For decades, everyone assumed that Gus Grissom screwed up Mercury 2 and blew the hatch, causing his capsule to sink. This movie (and the book it was based on) adopted this as conventional wisdom. Grissom died a couple years later (in the fire that was mentioned in "Apollo 13"), so out of respect nobody said anything. In 2010, undersea explorer Robert Ballard, the guy who discovered the Titanic, found his sunken capsule at the bottom of the ocean, and photos showed that the hatch frame had bent on landing and likely caused the hatch to deform and explode prematurely, and therefore it was not Grissom's fault.
@jacobjones5269 Жыл бұрын
NASA was well aware it was a malfunction, although in other circles Grissom received a lot of criticism.. NASA made him the lead pilot in both the Gemini and Apollo programs, which is a clear indicator of how they viewed him..
@harlechmaker Жыл бұрын
A recent study of the event concluded that static electricity, discharged by a pole extended from the rescue helicopter, set off the mercury fulminate in the explosive bolts and sank the capsule. There is photographic evidence and published warnings by NASA about the possibility.
@stephenkehl7158 Жыл бұрын
It was thought that Grissom somehow accidentally hit the emergency lever that blew the hatch. On Schirra’s flight, after splashdown, he intentionally hit the lever with his hand. He was able to get the hatch to blow, but not without causing severe bruising to his hand. Since Grissom had no bruises, that proved he did not accidentally blow the hatch. Grissom was well thought of at NASA. Had he not died in the Apollo 1 fire, he likely would have been the first man to walk on the moon.
@ronaldgarrison8478 Жыл бұрын
A few years ago, I saw a panel discussion with some of the astronauts of the time, and they had a very derogatory attitude toward this movie. Thye did not consider it an honest portrayal of those days. BTW I did read the book, well before seeing the movie, but I don't recall how it treated Grissom. In recent years, I've become very suspicious of the whole New Journalism movement, of which Tom Wolfe was generally considered a part. The central focus seems to be portraying attitudes, rather than sticking to facts. But so far this is just a suspicion, though I hope to investigate it more closely before long.
@kwanshiyin Жыл бұрын
With Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 flight in mind, engineers designing the Apollo spacecraft opted to omit an explosive hatch and instead install a manual hatch which could only be opened by ground crew. It took the ground crew *five minutes* to get the hatches opened through the smoke and fire and most likely prevented Grissom and his crewmates, Edward White and Roger Chaffee, from getting out of Apollo 1.
@Copef1 Жыл бұрын
Just so you know, Chuck Yeager died on December 7th, 2020, at the age of 97. He flew combat missions in World War 2, where he was shot down over occupied France, and escaped back to England. After his return to England, he shot down 5 German Planes in one day. He was one of the very few "ace" in a day pilots. He was credited with shooting down 12 German planes during his time in WW2. He flew the P51 Mustang, and his had "Glamorous Glen" painted on the engine cowl, to honor his wife, Glennis. The actress who plays her in this movie is Barbara Hershey. Yeager also flew some combat missions in Vietnam when he was the commander of the 405th Tactical Fighter Wing. As the movie shows, he was the first pilot to break the sound barrier in level flight. He retired from the military as a Brigadier General.
@thatcanadian6698Ай бұрын
17:06 The old man in the hat standing behind Harry Shearer is Chuck Yeager himself in a cameo.
@user-wm3bf7pi3u5 күн бұрын
@@thatcanadian6698 I though his wife was the bartender too.
@TTM9691 Жыл бұрын
At last someone has reacted to this great movie! Thank you, Cassie!
@BigTroyT Жыл бұрын
Here's some other trivia: The narrator of the movie was the same actor, Levon Helm, who played Jack Ridley, Yeager's crew chief and close friend who always loaned him a stick of Beeman's gun before each flight, for luck. Levon Helm was the drummer and lead singer for The Band (originally formed as a backing band for Bob Dylan), and known for their hits The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (check out the KZfaq videos). Levon was known for his thick Arkansas hillbilly accent. Much later, not long before his death from cancer, he appeared in the Mark Wahlberg movie Shooter, as the old half-blind gun expert. "Hell, I still got the shovel!" Nurse Murch at the testing center was portrayed by Jane Dornacker, who was nothing like her character in real life. In fact, she was a member of the theatrical-oriented band The Tubes (best known for their one big hit at the end of their career, "She's A Beauty"), and was the lead singer of a "sub-band" of the Tubes called Leila and the Snakes. Soon after filming her role here, she became a traffic reporter, and tragically died in a helicopter crash in NYC in 1986, live on air. The movie's cinematographer was Caleb Deschanel, the father of Emily and Zooey, and his wife/their mother Mary Jo Deschanel played Annie Glenn in the movie - note that she has the same big eyes as her daughters. Mary Jo has played roles in a number of the movies where Caleb has worked as cinematographer. Other movies Caleb has shot include The Natural, The Black Stallion, Hope Floats, The Patriot, The Passion Of The Christ, National Treasure, and Jack Reacher. Scott Crossfield, the first pilot to Mach 2, and who had a friendly rivalry with Chuck Yeager, trading "fastest man alive", was acted by Scott Wilson, who had a long acting career but now might be best known for playing Hershel Greene in The Walking Dead TV series. Other actors you may have missed were Mercury Astronaut Wally Schirra, played by a young Lance Henriksen, who would go on to play Bishop, the "synthetic person" in Aliens, the Alien sequel, among many other classic roles, and Harry Shearer, who was the other astronaut recruiter, along with Jeff Goldblum, and who among other things has been one of the main voice actors on The Simpsons for 35+ years. The movie itself would never have existed, except that author Tom Wolfe was curious about the US space program, and realized that no one had ever documented it as a whole, or in any great detail, and that by the time he started working on his book in the 1970s, the information was already getting lost with programs being canceled and people leaving NASA. Wolfe did an incredible amount of research, interviewed hundreds of people, combed through endless USAF and NASA documents and pictures, and finally wrote his book, The Right Stuff, which was released as a large coffee-table book full of pictures of everything, from the people involved to experimental planes and lots and lots of pictures of rockets, capsules, launch towers, and more. The movie condensed this and showed the most important 5-10% of the information, but if the space program is interesting to you, the book is chock full of fascinating information.
