The Right Stuff (1983)

Movie Details

Original Title The Right Stuff

Original Language EN

Budget $27,000,000

Revenue $21,500,000

Status Released

Popularity 1.8

Cast

Sam Shepard

Chuck Yeager

Popularity: 2.1

Scott Glenn

Alan Shepard

Popularity: 7.6

Ed Harris

John Glenn

Popularity: 11.5

Dennis Quaid

Gordon Cooper

Popularity: 5.7

Fred Ward

Gus Grissom

Popularity: 4.3

Barbara Hershey

Glennis Yeager

Popularity: 2.0

Kim Stanley

Pancho Barnes

Popularity: 4.8

Veronica Cartwright

Betty Grissom

Popularity: 2.5

Pamela Reed

Trudy Cooper

Popularity: 9.0

Scott Paulin

Deke Slayton

Popularity: 4.9

Charles Frank

Scott Carpenter

Popularity: 8.2

Lance Henriksen

Wally Schirra

Popularity: 2.2

Key Crew

Editor Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf

Producer Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

Executive Producer James D. Brubaker

Screenplay Philip Kaufman

Director Philip Kaufman

Production

The Ladd Company

Chartoff-Winkler Productions

Videos & Trailers

John Glenn Sees Fireflies

Clip

Full Movie Preview

Clip

Ed Harris and Ron Howard talk about THE RIGHT STUFF - AFI Movie Club

Featurette

Original Theatrical Trailer

Trailer

The Right Stuff Wins Film Editing: 1983 Oscars

Featurette

The Right Stuff Wins Best Sound: 1984 Oscars

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Filipe Manuel Neto 8/10

Jul 20, 2023

**Overall, it's a good movie about the start of the space race.** The space race was one of the aspects that marked the intense rivalry between the USA and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. There was the notion that space could be a battleground or a zone of influence, as colonial territories ... Read more