"The Right Stuff"(1983-30th Anniversary Edition)blu-ray coming Nov. 5th, 2013!*

damn old threads!
I recently watched this and Apollo 13 back to back.

 

Watched this on the big screen when it came out. The DVD, some scenes look a little dark, how's the blu ray in comparison? Also, is it 16x9, 5.1 now?

 

terrific film

 

What a steller cast.

 

The mind boggles that this movie wasn't more of a hit. I guess not enough star power. Ed Harris was still pretty young.

 

Models ? Reminds me of Kubrick’ Odyssey.
Just checked Space Odyssey IMDb, 28 special effects people listed .. all uncredited.

 

Ed is a stand up guy and an excellent actor...that's how he appears to me...

 

I saw it in 1984, but was only six years old. Just watched it again for the second time. Much better this time. Good infotainment.

Some liberties with the accuracy of the astronaut scenes, but it's just a movie. The "extra personality" and drama of the astronaut accounts made for a more compelling movie than if the writer/director, Kaufman, had tried to mimic their actual personalities.

Chuck Yeager was OK with Kaufman's approach, but the real astronauts apparently didn't like the jocularity and hijinks. Understandable, but it isn't a documentary.

 

I believe Siskel and/or Ebert (circa 1989 or 1990) opined that it was the best movie of the 1980s (beating out Raging Bill).