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The Right Stuff (1983) "The Right Stuff" is a critically acclaimed movie released in 1983, directed by Philip Kaufman.

The Right Stuff (1983)

"The Right Stuff" is a critically acclaimed movie released in 1983, directed by Philip Kaufman. Based on the novel by Tom Wolfe, the film delves into the early days of the United States' space program and the courageous men, known as the Mercury Seven, who became the pioneers of space exploration.

The cast features an impressive ensemble of talented actors, including Ed Harris as John Glenn, Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard, Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager, Dennis Quaid as Gordo Cooper, Fred Ward as Gus Grissom, and many more. Their performances brilliantly capture the spirit and determination of these real-life heroes, revealing the trials and triumphs they faced in their pursuit of reaching the stars.

"The Right Stuff" portrays the intense training and events leading up to the historic first American human spaceflight, shedding light on the personal sacrifices and the competitive nature amongst the astronauts. The film offers a gripping and authentic portrayal of this pivotal era in space exploration and the indomitable human spirit that drove these men to defy the limits of Earth.

You can experience the exhilarating sounds and drama of "The Right Stuff" by playing and downloading its iconic soundtrack here.

A capsule. Now, we will be in full control of this pod.
A chimp. A chimpanzee, senator. An ape.
A day? A whole day'?
A Dot?
A drink for Mr. Yeager.
A hatch with explosive bolts on the spacecraft.
A horse threw me last night and I dinged up my goddamn ribs.
A lonely beacon of restraint...
A month.
A more manageable type. it will only complicate things.
A pod.
A prehistoric throwback of an airfield called Edwards.
A shower of them coming by now.
A tough one.
A week?
Aborigines, eh?
About keeping our pants zipped and our wicks dry.
After a long...
After hours I'll run. I'm going to get up to five miles a day.
After that, they don't care, until the next magic number.
After the mission's success...
After they pick us three, there's only gonna be four spots.
Afternoon.
Ah.
Ahem. Uh... Uh...
Aircraft on ramp, did you file a flight plan?
Alan had four cups of coffee before he went to work today.
Alan Shepard.
Alert all ground crews.
All Air Force pilots go in that door.
All of Perth and Rockingham have turned their lights on for you.
All right, give them a break.
All right, here we go again.
All right, you can be Gus.
All right.
All systems go.
All the time. It's a mess.
All they want now is capsules up in outer space.
All this waiting is driving me crazy.
All those years of test flying...
All we got here is your local gentry, and, uh...
Almost 1500 miles per hour...
Amen
America's Mercury astronauts!
An engineer will tell you it's an absolute...
And a few other lights...
And Alan Shepard sits there patiently waiting.
And as I was saying...
And for a brief moment...
And forgoing any orderly family life.
And he know the Milky Way.
And he sang as he watched And waited till his billy boil
And here they come.
And his partner...
And hold this like this.
And I only have eyes
And I think that we would be most remiss in our duty indeed...
And I will back you up 100 percent, and you tell them that. Okay?
And I'll be talking to him on that dish.
And men came to the high desert of California to ride it.
And self sacrifice in a squall of car crazies.
And some peckerwood's got to land it.
And that peckerwood is called a pilot.
And the rest of the day. Tomorrow too.
And there will be pitch and yaw thrusters to enable the occupant
And there's a comradeship of speed.
And they are much more cooperative.
And this generation does not intend...
And while they were dancin'
And yet out here sits a rocket, waiting in the night.
And you guys too.
And you'll never catch me.
And your pudknockers who dream about getting the hot planes.
And, by golly, my kids are too, 100 percent.
And, uh, the press over there...
Annie?
Anybody goes up in the damn thing's gonna be Spam in a can.
Anybody tries to break it will auger in.
Anyone got clearance?
Anyway, they're all here, including the, uh, ace of aces himself.
Are we going to the White House?
Are you listening?
Are you ready to come in and hook on?
Are you sure the Navy's got good pilots?
As far as church goes, I attend regularly.
As far as I'm concerned, they are not coming in.
As long as a man uses good sense...
As press liaison man for the Air Force, I think
As you were.
