The Right Stuff

"How the future began."

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Ratings & Reviews

7.4/10

935 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 4 wins•📋 4 nominations

Won

Best Film Editing

Best Sound Editing

Best Original Score

Best Sound

Nominated

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$27.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$21.5M

Global Box Office

Loss

$-5,500,000

ROI: -20%

Budget Recovery80% of budget

$0|Budget: $27.0M|Revenue: $21.5M

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60-Day Views

51.9K

Daily Avg

866

7-Day Trend

-16%

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Based On

The Right Stuff

written work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

San Francisco

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Story Setting

Set In

California

Themes & Subjects

#aviation#coldwar

Characters

Ed Sullivan

John Glenn

Jack Ridley

Wally Schirra

Gus Grissom

Scott Carpenter

Gordon Cooper

Rene Carpenter

José Jiménez

Anastas Mikoyan

Henry Luce

Alan Shepard

Georgy Malenkov

Kliment Voroshilov

Sally Rand

Chuck Yeager

Deke Slayton

Pancho Barnes

James E. Webb

Annie Glenn

Chalmers Goodlin

Eric Sevareid

Jack Woolams

Albert Scott Crossfield

John F. Kennedy

Wernher von Braun

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Lyndon B. Johnson

Yuri Gagarin

Betty Grissom

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Caleb Deschanel

Film Editing

Glenn Farr

Music / Score

Bill Conti

Production Companies

The Ladd Company

Distributors

Warner Bros.

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Where to Watch The Right Stuff

Available in 61 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG	fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Philo	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom15	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store
Canada	—	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaPG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV
India	—	—	Amazon Video	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG

United Kingdom15

AustraliaPG

Germany12

FranceU

JapanG

Brazil10

Denmark15

+8 more countries

Production

Director

Philip Kaufman

Writers

Tom Wolfe, Philip Kaufman

Production Companies

The Ladd CompanyChartoff-Winkler Productions

Cast

Sam Shepard

Chuck Yeager

Scott Glenn

Alan Shepard

Ed Harris

John Glenn

Dennis Quaid

Gordon Cooper

Fred Ward

Gus Grissom

Barbara Hershey

Glennis Yeager

Kim Stanley

Pancho Barnes

Veronica Cartwright

Betty Grissom

Pamela Reed

Trudy Cooper

Scott Paulin

Deke Slayton

Charles Frank

Scott Carpenter

Lance Henriksen

Wally Schirra

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or booknasapoliticscold waranswering machinepilotu.s. air forcespace travelbased on true storyflighthistorical figureastronautspace racetest pilot1940s

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