenn Farr
Lisa Fruchtman
Stephen A. Rotter
Tom Rolf
genre biographical film
drama film
historical drama
hasTheme competition
courage
heroism
technological progress
musicBy Bill Conti
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
notableFor realistic depiction of spaceflight
realistic depiction of test pilots
originalLanguage English
portraysCharacter Alan Shepard
Chuck Yeager
Deke Slayton
Gordon Cooper
Gus Grissom
John Glenn
Scott Carpenter
Wally Schirra
producer Irwin Winkler
Robert Chartoff
productionCompany The Ladd Company
publicationDate 1983
runtimeMinutes 193
screenwriter Philip Kaufman
setInPeriod 1950s
1960s
starring Barbara Hershey
Dennis Quaid
Donald Moffat
Ed Harris
Fred Ward
Lance Henriksen
Levon Helm
Sam Shepard
Scott Glenn
Veronica Cartwright
subject Mercury 7
Mercury program
surface form: Project Mercury

United States civil space program
surface form: United States space program

spaceflight
test pilots

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