Ed Harris in The Right Stuff. Ed Harris in The Right Stuff.Warner Bros./Everett Collection Jean-Luc Godard once said all you need for a movie is a gun and a girl. How about astronauts and Sam Shepard?
Six of the US Air Force’s most iconic aircraft were featured in the 1983 film The Right Stuff—each of which played a role in advancing America’s exploration of space. The Right Stuff (1983) is ...
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Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff, based on Tom Wolfe’s book, was an exploration of American heroism in the early days of the space program. In this sequence, astronaut John Glenn earns his stripes.
Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Photo: Warner Bros. Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Photo: Warner Bros. Kaufman, now 87, partly blames the press’ fixation on just one ...