The Right Stuff (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Starring:Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey, Kim Stanley, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed, Scott Paulin, Charles Frank, Lance Henriksen, Donald Moffat, Levon Helm, Mary Jo Deschanel, Scott Wilson, Kathy Baker, Mickey Crocker, Susan Kase, Mittie Smith
Director: Philip Kaufman
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Philip Kaufman's intimate epic about the Mercury astronauts (based on Tom Wolfe's book) was one of the most ambitious and spectacularly exciting movies of the 1980s. It surprised almost everybody by not becoming a smash hit. By all rights, the film should have been every bit the success that Apollo 13 would later become; The Right Stuff is not only just as thrilling, but it is also a bigger and better movie. Combining history (both established and revisionist), grand mythmaking (and myth puncturing), adventure, melodrama, behind-the-scenes dish, spectacular visuals, and a down-to-earth sense of humor, The Right Stuff chronicles NASA's efforts to put a man in orbit. Such an achievement would be the first step toward President Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon, and, perhaps most important of all, would win a crucial public relations/morale victory over the Soviets, who had delivered a stunning blow to American pride by launching Sputnik, the first satellite. The movie contrasts the daring feats of the unsung test pilots--one of whom, Chuck Yeager, embodied more than anyone else the skill and spirit of Wolfe's title--against the heavily publicized (and sanitized) accomplishments of the Mercury astronauts. Through no fault of their own, the spacemen became prisoners of the heroic images the government created for them in order to capture the public's imagination. The casting is inspired; the film features Sam Shepard as the legendary Yeager, Ed Harris as John Glenn, Dennis Quaid as "Gordo" Cooper, Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard, Fred Ward as Gus Grissom, Scott Wilson as Scott Crossfield, and Pamela Reed and Veronica Cartwright are superb in their thankless roles as astronauts' wives. --Jim Emerson

Description

Four Academy Awards(R)! Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Sam Shepard and a stellar cast give soaring life to the glory years of America's space program. From Tom Wolfe's best seller. Year: 1983 Director: Philip Kaufman Starring: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid

Customer Reviews:

Grown-up? You bet. (Inappropriate for kids? No.).......2007-04-29

Any reviewer who insists that this movie contains content inappropriate for "students of any age" is exaggerating. "The Right Stuff" is rated PG. Any bright pre-adolescent would understand this film; certainly any high-school student would. It contains no sexual language that a 21st-century kid would not have already heard on American broadcast TV. In fact, the astronauts in the film talk like the 1960s "squares" they were, all too unwilling to use ugly language. They speak in metaphors and euphemisms, just as ordinary men of that era did.

"The Right Stuff" is patriotic, serious, wry, funny, observant, and utterly grown-up. It accurately depicts men and women confronting adult issues of ambition, celebrity, marriage, and brotherhood. What it is NOT...is a live-action movie with a cartoon mentality, like so many films deemed appropriate for school-age children by holier-than-thou "reviewers."

They were just men....or were they?.......2007-04-17

Scott Glenn, Ed Harris and Dennis Quaid are three wonderful reasons to watch this movie. Based on the book by Chuck Yeager, this movie depicts 1950's and 1960's mentality and eagerness to beat the Russians at the space race.

Sputnik scared the crud out of America, but we soon had our champions. The Mercury Seven!

The movie doesn't ooze with as much jealousy as was written in the book, but the focus of Yeager on his own accomplishments during this time really comes off as a "look at me" attempt. He was given a chance to be part of the Mercury Astronaut core and apparently turned it down. One of America's best pilots, one of its uniformed sons, denying his country's call at their most pivotal hour??? There's nothing heroic in that act.

There's plenty of heroism, however, in the storied accomplishments of the Mercury Seven. And to be fair, Yeager went on to accomplish quite alot in the field of Aviation. Either way, the story is one that is important to our nation's history. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the truth and the fiction of it.

The Right Stuff is Real.......2007-04-02

Through great casting and near-perfect screenwriting, this movie presents the transformation of the U.S. following WWII to a space exploring nation. The movie is based on a stellar book by Tom Wolfe, and the depictions of his pilots-cum-astronauts as they struggle to retain their pilot identities within the confines of training for these first probes into space ring true. Poignantly, their experiences are contrasted with those of perhaps the greatest test pilot of that generation, Chuck Yeager, who never became an astronaut.

