The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983 · 193 min · EN · PG · 7.4 (966 votes)
Dir. Philip Kaufman · Starring Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey · Music Bill Conti

How the future began.

DramaHistoryAdventure

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.

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This film feels like a grand, propulsive journey into the heart of human ambition. It's an inspiring, often tense, and ultimately triumphant exploration of courage, national pride, and the relentless pursuit of the impossible, all wrapped in a sweeping historical tapestry.

inspiringambitiousepicpatriotictensetriumphantpropulsivesweeping historical epicaspirational realismclassic Hollywood grandeurambitionheroismnational prideexplorationhuman spirit
based on novel or booknasapoliticscold waranswering machinepilotu.s. air forcespace travelbased on true storyflighthistorical figureastronautspace racetest pilot1940s1950s1960ssound barrier
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