As you'll see, they're quite comfortable in conditions of flame.
Ask Pancho.
Astronaut pilot.
At 'em boys Give 'er the gun
Automatic systems are not functioning. He's in fly by wire
Be with them always
Besides, they seem a little too independent.
BETTY Men...
Boy, if we'd only had one of those a few years back.
Bring it on in.
Buenos dias, yourself.
But I guess I liked it.
But I kept after her, Eddie.
But I never could stand a man who was one of those, um, remember whens.
But if this fails...
But look at them out there. They're eating it up.
But Mach 2 was the magic number.
But on that glorious day in May, 1963...
But the war's over.
But they all disappear
But they are treating me like I'm...
But they don't spend a penny teaching you how to be...
But they owe me too.
But they're our allies.
But we're not saying anything new.
But when they all come out...
But, uh, since, as you say, this sound barrier doesn't really exist...
By combining our available rockets...
By order of the president of the United States...
Can I talk to you?
Can you help me out? It's an emergency.
Can you read me?
Can you tell us if any of you go to church regularly?
Can you tell us what's that song?
Can't be done.
Can't hide from me, girl!
Canceled?
Captain Ham.
Charm, Hot Dog. Pure charm.
Check your status lights.
Christ Almighty.
Chuck, you're our man!
Climbing high into the sun
Come back here!
Come here.
Come in, Chuck.
Come on back here!
Come on now, you're scaring the girls.
Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
Come on, cheer up.
Come on, come on, come on. Yeah. Go on.
Come on, come on.
Come on, Gus, cut it out. What the hell...?
Come on, Slick, give us a break.
Come on, Trudy. Who's the best pilot you ever saw?
Come on, tsk, tsk. Hyah, hyah. Come on, come on, come on. Go.
Come on. Come on, come on, come on. Run, run, run. Go on.
Compliments of Pancho's, Scotty.
Congratulations from a previous record holder...
Congratulations from a previous record holder...
Cook?
Could be. I'm still going upstairs like a bat out of hell.
Could I ask you something?
Could our astronomers have been wrong?
Could we have beaten the Russians?
Count me in.
Coverage?
Cutthroat?
Damn right. They better tell her to play ball.
Damn! He's uncorked it.
Dear Lord, please don't let me fuck up.
Deke Slayton.
Deke, that's 62 men in the last...
Delta Charlie 9, you are clear to land...
Did I say something wrong?
Did you ever have a problem like that when you were 10?
Did you file a flight plan?
Did you finally get her to notice you?
Didn't you tell her I'll bring in ABC TV...
Do it in the suit.
Do you have a reason for this?
Do you know what makes this bird go up?
Do you read?
Do you think I'm a Dudley Doright?
Do you think they could be alive?
Do you? Yeah?
Does he look like he'd put doo doo in the capsule?
Don't put your fingers in there.
Don't you agree, Deke?
D****s, please.
Each man here has volunteered to do a job...
Each man knows that whoever survives this competition...
Eddie Hodges.
Eight.
Especially when it's on TV.
Even before Mr. Clean, the Marine.
Even before you hit Mach 2, she'll be unforgiving on you.
Every time somebody goes faster, he just goes up again.
Everybody's always trying to...
Everything is A okay.
Exactly.
Excuse me, you John Glenn?
Excuse me.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Explosive hatches have been on jet fighters for 10 years.
Fair enough.
Fair enough.
Faster!
Fellow, I said how's that?
Fellow, I said how's that?
Finally showed up.
First fellow to break the sound barrier...
Folks have a taste for things that have been there.
Following distribution of the kits, those of you who have p.m. deadlines...
For example...
For those in peril
For those in peril
For us, the question still remains:
For you
For you
Forget about Walker and Crossfield and the other civilian pilots too.
Forget it, flyboy.
Forget it, sweetie.
Forget the fucking capsule!
Four down, three to go.
Four years later...
Four, three, two, one, zero.
Freon flow jumping from...
Fresh start.
Friendship 7, come in please.
Friendship 7, come in, please.
Friendship 7, come in.
Friendship 7, come in. Do you read?
Friendship 7, this is Cape. Do you read?
