| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
"The Right Stuff is a 1983 American film adaptation of Tom Wolfe's 1979 book The Right Stuff about the test pilots who were involved in high-speed aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base as well as those selected to be astronauts for Project Mercury, the United States' first attempt at manned spaceflight. The story contrasts the "Mercury Seven" and their families with pilots like Chuck Yeager, who was considered by many test pilots to be the best of them all, but was never selected as an astronaut. The Mercury Seven were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton." -- website |
| Notes |
Based on the novel by Tom Wolfe |
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Off-air recording of Movie Greats Channel broadcast May 14, 2009. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Director/writer: Philip Kaufman; Producers: Irwin Winkler & Robert Chartoff |
| Performer |
Scott Gleen, Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Quaid |
| Notes |
Originally released : Warner Bros., 1983 |
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DVD |
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Rated: PG |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Feature films
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Astronautics -- United States
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Astronauts -- United States
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| Author |
Kaufman, Philip
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Wolfe, Tom
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Winkler, Irwin
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Chartoff, Robert
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Glenn, Scott
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Harris, Ed, 1950-
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Hershey, Barbara, 1948-
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Quaid, Dennis
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Movie Greats Channel (Foxtel)
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