L'Étoffe des héros
The Right Stuff
Release: 1983-10-20
·Runtime: 192m
·★ 7.4
Drame
Histoire
Aventure
Dans la lourde atmosphère de la Guerre Froide, un coup de tonnerre éclate en 57 : les russes ont lancé leur premier Spoutnik ! Eisenhower décide alors d'envoyer un homme dans l'espace. Yeager, approché par deux recruteurs, réserve sa décision, mais les volontaires ne manquent pas : le programme Mercury est en route. Après une série de tests durs, humiliants, épuisants, les candidats craquent les uns après les autres. On en retient sept, l'entraînement commence alors…
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Ladd Company
Chartoff-Winkler Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Levon Helm
as Jack Ridley / Narrator
Mary Jo Deschanel
as Annie Glenn
David Clennon
as Liaison Man
David Gulpilil
as Aborigine
Sam Shepard
as Chuck Yeager
John P. Ryan
as Head of Program
Mary Apick
as Woman Reporter
Scott Glenn
as Alan Shepard
Scott Paulin
as Deke Slayton
John Dehner
as Henry Luce
Kathy Baker
as Louise Shepard
Ed Harris
as John Glenn
Scott Wilson
as Scott Crossfield
Donald Moffat
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Lance Henriksen
as Wally Schirra
Mimi Sarkisian
as New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)
Dennis Quaid
as Gordon Cooper
Kim Stanley
as Pancho Barnes
William Hall
as The Permanent Press Corps
Royal Dano
as Minister
Harry Shearer
as NASA Recruiter
Veronica Cartwright
as Betty Grissom
Jeff Goldblum
as NASA Recruiter
Darryl Henriques
as Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid
as Himself
Michael Pritchard
as Texan
Pamela Reed
as Trudy Cooper
Charles Frank
as Scott Carpenter
William Russ
as Slick Goodlin
O-Lan Jones
as Girl at Pancho's
Chuck Yeager
as Fred
Edward Anhalt
as Grand Designer
Fred Ward
as Gus Grissom
Barbara Hershey
as Glennis Yeager
Jim Haynie
as Air Force Major
Scott Beach
as Chief Scientist
Crew
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Philip Kaufman
Screenplay, Director
Bill Conti
Original Music Composer
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jordan Belson
Visual Effects
Irwin Winkler
Producer
Tom Wolfe
Novel