From view
Fucking A, Bubba.
Fucking A, Bubba.
Full moon rising.
Funding makes this bird go up.
Funding. That's what makes them go up.
Get back from the door. I don't know.
Get NASA on the line.
Get out of here, you gadgets.
Get out of here.
Get that guy off.
Get that moron off of there!
Get your ass over here and have a drink.
Getting wobbly, here.
Give me that.
Gladiolas!
Glenn is in his third orbit...
Glennis!
Go away.
Go get them, Deke.
Go, Hot Dog, go!
Go.
God.
God.
Going out of sight...
Gonzales.
Good day, commander.
Good golly, Miss Molly
Good idea, John.
Good Lord, ride all the way. God speed, John Glenn.
Good men.
Good one. Now fire it in here.
Good, good, good.
Gordo thinks he's one of those hot dog pilots you hear about.
Gordo!
Gordo?
Gordo?
Gordo.
Gordo.
Got seven seconds on 150 right now.
Got someone up there.
Great.
Grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato.
Grissom has just reached the apex of his flight.
Guess they think I'm kind of a...
Gus Grissom.
Gus is saying that we're missing the point.
Gus is saying...
Gus is saying...
Gus is saying...
Gus, do you feel the trip was a success?
Gus, I got this whole thing figured out.
Gus, I mean are these the goodies?
Gus? An astronaut named Gus?
Gus.
Ha ha ha. Whoa. Sorry, little lady.
Ha!
Half these engineers never been off the ground.
Happily?
Harry Hairshirt.
Have a good ride, buddy. Go.
Have I ever let you down?
Have you seen this Jose Jimenez? He's a crack up.
He bought the farm.
He can float in that suit.
He didn't go to college. We're only taking college personnel.
He doesn't want the Astronauts' image tarnished.
He has re entered the earth's atmosphere...
He is shouting to save the capsule first.
He know the moon.
He know.
He lived behind a barrier through which they said no man could ever pass.
He loves Ed Sullivan.
He must be going for a record.
He says everything is A okay. And there you have it.
He scorched that one, didn't he?
He screwed the pooch. Plain and simple.
He stays the fastest man alive.
He surely is. Light the candle.
He was dead before he went up. Don't talk about it here.
He was the last American ever to go into space alone.
He will be re entering the atmosphere now.
He'll burn up.
He'll fry if he tries to re enter.
He'll give you a hand.
He's a natural born stick and rudder man.
He's a pilot. Tell him the condition of his craft.
He's asking for you again.
He's coming.
He's going into his third orbit.
He's in the ionization blackout.
He's not dumb.
He's orbiting over our country right now.
He's over there.
He's pushing the outside of the envelope.
He's real philosophical.
He's right. Let's light this candle.
He's shooting for Mach 2.
Heading into daybreak now. Another day.
Heading towards daybreak.
Heh, heh. Whoa.
Hello, Cap Com, do you read me? This is miraculous.
Hello, Cap Com?
Hello, Friendship 7?
Help! Throw down the line!
Her words, and mine, will be heard by millions.
Here he is.
Here I am, I got $25,000 a year for a magazine contract...
Here it is. I'll get it.
Here they come Zooming to meet our thunder
Here we go.
Here, hold this.
Heroism and bravery are part of it. But, uh, there's more to it.
Hey, Chuck, you got her now, buddy.
Hey, cut out the humming in there.
Hey, guys.
Hey, have I ever let you down?
Hey, honey.
Hey, Hot Dog, what the hell's “astronaut mean anyway?
Hey, Hot Dog. Listen.
Hey, I'm sinking!
Hey, look.
Hey, look. They filled up the refrigerator.
Hey, Ridley?
Hey! Ha ha ha.
Hey.
Hey. Hey. Down.
Hi there, pops.
Hi, doc.
Hi, little gal. Damned glad to meet you too.
Hi.
Hit a mild buffet there.
Hit a mild buffet there.
Hmm.
Hmm.
Holding him back.
Holy shit.
Hon, we're a team!
Honey, you ever been caught on the desert alone?
How am I doing?
How bad you dent them?
How close did you ever come to not hauling it back?
