Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff, based on Tom Wolfe’s book, was an exploration of American heroism in the early days of the space program. In this sequence, astronaut John Glenn earns his stripes.
Jean-Luc Godard once said all you need for a movie is a gun and a girl. How about astronauts and Sam Shepard? Philip Kaufman’s adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s best seller about the early days of high-speed ...