Trivializing An American Adventure.......2007-03-19

Although the movie is entertaining and has a fine cast, it is flawed in many respects. The viewer who sees it will not really learn anything important about the evolution of Project Mercury. Firstly, the engineers who designed the Mercury spacecraft are presented as a bunch of Teutonic dictators indifferent to the wishes of the astronauts. In reality, Wernher von Braun's Germans were not involved in the design of the spacecraft, only its Redstone booster rocket. In reality, the astronauts worked closely with the spacecraft's manufacturer, McDonnnell Aircraft in its development. I believe that the engineers are no less heroes than than the astronauts and many sacrificed their families and even their lives as a result of overwork, yet that is completely ignored in this story. Secondly, the way Gus Grissom is portrayed is outrageous in that he is presented as some sort of screw-up causing the sinking of his spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7. The fact that, in reality, he was assigned to the first flights of both the Gemini and Apollo spacecraft (where he lost his life in the Apollo 1 fire) shows that the NASA people had the highest confidence in his abilities. They wouldn't keep someone in the program just so that it wouldn't look to the outside world that there were failures as was proven by the fact that Scott Carpenter was not assigned to another flight due to his relatively poor performance in Aurora 7. Finally, John and Annie Glenn are presented as some kind of victims of Vice President's Johnson's ire. No one did more for the space program than LBJ who was a bigger supporter than even President Kennedy was and the Glenn's were personally enriched as a result of the controversial Life magazine contract with the astronauts which Kennedy and Johnson supported. I don't believe LBJ was some sort of ogre for wanting a little media coverage and he probably wasn't aware of Annie Glenn's stutter. I would compare this film to Oliver Stone's "JFK" which is also an entertaining, but unrelated to the true story.
For someone actually interested in the TRUE story about America's space program, I would recommend the film "Apollo 13" and the series "From the Earth to the Moon".

Thinking of showing this movie to your classroom?.......2007-03-09

I'll save you the time....don't show it. Although this is a wonderful movie, it is inappropriate for students of any age due to sexually explicit language. There are also many words that, although not new to students by any stretch of the imagination, shouldn't be used in the classroom setting.

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Grown-up? You bet. (Inappropriate for kids? No.)
They were just men....or were they?
The Right Stuff is Real
Trivializing An American Adventure
Thinking of showing this movie to your classroom?

The Right Stuff
Starring: Sam Shepard , Scott Glenn , Ed Harris , Dennis Quaid , and Fred Ward
Director: Philip Kaufman
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: 0790731541
Release Date: 1997-06-25

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Grown-up? You bet. (Inappropriate for kids? No.).......2007-04-29

They were just men....or were they?.......2007-04-17

The Right Stuff is Real.......2007-04-02

Trivializing An American Adventure.......2007-03-19

Thinking of showing this movie to your classroom?.......2007-03-09

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New Orleans
Poor Audio. Great Concert.
Frankie
WONDERFUL!!!!!!
This Is NOT The Live In New Orleans I Know....

Frankie Beverly - Live in New Orleans
Starring: Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
Manufacturer: The Right Stuff
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ASIN: B00005MAG5
Release Date: 2001-08-14

Description

Thanks to their ongoing touring and top-selling catalog titles, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly remain one of the most popular R&B groups of all time! Enjoy one of their best live performances, culled from their 12 show dates at New Orleans Saenger Theatre (and from the companion gold-selling album). Songs: You, Changing Times, Joy and Pain, Happy Feelin's, Southern Girl, Look at California, Feel That You're Feelin', Back in Stride, Never Let You Down, We Are One.

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New Orleans.......2007-06-16

Prefer live in Los Angeles instead of this DVD.

Poor Audio. Great Concert........2007-04-20

First, I have to say that the audio quality is poor. I got my system all set up to bump, like Maze was in my living room. What a disappointment! I adjusted my equalizer. I balanced. I did it all, but nothing rescued the audio from lowest depths of noise, distortion, and lack of dynamics. I got over it.

The concert was the B - O - M - B! For one thing, it proved that Frankie is the coolest person to walk the planet Earth. (Well, okay, Philip Bailey is right there with him.) I just love his groove. It was a great performance. Despite the audio quality, it still had that feeling that the band was in my living room.

What can you say about Maze's songlist? It was awesome!

Notice that I rate this DVD higher than both the Isley Brothers and Sade (I did write about those, didn't I)? They may have a better discography, but they don't perform it better. This is a great DVD, as long as you're just partying, and not picking on the audio. It's a "must buy" for old-schoolers like me.

Frankie.......2007-01-05

One of my best concert tapes, this one i recomend to all the fans of maze!! Great concert too!!

