The Right Stuff (1983)

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NR | 3 hr 13 mins | Drama, Adventure, Historical | Released: 10/21/1983

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Synopsis:

NASA recruits seven test pilots, training them to become astronauts for the Mercury Space Program in an attempt to surpass the Russian space program.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/21/1983

Studio	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Philip Kaufman	Director
Cast	Credit
Sam Shepard	Chuck Yeager
Levon Helm	Narrator - Narration
Scott Glenn	Alan Shepard
Ed Harris	John Glenn
Dennis Quaid	Gordon Cooper
Fred Ward	Gus Grissom
Barbara Hershey	Glennis Yeager
Kim Stanley	Pancho Barnes
Veronica Cartwright	Betty Grissom
Pamela Reed	Trudy Cooper
Scott Paulin	Deke Slayton
Charles Frank	Scott Carpenter
Lance Henriksen	Wally Schirra
Donald Moffat	Lyndon B Johnson
Levon Helm	Jack Ridley
Mary Jo Deschanel	Annie Glenn
Scott Wilson	Scott Crossfield
Kathy Baker	Louise Shepard
Mickey Crocker	Marge Slayton
Susan Kase	Rene Carpenter
Mittie Smith	Jo Schirra
Royal Dano	Minister
David Clennon	Liaison Man
Jim Haynie	Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum	Recruiter
Harry Shearer	Recruiter
Scott Beach	Chief Scientist
Jane Dornacker	Nurse Murch
Anthony Munoz	Gonzales
John P Ryan	Head of Program
Darryl Henriques	Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid	Himself
William Russ	Slick Goodlin
I Fratelli Bologna	Permanent Press Corps Member
Drew Letchworth	Permanent Press Corps Member
Christopher P Beale	Permanent Press Corps Member
Richard Dupell	Permanent Press Corps Member
William Hall	Permanent Press Corps Member
John X Heart	Permanent Press Corps Member
Ed Holmes	Permanent Press Corps Member
Jack Tate	Permanent Press Corps Member
Edward Anhalt	Grand Designer
Mary Apick	Woman Reporter
Robert Beer	Dwight D Eisenhower
Erik Bergmann	Eddie Hodges
James M Brady	Lyndon Johnson's Aide
Katherine Conklin	Woman TV Reporter
Maureen Coyne	Waitress
Tom Dahlgren	Bell Aircraft Executive
John Lion	Bell Aircraft Executive
Peggy Davis	Sally Rand
John Dehner	Henry Luce
Robert Elross	Review Board President
Drew Eshelman	Assistant Scientist
Robert Geary	Game Show Emcee
Major Royce Grones	1st X-1 Pilot
David Gulpilil	Aborigine
Wandjuk Marika	Aborigine
Paul Gurrumurruway	Aborigine
Brian Djiliwuy Wanambi	Aborigine
Lalambari	Aborigine
Djumal	Aborigine
Anthony Wallace	Australian Driver
Kaaren Lee	Young Widow
Sandy Kronemeyer	Cocoa Beach Girl
Frankie Di	Cocoa Beach Girl
Michael Pritchard	Texan
Ed Corbett	Texan
O-Lan Shepard	Pretty Girl
Mark Todd	Astronaut Trainee
Alan Gebhart	Astronaut Trainee
Chuck Yeager	Fred
Production Credits	Credit
James D. Brubaker	Executive Producer
Irwin Winkler	Producer
Robert Chartoff	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Ladd Company	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Columbia-EMI-Warner	Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Philip Kaufman	Screenplay
Tom Wolfe	Book as Source Material
Art Department	Credit
Pat Pending	Set Decorator
Craig Edgar	Set Designer
Richard J Lawrence	Art Director - art direction
Geoffrey Kirkland	Production Designer
W Stewart Campbell	Art Director - art direction
Joel David	Set Designer
George Nelson	Set Decorator
Lawrence Nicanor Navarro	Set Designer
Peter Romero	Art Director - art direction
Casting	Credit
Lynn Stalmaster	Casting
Toni Howard	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Caleb Deschanel	Director of Photography
Karen Bergman	Stock Footage - stock footage research
Harry Mathias	Steadicam Operator
Louis Mahler	Video - video technician
John V Fante	Photography - effects photography
Craig Denault	Camera Operator
Alan Disler	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Donald Hansard	Camera Coordinator - process photography coordinator
Ray De La Motte	Camera Operator
Rick Fichter	Photography - effects photography
Paul Murphey	Video - video operator
Dell Byrne	Stock Footage - stock footage research
Ted Churchill	Steadicam Operator
Hiro Narita	Camera Operator
William Neil	Photography - effects photography
Carry Heflin	Stock Footage - stock footage research
Don Dow	Photography - effects photography
Ned McClean	Camera Operator
Gloria S Borders	Stock Footage - stock footage research
Michael Lawler	Photography - effects photography
Del Stane	Stock Footage - stock footage research
Stewart Barbee	Photography - effects photography
