The book the right stuff6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Considering the relatively primitive special effects technology available in those times, it's notable how good the flight scenes are compared to more recent big-budget films - in many scenes better than "First Man", for example. However, they managed to get the *actual* Yeager in there, as a local yokel in a bar scene, so it all evens out I guess. ![]() Astoundingly well-cast, with the slight exception of Sam Shepherd who's just a little too movie-star for the Yeager part and whose fake drawl doesn't quite make it. One of the greatest ensemble casts ever put together delivers many simultaneous career-best performances as the Mercury Seven. It's that engrossing, and that well done, and stays true to the spirit of Tom Wolfe's book, which is itself one of the great masterpieces of American literature, vividly conveying the drama, humor, tragedy, and glory of US experimental aviation and spaceflight in the 1950s and early 60s. It's that engrossing, and that well done, and stays true to the spirit of Tom Wolfe's book, which is itself one of the great masterpieces of American This is the only film I have ever seen where the entire cinema audience, spontaneously, stood up at the end with a standing ovation. This is the only film I have ever seen where the entire cinema audience, spontaneously, stood up at the end with a standing ovation. ![]()
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