"The Right Stuff" Topic
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Tango01 | 19 Nov 2014 12:50 p.m. PST |
"Before writer-director Philip Kaufman brought Tom Wolfe's book The Right Stuff to the big screen in 1983, onscreen astronauts were little more than alien quarry or asteroid bait. In Kaufman's hands, however, spaceflight became a far more human pursuit—a story not of external threats but inner resolve. With its three-hour-plus run time and unconventional structure, the film—which tells the story of test pilots like Chuck Yeager and Gordon Cooper as they break the sound barrier and launch toward the exosphere—was almost as daring as its subject. (Kaufman calls it "the longest movie ever made without a plot.") But it introduced an entire cinematic genre, what Quentin Tarantino has called the "hip epic," inspiring everyone from Michael Bay to James Cameron, who hired its cinematographer for Titanic. Its dialog has become a go-to signifier of human accomplishment; director Rian Johnson celebrated landing his Star Wars gig by tweeting a clip from the movie. "Phil really pulled it off," George Lucas says. None other than Christopher Nolan has called it "an almost perfect movie." Making it was an epic in itself. Its locations were hard-earned; its special-effects plan was largely reconceived during production; one man lost part of an ear on the set, another lost his life. But more than three decades later, The Right Stuff still resonates, a testament to the incredible feats of bravery, sacrifice, and intelligence of which humans are capable—and to the inherent absurdity of climbing into tin cans mounted on ballistic missiles and blasting into space…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 19 Nov 2014 1:20 p.m. PST |
TRS is the best movie on astronauts and test pilots. Its depiction of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier in 'Glamorous Glennis' is unforgettable. Of course, its chronicle of the space program is equally epic. |
jpattern2 | 19 Nov 2014 4:20 p.m. PST |
An absolutely brilliant movie. |
John the OFM | 19 Nov 2014 6:39 p.m. PST |
The movie manages to be totally in awe of the characters they are poking fun at. It is an incredibly good film. The only movie that comes close is Apollo 13, with its hordes of heroic nerds. |
haywire | 20 Nov 2014 6:14 a.m. PST |
It was a great movie, one of my favorites. I love all the actors' depictions of everyone. The HBO series "From Earth to the Moon" is also one of my favorites. As a "failed" engineer, I still get teary eyed with the "Spider" episode. |
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