How come a fancy pilot...
How do you feel about this trip?
How dog eat dog and cutthroat it was...
How much are you paying him?
How much do they make?
How much longer are you going to keep him in the dark?
How much you got?
How much?
How the hell did they get ahead of us?
How'd it get a name like that?
How'd you get to go up there before me?
How's it going, Gonzales?
How's that?
Howdy.
Huh?
Huh?
Huh?
Humming. It's him.
Hunt Club 1. Roger.
I absolutely agree with Gordo.
I advise you not to try to foist your moral views...
I ain't doing anymore.
I always hated all that talk about insurance.
I always hated all that talk about insurance.
I always take a blast before I take off.
I am the chief astronaut of the United States interplan
I believe I will.
I believe you are placed on earth...
I bet for all that money they could call you Virgil.
I can almost touch it.
I can get one of those from a dime store.
I can see clear back, a big cloud pattern, towards the Cape.
I can see lights...
I can see this afternoon shaping up just great.
I didn't do anything wrong!
I didn't do anything.
I didn't hear you.
I didn't say that.
I do not think they were coming from my control jets.
I don't believe the damn thing even exists.
I don't believe this.
I don't either.
I don't get it.
I don't get this. Sending us down here disguised as civilians.
I don't hold with it.
I don't think any of us could do something like this...
I don't want Johnson or the others to even put a toe in our house.
I don't want this program put in a bad light.
I feel like I broke a couple of the sons of bitches.
I get a feeling this plane might be able to beat that Russian record.
I get it. She's Mrs. Clean Marine.
I got a little problem.
I got you something.
I guess that demon lives out at about 2.3 on your Mach meter.
I guess we're, um, both here for the same reason.
I guess you're too shy to tell this guy howl used to wax your tail.
I had a good time doing them.
I had a little accident.
I had in mind a jimp.
I have to urinate.
I hear they got some 50 some guys trying out for seven spots.
I heard an awful lot of good things about you gals.
I introduced her to my loved one
I know that.
I know. I know, I know.
I like the sound of that.
I liked a girl in my class, but...
I love you.
I mean it.
I mean it. Thank you.
I mean we.
I might have me a stick.
I might.
I move up, you move up. Right to the top of the pyramid.
I need to borrow your broom handle. Just hold this right here.
I need you, Trudy.
I never realized...
I never saw anything like it.
I only have eyes
I plan to be the first man to ride the rocket.
I recognize you from those TV shows. I like them.
I remember the night
I run the show here.
I said it'll be dangerous.
I said lab rabbits.
I said, everything's A okay.
I said, pictures on a wall, back at some place that...
I said, what would happen if it did?
I see you have your space equipment with you.
I surely do.
I think he was wonderful.
I think it's $283.
I think that we are all very, very fortunate...
I think that'll work.
I think we ought to be...
I think we'll be able to talk...
I think you're gonna make it. I think you're gonna be an astronaut.
I think:
I thought Hank Williams wrote Waltzing Matilda.
I thought only I had nightmares.
I want test pilots.
I wanted to talk to Jackie about...
I was just lying there, flat on my back, and it just blew.
I was just lying there.
I was looking at the pictures on your wall.
I went East for a reunion...
I will go in and console her on nationwide TV.
I wish to heck it wasn't off limits to wives.
I wonder how the press will feel about this.
I wondered how they would have felt...
I, for one, do not intend to go to sleep...
I'd like to know whether your wives and children...
I'd like to meet your wife.
I'd like to, uh, second some of the things Mr. Glenn has said here.
I'd like you to meet Alan Shepard.
I'll be right back.
I'll be there.
I'll drink to that.
I'll give you one of these dimes I'm taking up so you can play with it...
I'll have mine medium rare, please.
I'll line up as carefully as I can in a minute.
I'll look like the Galloping Ghost.
I'll open the box a little so you can see.
I'll open the box a little so you can see.
I'll pay her a sympathy call.
I'll talk to you soon.
I'll tell you one thing.
I'll tell you something.
I'll tell you something.
I'll tell you what.
I'll tell you.
I'm a fearless man, but I'm scared to death of you.
