The right stuff

Resource Information

The work The right stuff represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Barrington Area Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The right stuff

Statement of responsibility

the Ladd Company ; a Philip Kaufman film ; a Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler production ; directed by Philip Kaufman ; written for the screen by Philip Kaufman ; produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff

Creator

• Right stuff (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Wolfe, Tom
• Cartwright, Veronica
• Chartoff, Robert
• Clennon, David
• Dano, Royal, 1922-1994
• Deschanel, Mary Jo, 1945-
• Frank, Charles
• Glenn, Scott, 1942-
• Goldblum, Jeff, 1952-
• Harris, Ed, 1950-
• Helm, Levon
• Henriksen, Lance, 1940-
• Hershey, Barbara, 1948-
• Kaufman, Philip, 1936-
• Moffat, Donald, 1930-2018
• Paulin, Scott
• Quaid, Dennis
• Reed, Pamela
• Shearer, Harry, 1943-
• Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
• Stanley, Kim
• Ward, Fred, 1942-2022
• Winkler, Irwin

Actor

• Dano, Royal, 1922-1994
• Moffat, Donald, 1930-2018
• Cartwright, Veronica
• Hershey, Barbara, 1948-
• Stanley, Kim
• Frank, Charles
• Ward, Fred, 1942-2022
• Deschanel, Mary Jo, 1945-
• Clennon, David
• Paulin, Scott
• Henriksen, Lance, 1940-
• Quaid, Dennis
• Reed, Pamela
• Helm, Levon
• Harris, Ed, 1950-
• Shearer, Harry, 1943-
• Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
• Goldblum, Jeff, 1952-
• Glenn, Scott, 1942-

Film director

• Kaufman, Philip, 1936-

Film producer

• Chartoff, Robert
• Winkler, Irwin

Screenwriter

• Kaufman, Philip, 1936-

Subject

• Project Mercury (U.S.) -- Drama
• Test pilots -- United States -- Drama
• United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Drama
• Yeager, Chuck, 1923- -- Drama
• Action and adventure films
• Astronautics -- United States -- Drama
• Astronauts -- United States -- Drama
• Biographical films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Glenn, John, 1921-2016 -- Drama
• Historical films
• Manned space flight -- Drama

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Historical films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Biographical films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Portrays the story of the Air Force test flights by Chuck Yeager that would lead to Project Mercury, which pioneered America's launch into the space race-- and of the seven men chosen to launch the U.S. into space: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton

Awards note

• Named to the National Film Registry in 2013 by the Library of Congress.
• Academy Awards, 1984: Best Music, Original Score (Bill Conti); Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Jay Boekelheide); Best Film Editing (Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf); Best Sound (Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan)

Cataloging source

GZF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editors, Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart ; music, Bill Conti

Intended audience

Rated PG

Language note

English or dubbed French soundtrack, optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired

PerformerNote

Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Quaid, Pamela Reed, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley, Fred Ward, Veronica Cartwright, Mary Jo Deschanel, Kathy Baker, David Clennon, Scott Wilson, Donald Moffat, Levon Helm, Jeff Goldblum, Harry Shearer, Charles Frank, Royal Dano

Runtime

193

Technique

live action