Director
Philip Kaufman
Actors
Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Barbara Hershey, Lance Henriksen, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Jeff Goldblum, Kim Stanley, Pamela Reed, Scott Paulin, Charles Frank, Donald Moffat, Levon Helm, Mary Jo Deschanel, Scott Wilson, Kathy Baker
Runtime
3 h 13 min
Release Date
21 October 1983
Genres
Drama, History
Overview
MILITARY MEN TALKING LIKE CRUDE MILITARY MEN - 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.