@nicksmith2010 Жыл бұрын
This is the film that got me to fall in love with the awesomeness of Chuck Yeager. I wish someone would make a great film just about him. On another note, John Glenn, after having retired from a 24 year stint in the US Senate, went back into space in 1998 at age 77 as a payload specialist on Discovery. He and Annie had been married about 73 years when he died. All of these people are heroes.
@drg3712 Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy no one had done a film on Yeager. His first biography is a fantastic read from his youth through the war to test piloting and then his continued flying.
@chuckwilliams6261 Жыл бұрын
On an other, another note; Alan Shepard golfed on the moon.
@jculver1674 Жыл бұрын
Glenn also had a really funny cameo on Frasier where he poked fun at his own experience with the space program. It's a heckuva guy who can go to space, become a Senator and have a sense of humor about it all.
@mikedineen7857 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Charleston WV not far from where Chuck was born. He would come back often to see old friends. He would break the sound barrier 3 times to let his buddies know to pick him up at the airport.
@jmwoods190 Жыл бұрын
@@chuckwilliams6261If only Scott Glenn reprised the role of Alan Shephard in some film about the Apollo program, and have him re-enaxt what Shepard did on the moon. That said, Scott Glenn's Silence of the Lambs co-star Ted Levine also played Alan Shephard in From the Earth to the Moon, and got to re-enact the lunar golfing!
@FeaturingRob Жыл бұрын
- Brigadier General Chuck Yeager passed in December of 2020 and he was played by Sam Shepherd, who besides being an actor (Oscar-nominated for this performance) was also an award-winning playwright. Glennis Yeager was played by Barbara Hershey, who has been in many films. The X-1 that Yeager flew to break Mach1 was named for his wife (The Glamourous Glennis). Yeager was actually in the film...he was the old bartender in a hat in Pancho's, the bar in the first part of the movie. You can see him at 17:09 in the video. - Senator John Glenn (D-Ohio) was played by Ed Harris. Glenn returned to space in his 80s on the space shuttle after retiring from his US Senate seat. Harris has been in so many wonderful things...he's one of my favorite actors. Annie Glenn was played by Mary Jo Deschanel, and her husband Caleb was the cinematographer for the film...and they are the parents of Emily Deschanel (aka Dr. Temperance Brennan from the series 'Bones') and Zooey Deschanel ('Elf', 'Almost Famous', and 'The New Girl'). - Alan Shepherd, the first Mercury Astronaut in space, was played by Scott Glenn. Glenn has been in many films...but I think you really recognize him as FBI Special Agent Jack Crawford in 'The Silence of the Lambs' with Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, and as Captain Bart Mancuso of the USS Dallas in 'The Hunt For Red October'. Shepherd was the original commander of Apollo 13, but he was bumped due to an inner ear infection so Jim Lovell became the Apollo 13 commander...and you know that story. However, when Apollo 14 went up, Shepherd was in command and he and Edgar Mitchell walked on the moon...Shepherd was 47, the oldest man to walk on the moon. - Wally Schirra was played by Lance Henrikson, who played the android Bishop in 'Aliens'. - Scott Carpenter was played by Charles Frank, and Deke Slayton was played by Scott Paulin. Both Frank and Paulin are character actors in the realm of "that-guy-in-that-thing". Tons of credits, never stars, just journeyman actors. Deke Slayton was in charge of the astronauts at NASA during the Apollo program. - Gus Grissom was played by Fred Ward. A couple of my favorite films Ward was in are 'Remo Williams - The Adventure Begins', 'Dangerous Beauty' (where he plays a nobleman in Venice during the Renaissance...a supporting role, but a really romantic film), and 'Henry & June', playing the writer Henry Miller, opposite Uma Thurman as June Miller, and Maria de Medeiros as Anais Nin. The film was the very first film given the NC-17 rating, which replaced the dreaded X rating due to intense sexual situations and adult themes for mainstream films. Considering that Henry Miller and Anais Nin are well known for their erotic writings it is no surprise. That film was also directed by 'The Right Stuff' director Philip Kaufman. = Gordon Cooper was played by Dennis Quaid, who was the only one of the actors to achieve leading man status in Hollywood. Cooper was the last Mercury astronaut in space, and he was also part of the Gemini program, flying in Gemini 5, and was the backup commander of Apollo 10. Cooper was also the youngest of the Mercury astronauts. - Ridley was played by Levon Helm (who was also the narrator)...Helm was mainly a drummer-singer-songwriter who did films. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Band. He was in the film 'Coal Miner's Daughter' as the father of country music legend Loretta Lynn (played by Sissy Spacek in her Oscar-winning role). Yep, Beeman's is a gum that is still available.
@samellowery Жыл бұрын
Great info needs more 👍
@spaulagain Жыл бұрын
John Glenn's Shuttle flight was in 1998, not the 80s LOL.
@FeaturingRob Жыл бұрын
@@spaulagain Okay...I was talking about his age, not the era. And I was wrong, he was 77 years old, not 80 or older.