WONDERFUL!!!!!!.......2006-01-01

I enjoyed this concert. This whole concert is all of that. Frankie B. and Maze truly rocked the show. Words cannot describe. Frankie just have raw talent to get you up out of your seat. I would recommend this album to anyone who likes this group of musicians. My favorite performances are Look@California and Feel that Feeling you're feeling. But the best performance is 'Look at Ccalifornia'. Frankie and Maze really rocked the show with this song. I love this song they really rocked the show with this song. I watch this dvd and jump out of my seat. The quality is pretty good also, Also, this dvd contains some bonus footage some bonus music videos with some of my other favorites by the group Never Let You Down, We Are One, and Back In Stride. I love this dvd if you like this dvd then I would recommend that you buy Frankie Beverly Live in Los Angeles and also I recommend any MAZE fan to buy this dvd .

This Is NOT The Live In New Orleans I Know...........2005-05-19

Don't get me wrong this DVD is better than nothing but if you listen to the album (that's right I said album, will never buy the cd until it is no longer "the abridged version") it's not the same set. Now I could be crazy but I swear that I have seen the true "Live in New Orleans" on A&E or Bravo back in 1981/82 when the cable channel first started. They played the concert like everyday sometimes twice a day for about 2 to 3 months then never again. Another thing the concert they showed was outside like at a festival in New Orleans/SoCal or something in the daytime not in a arena. Up until then I had never seen Maze, didn't know who they were, only that when I was forever record shopping, there records always drew my eye cause of the six finger hand always on the front cover. So, after seeing Maze on cable 500 times at least, I was hooked and couldn't get Frankie's vocals out of my mind:-) Now I am 41 years old now and anybody I tell this to says I'm crazy that Maze was never on TV back then and that I must of been dreaming. Was I? I hope someone out there who loves Maze as much as I do can back me up. We need to get A&E or Bravo to release that version of Maze in New Orleans...I promise you folks it will blow this DVD out the door and into the trash can...I promise!!!!!

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We will always have the 70's
Complete rip-off!!!
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED!!!
the Show is nice but there could have been
Amazon failing badly

The '70s Soul Jam, Vol. 1
Starring: Various Artists
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Release Date: 2003-05-06

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We will always have the 70's.......2005-10-16

One night sometime in 2005 I was surfing the channels and came upon another one of those great PBS Pattie Labelle specials (Old School Soul Party Live) and decided to purchase the DVD (By the way it was great) if you have the DVD Titled: Super Stars of Seventies Soul Live with Pattie as host (you can buy Super Stars on Amazon) the later is just as good if not better. As I was saying after seeing the Stylistics I wanted to hear more of the oldies. I decide to buy the 70's Soul Jam Volume one, two and three. Now, first I must say all three volumes are very good. Volume one is ok but two and three are smoking! The first volume I believe the singers were warming up for "A Long Winters Night", their voices were a little shaky at first but believe me after that "It's On". The Stylistics is great on all three volumes. One thing that must be understood is that all the groups that were around in the 70's as they get older their vocals must fade. None of us will be the same 30 year from now "But I am sorry these guys are". Ok, now with that being said, the groups are Stylistics, Dramatics, Blue notes, Major Harris, Cuba Gooding, Delfonics and the Chi-lites. The Chi-lites without Ed Record are not the same please do not buy the DVD's for the Chi-lites you will be making a mistake. If you ever get a chance in watch the PBS special Title: Super Stars of Seventies Soul Live. Ed Record is singing with the Chi-lites in that Special I believe that was his last day view with the group before he died (could be wrong) "What a Man with a Voice". As I end I will say these groups sound very good just as they did in the 70's take my word I was there weren't you.

Complete rip-off!!!.......2004-05-17

Warning! Avoid wasting your money on this garbage! Stylistics without Russell Thompkins, Chi-Lites without Eugene Record, Harold Melvin & Blue Notes without Harold Melvin!!! Somebody should be sued for releasing such crap and so cleverly avoiding giving the customer these details anywhere on the outside cover. One only makes this horrible discovery after opening the DVD!

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED!!!.......2004-04-26

If you are a true fan of 70's Soul music, I would recommend avoiding this DVD. I had just watched a wonderful 70's Soul show on Maryland Public Television, and was hoping that this would be somewhat similar to that. I was really disappointed, to say the least! The sound quality is horrible, and the performances were pretty sub-standard, with the possible exception of the Stylistics. The Chi-lites totally destroy "Oh Girl." It was painful to watch this video! I would not recommend it to anyone!

the Show is nice but there could have been.......2004-03-01

more added to balance out all the songs&Acts that Performed. the Music was on Point&it was Great seeing&Hearing from Peeps that have Been Missed by myself&others for a Good Minute.I wish for a full overview&History section.Hopefully in the future it will come to pass.but this is a Good Setting for starters.

