“The Right Stuff” quotes

(1983)
Movie The Right Stuff
Title The Right Stuff
Year 1983
Director Philip Kaufman
Genre Drama, History, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Plot – In 1947, an American pilot breaks the sound barrier and sets the stage for the conquest of space. Together science, political competition, new technology and a huge financial and organizational commitment help to prepare the operation. On the other hand, for its complete success, men with "the right stuff" are needed. These are carefully selected pilots, who are gifted and highly trained: brave, intelligent, real men, our "guides" into space.
All actors – 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, Royal Dano, David Clennon, Jim Haynie, Jeff Goldblum, Harry Shearer, Scott Beach, Jane Dornacker, Anthony Munoz, John P. Ryan, Darryl Henriques, Eric Sevareid, William Russ, Drew Letchworth, Christopher P. Beale, Richard Dupell, William Hall, John X. Heart, Ed Holmes, Jack Bruno Tate, Edward Anhalt, Mary Apick, Robert Beer, Erik Bergmann, James Brady, Katherine Conklin, Maureen Coyne, Tom Dahlgren, John Lion, Peggy Davis, John Dehner, Robert Elross, Drew Eshelman, Robert J. Geary, Royce Grones, David Gulpilil, Anthony Wallis, Kaaren Lee, Sandy Kronemeyer, Frankie Di, Michael Pritchard, Ed Corbett, O-Lan Jones, Mark Todd, Allen Gebhardt, Chuck Yeager, Ed Sullivan, Gilbert Bazan, Ronnie Dee Blaire, Nikolai Bulganin, Bill Dana, Yuri Gagarin, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Christopher Kriesa, Georgi Malenkov, James Mathers, Anastas Mikoyan, Mimi Sarkisian, Tony Toscano, Kliment Voroshilov
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  • - Henry Luce: These stories will appear in Life magazine under their own bylines: for example "by Betty Grissom", or "by Virgil I. Grisson", or...
    - Gus Grissom: Gus!
    - Henry Luce: What was that?
    - Gus Grissom: Gus. Nobody calls me by... that other name.

    John Dehner - Henry Luce
    Fred Ward - Gus Grissom
    [Tag:name, nickname]
  • “- Gordon Cooper: You know something, Gus? I got me a new house, new furniture. Got me $25,000 a year on a magazine contract. Got me a Corvette. Got free lunch from one end of America to the other - and I ain't even been up there yet.
    - Gus Grissom: Yeah, I noticed that.”

    Dennis Quaid - Gordon Cooper
    Fred Ward - Gus Grissom
    [Tag:astronomy, wealth]
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