The Right Stuff
An awe-inspiring salute to human achievement and the wonder of the unknown, this monumental account of the space race celebrates the pioneering pilots who took mankind beyond the bounds of Earth. From the quest that test pilot Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard) undertakes to break the sound barrier to the epochal voyages of the seven Mercury astronauts, including Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn) and John Glenn (Ed Harris), The Right Stuff vividly details the triumphs, setbacks, and clashes of personality in America’s burgeoning space program. Fusing astonishing practical effects with NASA archival footage to yield images of cosmic majesty, director Philip Kaufman reveals the combination of courage, competition, and fallibility behind America’s launch into orbit.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director of photography Caleb Deschanel, with 70 mm 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 2.0 surround and 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the special features
- Archival interview excerpts with director Philip Kaufman from the Academy Film Archive’s Visual History program
- New programs on the film’s visual effects, sound design, and editing
- Archival programs Realizing “The Right Stuff,” T-20 Years and Counting, and The Real Men with “The Right Stuff”
- Selected-scene commentaries featuring Kaufman and members of the cast and crew
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow
New cover by Gregory Manchess
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director of photography Caleb Deschanel, with 70 mm 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 2.0 surround and 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the special features
- Archival interview excerpts with director Philip Kaufman from the Academy Film Archive’s Visual History program
- New programs on the film’s visual effects, sound design, and editing
- Archival programs Realizing “The Right Stuff,” T-20 Years and Counting, and The Real Men with “The Right Stuff”
- Selected-scene commentaries featuring Kaufman and members of the cast and crew
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow
New cover by Gregory Manchess
Cast
- Sam Shepard
- Chuck Yeager
- Scott Glenn
- Alan Shepard
- Ed Harris
- John Glenn
- Barbara Hershey
- Glennis Yeager
- Dennis Quaid
- Gordon Cooper
- Pamela Reed
- Trudy Cooper
- Kim Stanley
- Pancho Barnes
- Fred Ward
- Gus Grissom
- Veronica Cartwright
- Betty Grissom
- David Clennon
- Liaison man
- Scott Wilson
- Scott Crossfield
- Donald Moffat
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Levon Helm
- Jack Ridley
- Harry Shearer
- Recruiter
- Jeff Goldblum
- Recruiter
- Charles Frank
- Scott Carpenter
- Royal Dano
- Minister
Credits
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Producer
- Irwin Winkler
- Producer
- Robert Chartoff
- Executive producer
- James D. Brubaker
- Written for the screen by
- Philip Kaufman
- Based on the book by
- Tom Wolfe
- Director of photography
- Caleb Deschanel
- Production designer
- Geoffrey Kirkland
- Visual consultant
- Gene Rudolf
- Special visual creations
- Jordan Belson
- Edited by
- Glenn Farr
- Edited by
- Lisa Fruchtman
- Edited by
- Stephen A. Rotter
- Edited by
- Douglas Stewart
- Edited by
- Tom Rolf
- Music by
- Bill Conti
- Special visual effects supervisor
- Gary Gutierrez
- Supervising sound editor
- Jay Boekelheide
- Supervising rerecording mixer
- Mark Berger
- Rerecording mixer
- Tom Scott
- Rerecording mixer
- Randy Thom
- Rerecording mixer
- Andy Wiskes
- Rerecording mixer
- Todd Boekelheide
- Casting by
- Lynn Stalmaster
- Casting by
- Toni Howard & Associates
A scene from The Right Stuff
