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The Right Stuff

1983, Movie, PG, 192 mins

The Right Stuff: Cast & Details

Year: 1983
Rated PG
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 192
Format: Color
Genre(s): Biography
Production Co(s).: Ladd Co.
Released By: Warner Bros.

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Sound - Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan
Academy Award Winner: Best Sound Effects Editing - Jay Boekelheide
Academy Award Winner: Best Film Editing - Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
Academy Award Winner: Best Original Score - Bill Conti
Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture
Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actor - Sam Shepard
Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Academy Award Nominee: Best Cinematography - Caleb Deschanel

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Cast
Sam Shepard: Chuck Yeager
Scott Glenn: Alan Shepard
Ed Harris: John Glenn
Dennis Quaid: Gordon Cooper
Fred Ward: Gus Grissom
Barbara Hershey: Glennis Yeager
Kim Stanley: Bancho 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 Goodin
Edward Anhalt: Grand Designer
Mary Apick: Woman Reporter
Robert Beer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erik Bergmann: Eddie Hodges
Maureen Coyne: Waitress
Peggy David: Sally Rand
John Dehner: Henry Luce
Bob Elross: Review Board President
Robert J. Geary: Game Show M.C.
David Gulpilil: Aborigine
Anthony Wallace: Australian Driver
Kaaren Lee: Young Widow
Gen. Chuck Yeager: Fred

Credits
Philip Kaufman: Director
Philip Kaufman: Writer - based on the book by Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe: Source
Robert Chartoff: Producer
Irwin Winkler: Producer
James D. Brubaker: Exec. Producer
Caleb Deschanel: Cinematographer - Technicolor
Stephen A. Rotter: Editor
Douglas Stewart: Editor
Tom Rolf: Editor
Lisa Fruchtman: Editor
Glenn Farr: Editor
Bill Conti: Musical Composer
Geoffrey Kirkland: Production Designer
Peter Romero: Art Director
Richard Lawrence: Art Director
Stewart Campbell: Art Director
Nick Navarro: Set Decorator
Craig Edgar: Set Decorator
Joel David Lawrence: Set Decorator
Jordan Belson: Special Effects
Gary Gutierrez: Special Effects