I'm cooler than you are. Fix your problems and light this candle.
I'm down to 25,000 over Tehachapi.
I'm fighting bad here.
I'm from Life magazine. I'm not with these people.
I'm getting okay now.
I'm going home to my folks in San Diego.
I'm going home to my folks in San Diego.
I'm going to the Cape tomorrow.
I'm going to the moon, I swear to God, I'm on my way.
I'm gonna get you now, girl.
I'm gonna get you.
I'm half jackrabbit.
I'm in a mass of very small particles...
I'm leaving, Gordo.
I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.
I'm pushing the envelope.
I'm ready when you are, John, 100 percent.
I'm so proud of him.
I'm sure we can do better with another type of man...
I'm taking her up to wring her out a bit. Any objections?
I'm taking these up with me tomorrow.
I'm talking about a whole new ball game.
I'm talking about playing around.
I'm talking about the young girls...
I'm tired of being forthright, gracious, and magnanimous.
I'm tired of smocks, of engineers telling us what we can't do...
I'm tired of stupid questions from the press.
I've got you in sight.
I've seen a lot of them, and most of them were pictures on a wall
If I ever see that happen...
If I get stuck, you mind coming in and helping me out a little bit?
If it comes off
If it's what I want to do, she's behind it.
If the capsule is not at the correct angle...
If the Soviets ever do put a man up there, it will be one of these two.
If the story would come out in the press...
If there is any beyond.
If these guys find out, they'll use somebody else to fly this thing.
If we play our cards right, we go to the top.
If you don't want the vice president...
If you're ready for me to blow the hatch...
In darkening storms
In the air
In the air
In the air
In the air stage, we were powerful because we had the airplane.
In the sky
In these three weeks since Gagarin's surprise flight...
Inside this trim, modest suburban home is Annie Glenn...
Is it true you were ready to go and the flight was canceled?
Is that a factor?
Is that a man?
Is that Gus Grissom...
Is that the crash helmet?
Is there a loose plug there?
Is this true ?
Isn't that their chief designer?
Isn't the president coming?
Isn't there anybody who can deal with a housewife?
It comes down to who is going to control this thing from here on.
It is questionable if we can proceed.
It just blew.
It means you don't need honest to God pilots.
It might work.
It must have been a technical malfunction.
It sounds ridiculous, but they look like fireflies.
It sure as hell is. Jesus.
It takes a special man to volunteer for a suicide mission.
It was A okay.
It will go up like a cannonball, and come down like a cannonball...
It'll rip your ears off if you try to go through it.
It's a beautiful sight!
It's a field day for the press.
It's a field day for the press.
It's a god forsaken spot on the roof of the high desert in California.
It's a hazardous...
It's a struggle for survival.
It's all right. He does that.
It's Archie and Jughead.
It's beautiful.
It's called Cocoa Beach.
It's called Happy Bottom Riding Club?
It's called Sputnik.
It's either that or we get the lug wrench and pry him out.
It's important to America to get a man up there first.
It's important, John. It means a lot.
It's loose.
It's me. Are you all right? What's wrong?
It's nothing to worry about.
It's so hazardous that if, uh, you decide not to volunteer...
It's Straighten Up and Fly Right.
It's Yeager.
Ivan.
Jesus. Hurry up.
Jimp? Well, what the hell is a jimp?
John Glenn.
John H. Glenn, Junior!
John, can you hear me?
John, you're going to fly by wire for re entry.
John's right.
Johnson...
José, permission granted...
Jumped plumb off the scale.
Just a little bit more, 104,000, here you go.
Just joking. The Air Force is paying me already. Right?
Just knock it off, because I'm trying to concentrate in here.
Just like Pancho's.
Just watch you don't screw the pooch.
Just who we came to see.
Kind of passes rapidly, huh?
Landing bag switch, auto.
Later, the British Empire was dominant because it had ships.
Leave the retro rocket package, which covers the heat shield, on.
Leave those diapers alone. Come on.
Left lower chest sensor.
Let me out, please. Let me out.
Let me out! Let me out of here! Let me out! Please. Please. Let me out.
Let them write the history, and let the pilots fly the planes.
