The Right Stuff [the movie]

NFS4

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Just ordered it on DVD from PlayCentric.com. It's a damn long movie, but it's also damn good one as well. I love the part where John Glen (Ed Harris) tells his wife not to let Johnson in their house. And then Johnson is going crazy in the limo!! :D
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: Rallispec
i've never seent that movie

If you are even mildly interested in aviation or the beginnings of the US space program, this movie is a MUST see.
 

Rallispec

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Rallispec
i've never seent that movie

If you are even mildly interested in aviation or the beginnings of the US space program, this movie is a MUST see.

i'll check it out.. i've got a list of movies i need to get at blockbuster this week
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: Rallispec
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Rallispec
i've never seent that movie

If you are even mildly interested in aviation or the beginnings of the US space program, this movie is a MUST see.

i'll check it out.. i've got a list of movies i need to get at blockbuster this week

I hope you have 3 hours free to watch it; actually 3 hours, 13 minutes :D
 

weirdichi

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Haven't seen it... might check it out. You should see The Stuff, a kinda rip-off of The Blob. Funny movie. Hehe.
 

GTaudiophile

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One of my all-time faves! I bought it at Wal-Mart for $9.00 a few months ago.

I'd have to say my favorite scene is the one right after Yeager breaks the sound barrier and climbs like a "bat out of hell."
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
I haven't seen it in years, but I remember it being most excellent...

Yup, Academy Awards 1983

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Original Score
Best Sound

 

Rallispec

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Rallispec
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Rallispec
i've never seent that movie

If you are even mildly interested in aviation or the beginnings of the US space program, this movie is a MUST see.

i'll check it out.. i've got a list of movies i need to get at blockbuster this week

I hope you have 3 hours free to watch it; actually 3 hours, 13 minutes :D

crap.. 3 hours, 10 minutes-- i could spare. dont know about 3 hours, 13 minutes. ;)

seriously though, thats a damn long movie. lucky for you, i have no life.
 

yakko

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Originally posted by: weirdichi
Haven't seen it... might check it out. You should see The Stuff, a kinda rip-off of The Blob. Funny movie. Hehe.

I have seen The Stuff. It was pretty good for a b movie.


Until I got The Right Stuff on DVD I had never seen it all the way through in one sitting.
 

AvesPKS

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You might also want to read the book by Tom Wolfe...it's a great read.

My favorite part from the book (not sure if this was in the movie, though it probably was) was when Deke Slayton (I believe) is in the factory, and all he can think to say is "Do good work." It becomes a slogan and they hang a banner with it in the factory.
 

NFS4

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I got the DVD yesterday and started watching it :) As many times as I've seen this movie, I had NEVER seen it from the beginning. Now after seeing it all the way through, I'm even more impressed with it :D