Word: stuffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...right stuff for an astronaut involves a definite lack of depth, which isn't to say these men are fools. Rather, they move as with blinders, interested almost solely in the fulfillment of their boyish dreams to be the fastest man on earth, or as Gordon Cooper phrases it, to be "the hotdog man himself." The proprietress of the restaurant on Edwards Air Force Base even promises a prize for the winner of one of their games. Says she, "The first fella that breaks the sound barrier's gonna get a free steak with all the trimmin...
...course few boys play games in the public eye, especially games which kill 62 pilots in 32 weeks. As one astronaut candidate explains. "Whoever survives this competition is destined to become a legend in his own time. "The Right Stuff takes a humorous and often moving look not only at the strengths of legends but also at the weaknesses of these men. And the movie's strength results in part from its ability to fuse the seven men into one, a team that overlooks its individual differences and concentrates on its similarities in order to overcome a common danger. Glenn...
...RIGHT STUFF begins in 1947 at Edwards Air Force Base, where we first meet some of the men who a decade later will become astronauts: Cooper (Dennis Quaid), Grissom (Fred Ward) and Deke Slayton (Scott Paulin). Along the way NASA adds Glenn (Ed Harris). Alan Sheperd (Scott Glenn). Scott Carpenter (Charles Frank) and Wally Schirra (Larrie Henriksen). But Yeager remains on the California desert to continue his test runs which seem every bit as heroic as his counterparts' trips into space. As portrayed by the playwright Sam Shepard, Yeager stands above the rest. His humility, perseverance and courage imply that...
...Sally Rand; and during a film presentation with Eisenhower, Johnson sees the face of a Russian scientist and drawls. "Get that moron off of there," with the most extended moron this side of Gomer Pyle. Moffat's characterization, or rather caricature, elicits a laugh or two, but The Right Stuff's otherwise steady wit makes such heavy-handed jabs unnecessary...
...audience hisses: Glenn successfully reenters the earth's atmosphere--humming. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." no less-and the audience cheers. Other movies certainly involve a viewer and invite similar responses, but few films seem as realistic or deal with such recent events as does The Right Stuff. Watching this movie is to be reminded, how American heroes are formed, and how quickly men transcend their ordinary qualities and become part of as popular mythology...