@80sNewWaveGeek Жыл бұрын
Grissom's wife is played by Veronica Cartwright (Lambert from 'Alien'). Cooper's wife is Pamela Reed (the sick lady cop from "Kindergarten Cop".)
@jimandaud1291 Жыл бұрын
Great summaries. Enjoyed reading.
@daremo5284 Жыл бұрын
The line "sir, over there, is that a man?" , and "yeah, you damn right it is!" gets me every time
@cmkwan59 Жыл бұрын
In that accident Yeager was lucky, blood from his forehead's wound help shields and protected his eye sight, from the burning flame caused by the mask's oxygen supply.
@jerryg53125 Жыл бұрын
Although that is a great line in the movie It never happened in real life.Jack Ridley died in March of 1957 when a plane he was a passenger on hit the side of Mt Fuji in Japan.This accident with Yeager was in December of 1963.
@ForceMaximus84 Жыл бұрын
Great line.
@DavidGarcia-kw4sf Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The bar portrayed in the film was run by a famous female aviator, Pancho Barnes. She made a name for herself in the 30s, broke Amelia Earhart's speed record, and founded the association of motion picture pilots.
@miller-joel Жыл бұрын
The Air Force tried to kick her out to build a runway (which they never built), she took them to court, and her bar "mysteriously" went up in flames.
@Coldwarrior7781 Жыл бұрын
There's a wonderful book about her. "The Happy Bottom Riding Club" Had a copy but lost it..... along with everything else in Hurricane Harvey.
@mikedineen7857 Жыл бұрын
There is a great book about Pancho. She was a hard partying unique woman.
@tremorsfan Жыл бұрын
And the bartender is played by Chuck Yeager
@wkanost Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the scene where the guys from Washington are trying to recruit pilots at the riding club the old guy in the brown hat looking them over WAS the real life Chuck Yeager. By the time this film was made he was a retired Air Force colonel. I read his book simply titled, “Yeager” many years ago and he led an astonishing life. Great reaction to a wonderful film.
@mikeshields5510 Жыл бұрын
Haha. Don't know how I missed that. Funny. One of the greatest movies I've ever watched.
@jerryg53125 Жыл бұрын
Actually he retired as a One Star General.
@cmkwan59 Жыл бұрын
I had that book too, and it's a wonder biography telling of the greatest pilot ever, of his brilliant adventurous life in the cockpit pushing the envelope few had achieved, again and again.
@ericifune5543 Жыл бұрын
Widely regarded as the greatest pilot of all time. Was head of the AF test pilot school. Ace in WW2. One of the few to shoot down a ME 262.
@RogCBrand Жыл бұрын
@@cmkwan59 That really is a great book, and it makes you wonder, no matter how skilled he is, that he survived to die of old age! If you do things that have a one in ten chance of death, hundreds of times, and survive, you've got more than skill! You've got luck!
@mpccengineer Жыл бұрын
Chuck Yeager was one of the most decorated pilots of all time, he was made a general, and he only died recently. He lived an incredible life, and he was the original badass. He would have never given up his life as a pilot, even to become an astronaut.
@chrisbullard5901 Жыл бұрын
The promotional infomercials he did as the Chief Test Pilot for the F-20 Tigershark are still posted here on KZfaq (such an underrated aircraft).
@rogerhamilton5965 Жыл бұрын
He's also has a cameo in this movie. When the astronaut recruiters from Washington walk into Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club, yeah the bar at Edwards, Yeager is the guy in the hat who's looking over their shoulders and asking if they want a drink.
@patmurray9730 Жыл бұрын
Read his book back in the mid to late 80s. Another great book.
@GopherBaroque61 Жыл бұрын
I met General Yeager in 1983, while I was stationed at Holloman AFB, NM. He's maybe the shortest person I've actually met who's larger than life. He was about my height and I'm only 5' 9". I can't say that he was a nice guy because I don't really know on a personal level (although I'm sure he was or would have been had I been off duty). He was a General and I was a mere Buck Sergeant at the time. With that disparity in rank, you don't necessarily 'pal around', if you know what I mean. I shook his hand and listen to him for a short while. That's it. But at least I can brag that met him once.
@kevinquinn7645 Жыл бұрын
And he's the bartender in this movie.
@i_love_rescue_animals Жыл бұрын
The late, great Sam Shepherd played Chuck Yeager! LOVED Sam Shepherd. He was just SO COOL (and handsome) in all the roles he played. RIP Sam. LOTs of great actors in this film. Really love Ed Harris (he played John Glenn and was also in Apollo 13 among MANY other films) - super solid actor. Thanks for the reaction. ❤
@thomastimlin1724 Жыл бұрын
Patsy Cline's husband is Sweet Dreams
@sixpakshaker88 Жыл бұрын
He was also one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th Century.
@user-sx7wo1yl7y8 ай бұрын
And Shepherd was played by Scott Glenn- yes, that's his name. Interesting coincidence, since there was John Glenn and Scott Carpenter among the 7. Scott Glenn was also in Silverado- along with Jeff Goldbloom and a very young Kevin Costner- another great western for you to add to your collection.
@bigsasha5007 ай бұрын
Don’t forget that Sam Shepard was on of America’s greatest playwrights!
@jamesbooty Жыл бұрын
The HBO series you mentioned at the end of this video, "From the Earth to the Moon," is definitely the next thing to watch in your space journey. It picks up right where "The Right Stuff" leaves off, and covers the Gemini and Apollo missions exceptionally well.
@fixfalcon2628 Жыл бұрын
Way before the events of this film, Chuck Yeager was a WW2 ace. The Luftwaffe (German Air Force) had the first ever operational jet-fighter plane...the ME-262. After Yeager's first ever encounter with an ME-262 he said: "The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down." Complete badass.
