Where was The Right Stuff filmed?
1984 film, directed by Philip Kaufman.
- California
The story is set in California, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- California
- Filmed in
- California
About The Right Stuff
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- Released
- 1984
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Cast
- Fred WardDennis QuaidEd HarrisScott GlennSam ShepardBarbara HersheyLance HenriksenVeronica CartwrightJane DornackerHarry Shearer
- Genre
- AdventureDramaHistorical
- Based on
- The Right Stuff
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Sound Editing; Academy Award for Best Film Editing; Academy Award for Best Original Score; Academy Award for Best Sound and 1 more
The story
In 1947, over the Muroc Army Air Field in California, a number of test pilots are killed while flying high-speed aircraft such as the rocket-powered Bell X-1.
Yeager becomes the first person to fly at supersonic speed, defeating the "demon in the sky." Six years later, Muroc, now Edwards Air Force Base, still attracts the best test pilots.
In 1957, the launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite alarms the United States government.
Famous lines from The Right Stuff
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
No, sir, no press!Air Force Major
But the war's over!Reporter
Who are you calling?Air Force Major
The Russians, maybe.Air Force Major
The Russians?! They're our allies!Reporter
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