The Right Stuff
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Synopsis
Tom Wolfe wanted to know what "makes a man willing to sit up on top of an enormous Roman candle. . . and wait for someone to light the fuse?" In his groundbreaking book, "The Right Stuff," his subjects were the Mercury astronauts who became caught up in America's feverish space race, and were hurled into space not really knowing if they would ever come back. Their quiet courage made them national heroes, but the truth of their private lives was carefully hidden. Wolfe's style of New Journalism allowed him to craft a rich text which captured the facts, while including his own emotional reaction to the situation. Wolfe also broke conventions by showing the astronauts as they really were, flaws and all. But by removing the haloes that America had placed upon their heads, Wolfe revealed how truly extraordinary these men were.
Cast
John Frye
Daniel Herrel
Alena Wright
John Logsdon
Jason Huber
Garnet Soles
Brad Marshall
Tom Wolfe
William Mckeen
Chuck Yeager
Walter Cronkite
Peter Johansen
Ian Svenonious
Scott Rouche
Melissa Pamperin
Max Pugh
Fred Hayes
Kara Suter
