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Sam Shepard | ||
Scott Glenn | ||
Dennis Quaid | ||
Ed Harris | ||
Scott Paulin | ||
Fred Ward | ||
Barbara Hershey | ||
Kim Stanley | ||
Veronica Cartwright | ||
Pamela Reed | ||
Charles Frank | ||
Lance Henriksen | ||
Donald Moffat | ||
Levon Helm | ||
Mary Jo Deschanel | ||
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 | |
Donald Moffat | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Levon Helm | Jack Ridley | |
Mary Jo Deschanel | Annie Glenn |
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Producer |
Robert Chartoff
Irwin Winkler |
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Writer |
Philip Kaufman
Tom Wolfe |
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Cinematography |
Caleb Deschanel
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Musician |
Bill Conti
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Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once. |
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