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The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Film · 1983

Original languageEnglish

Runtime

GenreDramaHistory

Set in1947,1953,1957,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963
Letterboxd average
4.0 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0189Last checked

Directed byPhilip Kaufman
36 years
between the events and the release
1947 → 1983

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The first crewed spaceflight program of the United States. With the Soviet Union already ahead in the Space Race with the deployment of Sputnik 1 as the world's first artificial satellite, Project Mercury's goal was to successfully perform a crewed orbit of the Earth before the Soviets. However, this record would also go to the Soviets with the flight of Yuri Gagarin in 1961.

filed under 1958

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Production Information

Written by
Philip Kaufman
Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel
Production design
Geoffrey Kirkland
Music by
Bill Conti
Production country
United States
Budget
$27 million
Box office
$21.5 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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