Karl Herrmann	Photography - effects photography
Art Scholl	Photography - aerial photography
Jim Beebe	Photography - aerial photography
Donald R Hansard Jr	Photography - process photography engineer
Music	Credit
Carl Richter	Music Conductor
Henry Mancini	Song
Genaro Nunez	Music Arranger
Bob Wills	Song Performer
London Philharmonic Orchestra	Music Performer
Bill Conti	Music
The London Symphony Orchestra	Music Performer
Margaret Whiting	Song Performer
Henry Mancini	Music Conductor
Mark Selivan	Music Arranger
Garth Hudson	Music
Vaughn Horton	Song
Gogi Grant	Song Performer
Seiji Ozawa	Music Conductor
Joan Whitney	Song
Todd Boekelheide	Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra	Music Performer
Banda Taurina	Music Performer
Little Richard	Song Performer
Alex Kramer	Song
George Friedrich Handel	Music - music extract
Stan Lebowsky	Song
Gustav Holst	Music
Seiichi Tanaka	Song Performer
The Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble	Music Performer
Forrest G Patten	Music - music research
Jimmy Lloyd	Song Performer
Herb Newman	Song
John Marascalco	Song
Kay Starr	Song Performer
Susan Crutcher	Music - source music
Bumps Blackwell	Song
Patti Page	Song Performer
Seiichi Tanaka	Song
Chubby Checker	Song Performer
The Flamingos	Song Performer
J Logsdon	Song
V McAlpin	Song
B Benjamin	Song
G D Weiss	Song
Redd Stewart	Song
Pee Wee King	Song
Ritchie Valens	Song
Harry Warren	Song
Robert Crawford	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Buddy Joe Hooker	Stunt Coordinator
Art Scholl	Stunts - stunt pilot
Thaine Morris	Pyrotechnics - pyrotechnician
Zac Bogart	Motion Control - motion control systems design
Clay Lacy	Stunts - stunt pilot
Phil Pastuhov	Stunts - stunt parachutist
Rande Deluca	Stunts
Joseph Leonard Svec	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Michael Polaire	Location Manager
James D. Brubaker	Production Manager
Alice Tompkins	Script Supervisor
David Whorf	Unit Production Manager
Charles Myers	Assistant Director
Jo Ann May-Pavey	Production Coordinator
L Dean Jones Jr	Assistant Director
Ned Kopp	Unit Production Manager
Whitney Green	Production Manager
Larry Powell	Unit Production Manager
Sharon Mann	Assistant Director
Michael Looney	Assistant Director
Nancy Giebink	Assistant Director
Ed Milkovich	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Tom Gray	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Diana Pellegrini	Foley Editor
Stephen A Hope	Sound Editor
Tim Holland	Sound Effects Editor
C J Appel	ADR Editor
Dennie Thorpe	Foley Artist
David Parker	Sound Effects - sound effects recording
Todd Boekelheide	Sound - sound recording
Pat Jackson	Sound Effects Editor
Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam	Sound Editor
R B MacMillan	Sound - sound recording
David Parker	Sound - sound recording
Jay Boekelheide	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
John Benson	Sound Effects Editor
Valerie Bryce	Sound - sound recording
Karen Wilson	Sound Effects Editor
Robert Marty	Sound - sound recording
Dan Wallin	Sound - sound recording
Mark Berger	Sound - sound rerecording supervisor
Thomas Scott	Sound - sound rerecording
Randy Thom	Sound - sound rerecording
Andy Wiskes	Sound - sound rerecording
Visual Effects	Credit
Rick Perkins	Mechanical Special Effects - mechanical design
Stan Parks	Special Effects Foreman
Jordan Belson	Visual Effects - special visual creations
Dan Curry	Titles - title design
Gary Gutierrez	Visual Effects Supervisor - special visual effects supervisor
Kenneth Pepiot	Special Effects Supervisor
Dave Pier	Special Effects
Frank Morelli	Visual Effects - model designer chief
Jena Holman	Visual Effects Supervisor - special visual effects art supervisor
Mark Stetson	Visual Effects - model designer chief
Bill Buttfield	Visual Effects - modelmaker
David Carothers	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Peter Kleinow	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Bruce Richardson	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Tom Ruddock	Visual Effects - modelmaker
David Schwartz	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Zuzana Swansea	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
J Yvonne Curry	Makeup
Bruce Geller	Hair - hairstyles
James W Tyson	Costume Supervisor
William Browder	Costumes
Karen Bradley	Makeup
Pat Grover	Hair - hairstyles
Jill Maley	Costumes
John Napolitano	Costumes
Catherine Childers	Hair - hairstyles
Winnie Brown-Willis	Costumes

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