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The Right Stuff

The true story of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton-- the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program in the U.S.

Corporate Author:	Chartoff-Winkler Productions., Ladd Company., Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Kaufman, Philip, 1936- (Director, Screenwriter), Chartoff, Robert. (Producer), Winkler, Irwin. (Producer), Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017 (Actor), Glenn, Scott, 1942- (Actor), Harris, Ed, 1950- (Actor), Henriksen, Lance, 1940- (Actor), Quaid, Dennis. (Actor), Paulin, Scott. (Actor), Frank, Charles. (Actor), Ward, Fred, 1942-2022 (Actor), Cartwright, Veronica. (Actor), Reed, Pamela. (Actor), Deschanel, Mary Jo, 1945- (Actor), Hershey, Barbara, 1948- (Actor), Helm, Levon. (Actor), Clennon, David. (Actor), Stanley, Kim. (Actor), Moffat, Donald, 1930- (Actor), Goldblum, Jeff, 1952- (Actor), Shearer, Harry, 1943- (Actor), Dano, Royal, 1922-1994. (Actor), Wolfe, Tom.
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English French Spanish
Published:	Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [c2003]
Edition:	Special ed.
Subjects:	Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Wolfe, Tom > Film adaptations. Project Mercury (U.S.) > Drama. United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Drama. Astronauts > United States > Drama. Test pilots > Drama. Astronautics > United States > Drama. Manned space flight > Drama. Historical films. Biographical films. Action and adventure films. Film adaptations. Feature films.

Summary:	The true story of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton-- the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program in the U.S.
Item Description:	Based on the book by Tom Wolfe. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983. Special features: (disc 1) awards notes; (disc 2) biographical profile of John Glenn (John Glenn: American Hero); scene-specific commentaries with cast and crew members; three documentaries (Realizing The Right Stuff, T-20 Years and Counting and The Real Men with The Right Stuff) featuring cast, crew and/or the real-life heroes; 13 additional scenes; interactive time-line incorporating vintage NASA footage; theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (193 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Dolby surround stereo.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editors, Glenn Farr ... [et al.] ; music, Bill Conti.
ISBN:	079077769X 9780790777696
Author Notes:	Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers III on an army base in Illinois on November 5, 1943. He briefly studied agriculture at Mount San Antonio College, but dropped out to move to New York in 1962. He wrote more than 55 plays during his lifetime. His first play was produced off-off-Broadway when he was 19 years old and he won the first of his 8 Obie Awards when he was 23 years old. His plays included Chicago, The Tooth of Crime, True West, Fool for Love, A Lie of the Mind, The Late Henry Moss, Heartless, and A Particle of Dread. He received the Pulitzer Prize for drama for Buried Child in 1978. He was an actor for both film and television. His films included Days of Heaven, The Right Stuff, and Baby Boom. He also appeared in the Netflix series Bloodline. He wrote or co-wrote several screenplays including Far North and Renaldo and Clara with Bob Dylan. He also wrote songs with John Cale and Bob Dylan including Brownsville Girl. He wrote several books including Cruising Paradise and Motel Chronicles. He died from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on July 27, 2017 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography)

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