Video Description:    The U.S. space program`s development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program`s more cautious engineers pr...
Genre:     Adventure
Genre Array:     Adventure,Biography,Drama
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MPAA:     PG
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Duration:     min.
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Full Cast Extends:    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,Mary Jo Deschanel:Annie Glenn,Scott Wilson:Scott Crossfield,Kathy Baker:Louise Shepard,Mickey Crocker:Marge Slayton,Susan Kase:Rene Carpenter,Mittie Smith:Jo Schirra,Royal Dano:Minister,David Clennon:Liaison Man,Jim Haynie:Air Force Major,Jeff Goldblum:Recruiter,Harry Shearer:Recruiter,Scott Beach:Chief Scientist,Jane Dornacker:Nurse Murch,Anthony Muñoz:Gonzales,John P. Ryan:Head of Program,Darryl Henriques:Life Reporter,Eric Sevareid:Eric Sevareid,William Russ:Slick Goodlin,Drew Letchworth:The Permanent Press Corps,Christopher P. Beale:The Permanent Press Corps,Richard Dupell:The Permanent Press Corps,William Hall:The Permanent Press Corps,John X. Heart:The Permanent Press Corps,Ed Holmes:The Permanent Press Corps,Jack Bruno Tate:The Permanent Press Corps,Edward Anhalt:Grand Designer,Mary Apick:Woman Reporter,Robert Beer:Dwight D. Eisenhower,Erik Bergmann:Eddie Hodges,James Brady:Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson,Katherine Conklin:Woman TV Reporter,Maureen Coyne:Waitress,Tom Dahlgren:Bell Aircraft Executive,John Lion:Bell Aircraft Executive,Peggy Davis:Sally Rand,John Dehner:Henry Luce,Robert Elross:Review Board President,Drew Eshelman:Assistant Scientist,Robert J. Geary:Game Show M.C.,Royce Grones:1st X-1 Pilot,David Gulpilil:Aborigine,Anthony Wallis:Australian Driver,Kaaren Lee:Young Widow,Sandy Kronemeyer:Cocoa Beach Girl,Frankie Di:Cocoa Beach Girl,Michael Pritchard:Texan,Edward Corbett:Texan,O-Lan Jones:Girl at Pancho`s,Mark Todd:Astronaut Trainee,Allen Gebhardt:Astronaut Trainee,Chuck Yeager:Fred,Ed Sullivan:Self,Gilbert Bazan:Spectator,Alan Bendich:NYPD Patrolman,Ronnie Dee Blaire:Voiceover,Nikolai Bulganin:Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin,Bill Dana:José Jimenez,Dorothy Duder:Woman in Audience,Shawn Flanagan:Fan at Cow Palace,Yuri Gagarin:Self - Embracing Khrushchev,Lyndon B. Johnson:Self - Standing Behind JFK,Nikita Khrushchev:Self - Embracing Gagarin,Christopher Kriesa:Mission Control Room Man,James Mathers:Capt. Mills,Michael David McGuire:Student Pilot,Randy Outzen:Reporter,Mimi Sarkisian:New Mexico Nurse in Lobby,Gregory Rae Stone:Hero Extra,Paula Telander:Party Guest,Jim Turner:Diaper Man,Levon Helm:Jack Ridley

Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman

also: Philip Kaufman, Tom Wolfe