@Stewart682 Жыл бұрын
Almost correct, the Gloster Meteor came out at roughly the same time as the 262. It was the only allied jet fighter of WWII.
@kraigthorne Жыл бұрын
@@Stewart682 I think you should read this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star
@Stewart682 Жыл бұрын
@@kraigthorne Again, almost correct, the P-80 never flew in combat beyond a couple of recce missions.
@Cg23sailor Жыл бұрын
Yeager was also an "Ace in a day" having shot down 5 Messerschmitt Bf-109s on a single mission in his P-51 Mustang.
@nirfz Жыл бұрын
And the X1 was built using research data from the germans, and its rocket engine was a evolution of german rocket engines...
@DracoSolon Жыл бұрын
The shot of Yeager looking up at the blackness of space as his engines fail is one of the all time coolest moments in film.
@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын
"How much you got? Nah, I'm just kiddin'. The Air Force is payin' me already. Ain't that right ... sir?" "Why sure, Yeager." THAT is cool.
@davorjuric1309 Жыл бұрын
Yes! So nice someone mentioned it. I watched this in a cinema when I was 13 and this moment stayed with me as one of the most beautiful in movies ever.
@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын
@@davorjuric1309 Nobody seems to mention that Yeager is in the film.
@davidpeters44 Жыл бұрын
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Most people under 50 wouldn't recognize him.
@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын
@@davidpeters44 Which is why they stuck him front and centre!
@thechickvoice Жыл бұрын
As a daughter of a rocket scientist, who wrote the test procedures for the Titan missiles, I’m so glad you reviewed this movie. They did a great job with it and I’m glad you liked it. I grew up with my dad taking trips to Cape Canaveral, but sadly he never saw a launch. as kids, we were pulled out of bed whatever time of day or night it might’ve been to watch every launch. Not sure if they make heroes like this anymore. These men were a breed apart.
@TheNighthhawk Жыл бұрын
I agree. I was another that watched all the launch's. Still watch them. Living in SC now and watch them go by.
@markmcgee2417 Жыл бұрын
You might appreciate this Onion headline: Missile Propulsion Engineer Not Exactly A Rocket Scientist.
@jculver1674 Жыл бұрын
There's an entire movie about the dish in Australia referenced in this movie, called The Dish (2000). A really entertaining, underrated movie that's worth checking out.
@noswonky8 ай бұрын
The dish in "The Dish" was at Parkes NSW. The dish in this movie was Muchea tracking station in WA. Hence the reference to the people of Perth turning on their lights for John Glenn. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muchea_Tracking_Station
@gravenewworld6521 Жыл бұрын
I love the scene when he breaks the sound barrier and the pictures rattle against the wall almost like they’re applauding him from beyond the grave.
@mirozen_ Жыл бұрын
Yeah, when I was a little kid you could still hear jets breaking the sound barrier occasionally where I lived in the Pacific Northwest. They enacted a prohibition against this back in 1973 because of people's complaints! 😊 I actually liked those Booms!!!
@gravenewworld6521 Жыл бұрын
@@mirozen_ yeah dude that would be awesome! People complain too much about cool stuff.
@kevinburton3948 Жыл бұрын
Never thought of it that way... Nice!
@gravenewworld6521 Жыл бұрын
@@kevinburton3948 got that from my old man don’t know I would’ve picked it up either😂
@jacobjones5269 Жыл бұрын
That’s an excellent piece of insight, thank you for the reveal..
@solon5037 Жыл бұрын
"From the Earth to the Moon" is the perfect companion piece to this.
@sartanawillpay7977 Жыл бұрын
Harry Shearer, who plays Jeff Goldblum's associate in this movie, does many of the voices in the Simpsons including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, and Kent Brockman. He is also the bassist for Spinal Tap.
@fiacmar Жыл бұрын
What? He replaced David St Hubbins..?
@sartanawillpay7977 Жыл бұрын
@@fiacmar 😀St Hubbins is lead singer/rhythm guitar, the Spinal Tap bassist character name is Derek Smalls.
@fiacmar Жыл бұрын
@@sartanawillpay7977 Honestly, I cannot believe I got that wrong. I feel suppuku level shame. Shit. Goddam. It’s like, how much more shame could I feel, and the answer is none. None more.
@donovanmedieval10 ай бұрын
He had also been on SNL in the last season of what otherwise would have bee the original cast and rejoinedd in the fall of 1984. Most of his characters had so much makeup, it was hard to tell who he was.
@DeadAbeVigoda Жыл бұрын
The scene where Glenn defends his wife was based on the actual dialogue John had with her. It's an important scene after we see the rift between astronauts about their behavior. They may fight amongst themselves but, as soon as one of them is attacked from the outside, they band together as pilots and start shoving bozos aside.
@robertbledsoe2547 Жыл бұрын
I was a young teenage boy when this came out, but my favorite scene will always be the one where Mrs. Cooper stood defiant and protected Mrs. Glenn. John Glenn then telling her on the phone to do what she thought was best was pure icing on the cake. (Trivia note: Mrs. Glenn is played by Mary Jo Deschanel, mother of Zooey Deschanel.)
@Cg23sailor Жыл бұрын
Grissom's capsule was recovered in recent years and it was proven that the hatch did just blow from a short circuit and not because of Grissom's actions. Sadly, Grissom never learned of his vindication as he was one of the three astronauts of the ill fated Apollo 1 fire along with White and Chaffee, as you Cassie, may remember from the beginning of the Apollo 13 movie.
@purpleslog Жыл бұрын
NASA never blamed him. If they had, he would have been dropped from the program.
@jacobjones5269 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, he was the lead pilot in both the Gemini and Apollo programs, so I’m sure he was viewed extremely favorably by NASA..
