The Right Stuff 1983

Sensity:	No
Imdb rate:	7.8
Imdb Votes:	54,974
Duration:	193 mins
Year:	1983
Language:	English, Russian
Genre:	Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country:	USA
Director:	Philip Kaufman
Writers:	Philip Kaufman (written for the screen by), Tom Wolfe (based on the book by)
Actors:	Sam Shepard , Scott Glenn , Ed Harris , Dennis Quaid ,
Awards:	Won 4 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 16 nominations.

Description:

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 and Wally Schirra.

Keywords:

based-on-novel-or-book, nasa, answering-machine, cold-war, pilot, u.s.-air-force, space-travel, politics, historical-figure, epic, flight, astronaut, space-race, lyndon-johnson, test-pilot, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, sound-barrier, space-program,