The Right Stuff [videorecording] / Ladd Company ; directed by Philip Kaufman ; written for the screen by Philip Kaufman ; produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff ; a Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler production.
Based on the book: The right stuff / Tom Wolfe. Double sided disc must be flipped halfway through. Originally produced as motion picture in 1983. Side A. Feature film (pt. 1); special features -- side B. feature film (pt. 2); special features. Special features: gallery (cast profiles, astronauts, pioneers, behind the scenes, supplemental data, awards); theatrical trailer; recommendations.
Summary:
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.
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