@zumbinis Жыл бұрын
The speed of sound is called Mach 1. Something over six hundred miles an hour, if I recall correctly.
@Cg23sailor Жыл бұрын
@@zumbinis WTF does that have to do with anything I commented on?
@Cg23sailor Жыл бұрын
@@purpleslog I never claimed NASA blamed him. but he was tarnished in the court of public opinion back in the day.
@jazzmaan707 Жыл бұрын
Great review. Chuck Yeager is still considered the best pilot of all of pilots, and with the Right Stuff. Later on, Yeager ran the Test Pilot Training Program, from which all the Astronauts were picked from for the Gemini and Apollo programs. Chuck's problem, was that he did not have a college education, but his natural ability as a flyer is what propelled to the top. He eventually became a general in the Air Force, and died in 2020. He will always be a legend to military pilots worldwide. RIP Chuck.
@AJTrambergАй бұрын
Perhaps my favorite movie of all time. Possibly the most underrated. It's a masterpiece.
@dard4642 Жыл бұрын
In 1962, John Glenn was only the 5th human in space and only the 3rd American. In the moments leading up to lift-off, his pulse never rose above 80 BPM. After lift-off, the part of the flight that stresses the body the most, his pulse got as high as 110 BPM. After he entered space, and for the rest of the mission (orbiting our planet three times in five hours), his pulse was never over 100 BPM. Those guys are a level of badass that few of us understand. (My pulse gets over 150 when someone else screws up at a four-way stop.)
@Oldschooldan1 Жыл бұрын
Someone who doesn't get enough credit in this film was Levon Helm; he played Jack Ridley and narrated the film. Levon was the drummer for The Band and went on to be an accomplished actor, in films like "A coal miner's daughter" and "shooter". RIP Levon
@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын
Why you see the broomstick twirl!
@aweebunny Жыл бұрын
check out 'The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'.
@lostd0g29 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely right. My father was a fighter pilot, and I grew up on Air Force bases in the 70's and 80's. Levon completely captured that certain military "swagger" and attitude in his portrayal of Ridley. His opening/closing narrations--just iconic, a perfect choice by the filmmakers to utilize his unique drawl to set the tone.
@Coldwarrior7781 Жыл бұрын
It upset my wife and I greatly to loose him.
@samspurgeon4222 Жыл бұрын
Ridley was always good for a stick of Beaman's..👍
@larryordine754211 ай бұрын
That's pronounced YAY ger. The first man to break the sound barrier.. WW 2 fighter ace and great test pilot. His West Virginia accent became the standard imitated by pilots trying to sound frosty from then on.
@texan-american200 Жыл бұрын
Years later, Liberty Bell capsule was found and they found that Grissom never did "screw the pooch."
@cjr4286 Жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of meeting General Yeager at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas when I was 10. In retrospect, the confident way he smiled reminds me of Captian Picard from Star Trek - only, every adventure he recalled was real. What a legend!
@Scottie_S Жыл бұрын
A group of film legends playing a group of aeronautic and space legends. Love this movie!
@BigTroyT Жыл бұрын
Indeed. This movie is my own personal reference to every one of these actors - and deservedly so, IMO, as they were brilliant here, all of them.
@miller-joel Жыл бұрын
When men were men.
@brucelamberton8819Ай бұрын
@30:59 the actor is Scott Glenn, who played Captain Bart Mancuso, commander of the submarine USS Dallas in "The Hunt For Red October".
@videogenics862 ай бұрын
On the Grissom thing, Wally Schirra intentionally blew the hatch after his spacecraft was put on the carrier. Doing so left a specific bruise on his thumb that Gus didn't have.
@johnhinkle8952 Жыл бұрын
Love that you did this movie one of my all time favorites. Fun fact: when they first show up to recruit astronauts at the riding club the old man in the hat who says " ya'll want some whiskey ? " was played by the real Chuck Yeager. General Yeager was the man's man to end all men.
@rosshoppus333 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact…. The only reason Yeager was selected is because he didn’t have a college degree. Still true for most of the Military officers today. You have to have that degree
@timothyvandenberg2905 Жыл бұрын
My friend's dad won the Academy Award (Oscar) for editing this film. His dad even let him bring the actual Oscar to school for "Show & Tell" the very next day! That thing was HEAVY! (Gold Plated!)
@spacecadet35 Жыл бұрын
"Pancho" Barne's, the owner of the Happy Bottom Riding Club, was herself a very accomplished aviator in her own right. She had held the Women's air speed record for a while, had her own barnstorming troop and competed in the air races. She was named "Pancho" after getting involved with Mexican Revolutionaries around 1926. She also worked as a stunt pilot for movie studios, including being in Howard Hughes' Hells Angels (1930)
@johnbrewer8024 Жыл бұрын
I'm loving it watching Cassie grow in her movie literacy, hearing her say "Hey, that's the guy from...!"
@thomaseggle8886 Жыл бұрын
My Dad spent 28 yrs in the Army and I can guarantee you that my mother made sacrifices and served those years with and without him around. Those wives and mother's completely deserve every bit if not a little more credit than the get sometimes. She is a tough one and was our rock many times.
@johanlaurasia Жыл бұрын
The scene where Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer were talking to the Chuck Yeager character in the restaurant, the old man trying to look stupid behind (and looking at Harry Shearer was none other than the actual General Chuck Yeager) :)
@davidcorriveau8615 Жыл бұрын
Scott Glenn the actor playing Alan Shepard is certainly one of 'the guys' you recognize. He has about 100 credits and has been acting steady since the 1970's, although this was a bit of a breakthrough role for him. He is also in The Hunt for Red October, Silverado, The Silence of the Lambs, Backdraft, Courage Under Fire, and the list goes on.