Let us see him again.
Let's face it. Some women just have a problem with men.
Let's get this thing on the road.
Let's see what there is to be scared about back here.
Liberty Bell 7, Liberty Bell 7, this is Hunt Club 1. Over.
Liberty Bell, say again.
Like 60 homers, like batting .400, like the four minute mile.
Like fireflies on a summer night.
Listen, I'm gonna try to get some pictures of these little guys.
Listen, they promise we'll stop at the next gas station.
Loan me some. I'll pay you back later.
Loan me some. I'll pay you back later.
Look at old Yeager.
Look at that.
Look at them.
Look, Glenn's waving us in. What's your problem, huh?
Look, I am finally Mrs. Honorable Astronaut.
Look, pal, maybe they don't want someone to know.
Look, Slick.
Look, the man has got to go.
Looky here what I brought you.
Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Lot of cloud coverage today.
Louise, he's coming down.
Louise. My God, they're after the diaper service man.
Louise. What was Jackie like?
Mach 0.95.
Mach 1.
Mach 2.
Major, Eddie here has a little problem with his girlfriend.
Major.
Many are called, but few will be chosen.
Maybe it can only be broke for a specified sum.
Maybe...
Me? I'm an astronaut.
Meanwhile, John Glenn waits for the weather to clear...
Might be something there.
Mine think it's fine.
Mm hm.
Mm hm. In a clean glass.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm. Ugh.
Monkeys?
Morning, tiger.
Most likely, the one on the left.
Most of all, I'm tired of being second to those...
Mr. and Mrs. John Glenn.
Mr. Cooper.
Mr. Glenn, you are way out of line.
Mr. President, I think you'd be wise to reconsider.
Mr. Russell?
Mr. Slayton?
Mrs. Gordon Cooper.
Mrs. Grissom. Mrs. Grissom.
Mrs. Yeager.
Muchea, this is Cape.
My fellow citizens...
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
My God. He lost his capsule but he's keeping his story.
My name, José Jimenez.
My name, José Jimenez.
My name, José Jimenez.
My own wife.
My wife's attitude has been the same as it's been all through my flying.
Negative. Whiskey Kilo 28 is not declar
Never heard of him.
Next time I doubt I'll win.
Nine, eight...
Nineteen.
Ninety three seconds. Read it and weep.
No bucks, no Buck Rogers.
No communications are possible for a few minutes.
No hatch.
No human individual...
No individual will have ever been so adequately prepared for an event.
No sense in kidding ourselves.
No thanks, I got one.
No ticker tape parade in New York?
No window?
No, he won't. He'll be going after that demon that lives in the thin air.
No, it's absolutely not true.
No, Lyndon.
No, no, no.
No, on the left.
No, sir.
No, thanks, Fred. Just a little coffee.
No, that's where the hatch with explosive bolts goes.
No, you can't deal with them.
No, you're not.
No!
No.
No.
No. No it was not, senator.
No. No, no.
No. Tell him he cannot.
Nobody calls me by that other name.
Nobody cares about that kind of record anymore.
Nobody ever wants to talk about anything around here.
Non negotiable, as usual.
None of these guys is up to Air Force standards.
Not even one in Mitchell, Indiana?
Not just some air bases. There's only one place to go.
Not me, mate.
Not one that's been in outer space.
Not the machine, it's the man.
Not very funny, John.
Nothing these guys do is going to be called failure.
Now I want them all to meet my people who will write their true stories.
Now maybe if we talk privately to Yeager and some of the other boys
Now President Kennedy has started an even more ambitious space program.
Now the communists have established a foothold in outer space.
Now we must get something up there quick and dirty, any way at all.
Now what are you two pudknockers going to have?
Now you're talking.
Now your name is?
Now, uh, this is, uh, personnel...
Number 4.
Number three.
Of course not. Fireflies?
Off we go in a wild blue yonder
Oh, God, look at this.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, Gus, I wanted to eat in the White House.
Oh, Gus, they owe you.
Oh, Gus.
Oh, hear us
Oh, hear us
Oh, I hope not
Oh, just about right.
Oh, Lord, what a heavenly light.