Amazon failing badly.......2003-12-30

HOW ABOUT SOME ACTUAL INFORMATION? A LIST OF SONGS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.DON'T YOU THINK?WHY LIST INFO THEN NOT HAVE ANY? HOW IS THE RELEASE DATE GOING TO HELP ME?

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SoulJammers Lack Jam!
Jw of B-more

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Starring: Various Artists
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Release Date: 2003-05-06

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SoulJammers Lack Jam!.......2003-11-18

I purchased the 1st Soul Jam about 3 months ago and was so impressed by the performances i logged onto amazon and ordered number 2 soon after.What a differance half a concert makes.Most of the guys in the Dramatics seem ready to keel over at any moment and all seemed to have lost there voices.Cuba Gooding absolutely destroys Everybody Plays The Fool as he is every bit a fool on this one.As for the rest of the performance all lack the bravado and energy of the 1st C.D.Why is this one night show split into 3 D.V.D.'S.I'll tell u why,money,mulla,cashola.This could easily have been on one disc as all the top hits are on the 1st and best of the 3 D.V.D's so save your money and just pick up the 1st one.

Jw of B-more.......2003-09-04

Upon receiveing this Dvd I placed it in my player and sat back to watch it.I was impressed with the performance of each group.I thought By purchasing This Dvd Without any other reviews that I would see Such entertainers as Skip mahoney & the Casuals,Black Ivory,Ebonys Some of the less Popular groups of the 70'sThis Dvd contains.Stylistics, Dramatics,Chi-lites,Delphonics,Harold Melvins's Bluenotes & cuba Gooding Jr.This dvd should included a history of each group as extra.

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Somebody PLEASE PLEASE list the actual SONGS and running time
Excellent

The 70s Soul Jam, Vol. 3
Starring: Various Artists
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Somebody PLEASE PLEASE list the actual SONGS and running time.......2005-06-26

As many others have noted for volume 1, 2, & 3 of this DVD series, not a single one of these 3 DVDs has a running time, a list of which songs or played, or even which "group" plays. I understand that many original members are departed/dead (such as Harold Melvin, R.I.P., from the Blue Notes), but without SOMETHING specific, I'm just not buying. I've seen the show LIVE twice, and thought that, newer/younger members notwithstanding, the Stylistics, Delfonics and Chi-lites sounded just fine, given that the original members have been around some 30+ years by now. I also HOPE that bellowing buffoon J.J.Walker, present at both live shows (Humphrey's in San Diego, and the Greek in Hollywood just recently) has been deleted from the DVD, if not from all future shows. I have no idea who thought an abrasive yelling "comic" (I'll concede he is occasionally funny) would be the appropriate mood setter for some beautiful smooth 70's soulful love songs, but he is NOT the right choice, by far. Again, anybody who bought any of these DVDs, PLEASE do us a favor and let us know running times & song titles. Thanks.

Excellent.......2004-10-21

After watching this DVD I had to Make the contents of it known to Other music Lovers.
Let me tell it like it is: this DVD is FANTASTIC.

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The Right Stuff [Region 2]
Starring: Sam Shepard , Scott Glenn , Ed Harris , Dennis Quaid , and Fred Ward
Director: Philip Kaufman
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The Right Stuff [Region 2]
Starring: Sam Shepard , Scott Glenn , Ed Harris , Dennis Quaid , and Fred Ward
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Grown-up? You bet. (Inappropriate for kids? No.)
They were just men....or were they?
The Right Stuff is Real
Trivializing An American Adventure
Thinking of showing this movie to your classroom?

The Right Stuff [Region 2]
Starring: Sam Shepard , Scott Glenn , Ed Harris , Dennis Quaid , and Fred Ward
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Customer Reviews:

Grown-up? You bet. (Inappropriate for kids? No.).......2007-04-29

They were just men....or were they?.......2007-04-17

The Right Stuff is Real.......2007-04-02

Trivializing An American Adventure.......2007-03-19

Thinking of showing this movie to your classroom?.......2007-03-09

60 Minutes - The Man in the White Suit (November 22, 1998)

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60 Minutes - The Man in the White Suit (November 22, 1998)

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Airdate: 11/22/98 Morley Safer profiles the great American author Tom Wolfe, known as much for his white suits and dapper demeanor as he is for his satirical, mega-novels, some of which have been made into major movies such as "The Right Stuff" and "Bonfire of the Vanities."

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