Rent The Right Stuff (1983)
3.8 of 5 from 197 ratings
3h 5min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Based on Tom Wolfe's best-selling book, 'The Right Stuff' tells the heroic tale of America's early Journeys into space. It begins with Chuck Yeager - the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound - and continues with the Flying Fraternity and the Mercury Astronauts, the first Americans in space. The bravery and daring exploits of these men captured the imagination of mid-century Americans. In 'The Right Stuff', director and screenwriter Philip Kaufman brings these breathtaking events to life in emotionally riveting and suspenseful detail.
- Actors:
- Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey, Kim Stanley, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed, Scott Paulin, Charles Frank, Lance Henriksen, Donald Moffat, Mary Jo Deschanel, Scott Wilson, Kathy Baker, Mickey Crocker, Susan Kase, Mittie Smith, Royal Dano
- Directors:
- Philip Kaufman
- Producers:
- Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
- Narrated By:
- Levon Helm
- Writers:
- Tom Wolfe, Philip Kaufman
- Others:
- Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter, Lisa Fruchtman, Glenn Farr, Bill Conti, George R. Nelson, Geoffrey Kirkland, Mark Berger, Peter Romero, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Pat Pending, Jay Boekelheide, Tom Scott, David Macmillan, Randy Thom, Caleb Deschanel
- Aka:
- Los elegidos
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Cinema Paradiso's 2025 Centenary Club: January - March, Films & TV by topic, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Ryan Gosling, Giant Leap for Mankind: A History of Astronaut Films, History of US Presidents in Cinema: Part 2, Science Fiction & Fantasy, The Best Space Mission Films, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films About Planes and Pilots, Top Films
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/11/2013
- Run Time:
- 192 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese Dolby Digital 1.0, Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Castillian, English, English Hard of Hearing, French, German, German Hard of Hearing, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Trailer
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Reviews (3) of The Right Stuff
A good story, well told. - The Right Stuff review by ND
I love this film. It's long, 3 hours, but it never drags. The actors are all good, as are their performances. If you like aircraft, adventure and just plain going fast, you'll love it.
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Brilliant Air and Rocket Scenes - The Right Stuff review by CD
Once you get past the sluggish start and rather irritating mannerisms and drawl, this is a wonderful film. The lead characters and actors are very likeable and the main action scenes are superb. It is also fascinating to see a view (albeit in a movie but hopefully based on some reality) of behind the scenes, particularly the trials and tests for the pilots/astronauts, the dynamic with their wives and families, and the media and political circus around the 1960s’ US rocket program. It is striking as well to see the lack of diversity in whom was even considered for the space program in the 1960s. Best seen in a couple of sittings as it is quite a long film, but really enjoyable.
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Epic & Thoroughly Entertaining Drama - The Right Stuff review by GI
This epic film is a sheer delight throughout its extended running time. A film that is about adventure, history and magic as well as taking a humorous and critical look at American media controlled politics. Director Philip Kaufman has taken real events, adapted a highly readable book about them and imbued the film with high drama, laughs and some mysticism occasionally throwing in a touch of surrealism for good measure. He also manages very cleverly to poke fun at America and especially its political ideals whilst celebrating the triumphs depicted. In short this is the story of America's innovations in aircraft just after the Second World War and through to the 'space race' and the Mercury astronaut program that preceded the Apollo missions. It starts with the story of the attempts to break the sound barrier and focuses on Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard). Set at a remote Californian desert airbase the wild country matches the wild animalistic test aircraft that the pilots have to fly often dying in the process. In this part of the film Kaufman introduces us to the family pressures involved and links to a new breed of younger pilots who go onto join the space program. The cast are mightily impressive including Ed Harris as John Glen, Scott Glenn as Alan Shepherd and Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Lance Henricksen and many others. There are many standout and highly memorable scenes including Yeager's walk out of the desert after a crash, Glen's first orbit of the Earth, the mystical dance of the Australian aborigines and Vice President Lyndon Johnson (Donald Moffat) having a temper tantrum when one of the astronaut's wives refuses to be interviewed with him. What an absolutely marvellous film, it's thoroughly entertaining throughout and if you enjoyed First Man (2018) then The Right Stuff can be viewed as a kind of prequel to that. If you've never seen this then I highly recommend it, it's a real gem.
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