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

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

Creator

• Right stuff (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Clennon, David
• Kaufman, Philip, 1936-
• Chartoff, Robert
• Cartwright, Veronica
• 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
• Goldblum, Jeff, 1952-
• Wolfe, Tom
• Glenn, Scott, 1942-
• Harris, Ed, 1950-
• Frank, Charles
• Deschanel, Mary Jo, 1945-
• Helm, Levon
• Henriksen, Lance, 1940-
• Dano, Royal, 1922-1994
• Hershey, Barbara, 1948-

Actor

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

Film director

• Kaufman, Philip, 1936-

Film producer

• Chartoff, Robert
• Winkler, Irwin

Screenwriter

• Kaufman, Philip, 1936-

Subject

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

Genre

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

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• 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

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

JAG

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; production design, Geoffrey Kirkland ; editors, Glenn Farr ... [et al.] ; music, Bill Conti

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

English or dubbed French or Spanish (both Castillian and Latin) with optional French and Spanish subtitles. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

193

Technique

live action