The Right Stuff (1983)

Plot Summary

Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once.

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Awards

Academy Awards, USA (1984)

Oscar 1984

Nominated

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Geoffrey Kirkland Richard Lawrence W. Stewart Campbell Peter R. Romero Jim Poynter George R. Nelson

Oscar 1984

Winner

Best Sound

Mark Berger Thomas Scott Randy Thom David Macmillan

Oscar 1984

Winner

Best Film Editing

Glenn Farr Lisa Fruchtman Stephen A. Rotter Douglas Stewart Tom Rolf

Oscar 1984

Nominated

Best Picture

Irwin Winkler Robert Chartoff

Oscar 1984

Winner

Best Music, Original Score

Bill Conti

Oscar 1984

Nominated

Best Cinematography

Caleb Deschanel

Oscar 1984

Winner

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

Jay Boekelheide

Golden Globes, USA (1984)

Golden Globe 1984

Nominated

Best Motion Picture - Drama