@HawksFanMattMan2 ай бұрын
Listening to her call him 'Yawger' the whole video was driving me crazy 🤪 lol
@darkglass1 Жыл бұрын
The X1 that broke the sound barrier is now hanging from the ceiling in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. It still has Glamorous Glennis painted on it.
@johnmaynardable Жыл бұрын
The actor playing Chuck Yeager is Sam Shephard who became famous first as a playwright. This movie made him a movie star. His buddy who helps him jury-rig the pole to close his capsule is played by Levon Helm who was the drummer/singer for The Band, one of the great rock bands of all time. Levon also does the narration at the start of the film.
@wolfgar271 Жыл бұрын
Levon Helm also had a brief but very memorable role in Shooter with Mark Wahlberg. He's been in a few other films but he was cast perfectly for both of those roles.
@johnmaynardable Жыл бұрын
@@wolfgar271 Helm also played Loretta Lynn's father in Coal Miner's Daughter.
@gl2996 Жыл бұрын
Sam Shepard is a Pullitzer Prize winner as a playright. Interesting factoid is that he has a fear of flying.
@jeffdetmer4681 Жыл бұрын
Hi Cassie. John Glenn went to space at 77 yrss old as a payload specialist on a space shuttle flight. Scott Glenn (no relation) is the actor who played Alan Shepard. Not sure where you would know him from, but he was in Silverado, Urban Cowboy, Silence of the Lambs and lots more. The actor who played John Glenn was Ed Harris. He was in The Rock, The Abyss and a million other things.
@markb742 Жыл бұрын
Cassie, this movie made a celebrity out of Chuck Yeager. Before this, he was largely unknown, except in the military. Later in his life, he rose to the rank of brigadier (one star) general, commanded squadron groups in Germany and Vietnam, wrote a best selling book, and did a few commercials. Some of those commercials are still out on KZfaq. Yeager didn't make it into the astronaut program, but he still had the right stuff. As far as a drink being named after him, there actually is a drink called a 'Chuck Yeager'. It's pineapple juice mixed with Jagermeister. Jagermeister is actually pronounced YAW-gur-MY-ster, but since everybody pronounces it YAY-gur-MY-ster, that's how they came up with the drink name. The X-1 had to be dropped out of a bigger plane because it only had about 2 minutes of going full-fuel to break the sound barrier. Yeager said when you got close to about 90% of Mach 1, the planes would start buckling and get out of control. That's probably why so many pilots died from crashes. Later, ejection seats were used to free the pilots from an out of control plane.
@Catalyst75 Жыл бұрын
By the time the 80's were over, I had watched this dozens of times. This was my favorite movie when I was a kid. (born in 75). This gave me my interest in planes and space.
@elzar760 Жыл бұрын
Born in 77 and this was tops on my list. I am not sure I wouldn’t have still gotten so interested in space and the space program even if not for this movie, but no denying it, this movie was part of my youth and I carry the interest to this day. Love The Right Stuff, and those first astronauts, the courage it took to get on top of those explosions and ride them into the history books…wow.
@indycarcomplainer2304 Жыл бұрын
Same here! Born in ‘75 and this was the first movie I ever watched on VHS. Some of the best one-liners in cinematic history.
@PHDiaz-vv7yo Жыл бұрын
Me too. Born 75. Had this bought fresh on a worn out vhs. I still remember reading about Apollo 13 aged 8, watch TRS as a kid and wishing they’d make a film about 13 and other Apollo missions. Good things come to those who wait
@flarrfan Жыл бұрын
I watched it the night the Challenger blew up...the perfect remedy for a terrible day.
@stefanlaskowski6660 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1959, so I literally grew up during the space race, and remember watching Armstrong stepping into the Moon's surface. The book this film is based on is absolutely fantastic, and well worth a read.
@jem2017 Жыл бұрын
Another film about the space program that you might enjoy is "First Man" from 2018, a kind of biopic about Neil Armstrong in the years leading up to Apollo 11 and the first moon landing. Ryan Gosling plays the lead role. The film was directed by Damien Chazelle, known for "Whiplash" and "La-La Land" (two movies that might also be worth a look sometime if you haven't already seen them).
@leftcoaster67 Жыл бұрын
A lot of this is changed from history to being done for dramatic licence. Yeager was working for months on the X-1 project. He wasn't just thrown into it. That level of bravery, is "The Right Stuff". Doing things that no one has done before and pushing the limits was the life they loved.
@MacV2162 ай бұрын
Jägermeister is a German liquor that has a licorice-cough syrup flavor and the name translates to "Master Hunter", Jäger means hunter. Chuck Yeager spells his name differently but it is the same word.
@vraspir123 Жыл бұрын
In real life Trudy Cooper was actually a highly accomplished pilot. She could have unironically answered "Who's the best pilot you ever saw?" with "You're looking at her."
@shiner6523 Жыл бұрын
Scott Glenn, who played Alan Shepard, was the Clarice Starling’s boss in Silence of the Lambs. Lance Henrikson who played Wally Schirra, also played Bishop in Aliens and a cop in Terminator.
@HeyMykee Жыл бұрын
Scott Glenn also played Stick in the Netflix Daredevil series.
@mikegoodwin2386 Жыл бұрын
Scott Glen was Capt Mancuso of the USS Dallas in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. He's been in a lot of stuff.
@bradlymiller4936 Жыл бұрын
Scott Glenn fireman in the movie Backdraft. He always was a pretty solid actor.
@billolsen4360 Жыл бұрын
@@mikegoodwin2386 My favorite role of his.
