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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 91/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 1,355 1980s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 13m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
1,005 audience votes
Key crew
- Philip KaufmanScreenplay
- Philip KaufmanDirector
- Bill ContiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sam ShepardChuck Yeager
- Scott GlennAlan Shepard
- Ed HarrisJohn Glenn
- Dennis QuaidGordon Cooper
- Fred WardGus Grissom
- Barbara HersheyGlennis Yeager
- Kim StanleyPancho Barnes
- Veronica CartwrightBetty Grissom
- Pamela ReedTrudy Cooper
- Scott PaulinDeke Slayton
- Charles FrankScott Carpenter
- Lance HenriksenWally Schirra
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or booknasapoliticscold waranswering machinepilotu.s. air forcespace travelbiographybased on true storyflighthistorical figure
The Best Movies of 1983
The Right Stuff is #3 of 60