@MegaTechpc Жыл бұрын
Dennis Quaid was also in a couple other of my favorite movies; frequency and The Rookie.
@technofilejr34012 ай бұрын
48:06 They give Gordo’s flight shrift. His capsule actually suffered serious electrical issues. He had to manually fly home using the view out his window and a wristwatch.
@Bikebrh Жыл бұрын
Chuck Yeager (Yay-ger) was the most legendary pilot there's ever been. I don't know how true it still is, but for decades on commercial flights almost all American captains would affect Yeager's laconic drawl when they did announcements from the cockpit. It cannot be overstated what a hero he was to other pilots. Even after retirement he worked as an advisor to the USAF and was allowed to take up almost any plane he wanted. He broke the sound barrier again at age 74 piloting an F-15D, and broke the sound barrier again at age 89 in 2012 copiloting another F15.
@44excalibur Жыл бұрын
Gordo Cooper's capsule actually experienced a power loss during his Mercury flight and he had to make reentry manually, proving that pilots were indeed necessary for space flight.
@mattperiolat Жыл бұрын
And the Oklahoma hot dog managed to land closer to the carrier than any other Mercury flight. Talk about impressive.
@44excalibur Жыл бұрын
@@mattperiolat That he did.
@jacobjones52693 ай бұрын
He worked out his re-entry angle with a piece of chalk and the capsule window.. Gordo really was the greatest pilot anyone ever saw..
@44excalibur3 ай бұрын
@@jacobjones5269 Yep, I already knew he did that. Pretty ingenious.
@geraldkramer267 Жыл бұрын
The actress who plays Yeager's wife is Barbara Hershey. You'll remember her from "The Natural" the Robert Redford baseball movie. She's the mysterious woman who Redford meets on the train in the beginning of the movie, the one who shoots Robert Redford destroying his career as a pitcher,
@frederickgramcko5758 Жыл бұрын
You'll love her in HOOSIERS, with Gene Hackman. . One of the best sports movies of all timr.
@paulklenknyc Жыл бұрын
@@frederickgramcko5758 She’s also great in The Chocolate Bar.
@billolsen4360 Жыл бұрын
@@frederickgramcko5758 Hoosiers is a great story.
@thomasbrown9402 Жыл бұрын
@@frederickgramcko5758 With Gene Hackman (the Unforgiven) and Dennis Hopper (Blue Velvet/Easy Rider - can't remember if she's seen either of those two)
@flarrfan Жыл бұрын
Cassie is great at films no one else does...This and The Natural are two that I was surprised to see her watch, but also two of my favorites from the '80s...
@earlchatterton91334 ай бұрын
One of the greatest movies ever made with an incredible cast. Dennis Quaid so roguishly charming and Sam Shepard gives one of the greatest pieces of understated acting ever. This music score is my favorite.
@darkglass1 Жыл бұрын
I met Chuck Yeager. Great guy. This movie is one reason I spent 28 years as an Army Aviator.
@kevinsommerfield21 Жыл бұрын
The Martian with Matt Damon is a great space movie and is in the same "near disaster" genre as Gravity and Apollo 13. You definitely should check it out.
@Yngvarfo Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't exactly compare the three even though they all deal with peril in space. Apollo 13 is a dramatisation of a real event. Gravity seems to pretend to still be at our current level of technology (or behind, since it still uses the now decommissioned space shuttle), but plays really fast and loose with science sometimes, and in the end is mostly about the visual spectacle. The Martian goes way beyond what we're currently able to do, has some more comedy (excusable, since it's about dealing with the situation), but still seems to make a greater effort than Gravity to stay within what could be scientifically plausible.
@mattj2081 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately she already watched it before she started the channel.
@kevinsommerfield21 Жыл бұрын
@@mattj2081 Well, at least she got to see it.
@anthonybernacchi2732 Жыл бұрын
@@Yngvarfo Indeed, "The Martian" was controversially nominated for, and won, the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, not the award for Drama. (It could actually be described as a drama, comedy *or* musical, given the fantastic montages to disco-era songs.)
@hammerman199374 Жыл бұрын
Some interesting things: The narrator at the beginning and ending of the movie was meant to be the real Chuck Yeager, however his West Virginian accent was so thick that they determined they couldn't use it, so they got the actor who also plays Jack Ridley in the film to do it. Chuck did appear, however, as the old guy with the funny hat serving drinks at Pancho's and hovering around the recruiters. Chuck was my childhood hero, in part because of this film. His autobiographies are great reading. He did indeed shoot down 5 German planes in one day during WWII (making him an Ace) and also shot down a German jet fighter (yes, the German's had jets towards the end of the war). He flew a P-51 Mustang (like the old plane Tom Cruise flies in Top Gun Maverick). He was himself shot down over France at one point, but was never captured. He joined up with the Maquis (French Resistance) who helped him escape over the Pyrenees Mountains into Spain. It was standard policy that all downed pilots returning from enemy territory had to be sent home, but Chuck got special dispensation from General Eisenhower to continue serving in the European theater. Chuck retired in 1975, but continued consulting with the Air Force for many years after. He only died just recently. Incidentally, his name is pronounced "YAY-ger". It's derived from the German word Jaeger, meaning "hunter". Pancho's bar was the inspiration for the bar in "Captain Marvel" where Nick Fury meets Carol Danvers (and where she has flashbacks). This movie in fact had a lot of influences on the director of Captain Marvel, and you can see a VHS copy of "The Right Stuff" prominently displayed in the Blockbuster store that Danvers crashes into. When Yeager crashed the plane (at end of movie), as he ejected his seat briefly got caught in his parachute lines and hit his helmet. The seat was smoldering from the explosive bolts and caused the lining in his helmet to catch fire. That's why you see him struggling as he falls and why he appears badly burned when the ambulance picks him up. He spent the next month in the hospital, where they'd wake him up every few hours and scrap all the scabs off his face so they wouldn't scar. Gus Grissom (the one who lost his capsule in the ocean), found redemption later on. His capsule was recovered many years later and they found that the frame around the hatch had apparently bent upon landing which would have caused the hatch to blow just as he'd described. He was also an engineer, so he worked closely with the designers of the next spacecraft, the Gemini, to make sure the pilots had as much control as possible (and to make sure the hatch incident wouldn't happen again). He commanded the first manned Gemini mission (after Shepherd had to step down due to Meniere's disease) and was set to command the first manned Apollo mission, but died in a fire on board the spacecraft during testing (technically from asphyxiation). Before that point, NASA's policy had been to keep the spacecraft's cockpit filled with 100% pressurized oxygen which in this case ignited due to faulty wiring causing the Apollo fire. After that, they have used regular nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere. The music for the film was composed by Bill Conti, however the musical themes are taken directly from Tchaikovsky's 1st Violin Concerto in D major (Op 35). Conti also used sections of Holst's "The Planets" symphony during the John Glenn launch and flight sequences. Conti didn't want to use these sources, but was forced to do so by the studio to keep costs down.
@EricAKATheBelgianGuy Жыл бұрын
The Right Stuff was nominated for eight Oscars in 1983 and won four of them: Best Film Editing (won), Best Original Score (won), Best Sound Editing (won), Best Sound Mixing (won), Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Picture.
@76063co2 Жыл бұрын
Chuck Yeager is probably the most famous pilot that ever lived. His story was mythic, and I love how they portrayed him in the movie. He only died a couple of years ago. John Glenn went on to be a Senator. He and all of the Mercury astronauts are legends too.
@purpleslog Жыл бұрын
Doolittle is at the same level just from the prior age group. Lindburg should be but he tarnished his rep.
@lastguyminn2324 Жыл бұрын
Glenn also is the only Mercury astronaut to also fly on the space shuttle, becoming the oldest human to orbit the earth at age 77.
@cmkwan59 Жыл бұрын
Golden age of heroes
@lasselippert3892 Жыл бұрын
Charles Lindbergh is a lot more famous than Chuck Yeager. Which is kinda sad really.
@jgmediting7770 Жыл бұрын
@@lasselippert3892 as a Brit, there’s quite a few more famous than Yeager. I’d never heard of him, or if I had, I’ve forgotten. Although I say that, I can’t actually remember their names. But there’s 2 or 3 that are in the back of my mind. One a woman.
@beaverhurl Жыл бұрын
Yeager’s autobiography is one of the best non fiction I have ever read. Humble man.
@dirtcop11 Жыл бұрын
The truth is that Yeager's flight to break the sound barrier was not his first flight in the Bell X-1, he had flown it several times before that flight. He discovered a problem with the elevator (horizontal tail) that they used the trim to control the pitch on the plane. The reason they dropped the X-1 from the B-50 bomber was because taking off from the ground would use too much fuel.
@Thestargazer56 Жыл бұрын
Ridley and the narrator of the movie were the late Levon Helm, musician, singer, and actor extraordinaire.
@abrahamthunder32 Жыл бұрын
one of the best movies ever made. Im actually surprised to see a reaction video on this movie.Its so funny and clever and brilliant
@flarrfan Жыл бұрын
I was a little concerned about the length and also her supposing at the start that it was about space instead of the roots of spaceflight for most of the first half. So glad that she loved it and even began to enjoy the repeated references to "Yah-ger" ;)
@Johnny_Socko Жыл бұрын
I've been waiting years for one of the major reaction channels to get to this movie, and I'm so glad Cassie did it! This will open the floodgates for other channels to cover it as well.
@shag139 Жыл бұрын
Ed Harris who played Glenn was in Apollo 13 and Truman Show as well as The Abyss and a lot of other stuff including latest Top Gun.
@user-sx7wo1yl7y8 ай бұрын
Dropping from a larger plane gave them 3 advantages: 1. a small boost in initial speed (about 300 mph, 2. starting at a higher altitude (about 30,000 feet), and saving on fuel for the big push toward the sound barrier. It's Yay-ger. And what changed from the first flight was the pilot.This time they had the best.
@bravocharlie6827 күн бұрын
One interesting detail... Chuck Yeager past away peacefully in... December of 2020, out living most of the early astronauts. Notably he also famously said, "The first time I saw a jet, I shot it down." He lived from the era of the blimp and flimsy cloth and wire biplanes flew the early jets, and lived to witness, Apollo, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station.
@44excalibur Жыл бұрын
Those glowing “fireflies" that John Glenn saw outside of his capsule turned out to be ice crystals that detached from the capsule itself.
@depj1000 Жыл бұрын
They were urine from a dump overboard
@44excalibur Жыл бұрын
@@depj1000 No, not really. It was frozen condensation that broke loose when Glenn's capsule moved into the sunlight and began to melt the condensation. Glenn wasn't in orbit long enough to require a urine dump. He was up there less than five hours.
@jamiegagnon6390 Жыл бұрын
@@44excalibur That is one of the explanations that has been advanced. No one actually knows for certain.
@jasonraley2630 Жыл бұрын
@@jamiegagnon6390 it was found out on Scott Carpenter's flight. He wasted so much fuel trying to figure it out that he damn near lost his mission.
@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын
@@jasonraley2630 Certainly lost his NASA career.
@ariochiv Жыл бұрын
Gus Grissom's wife is played by Veronica Cartwright, who played Lambert in _Alien._ Chuck Yaeger's wife is played by the same actress who played the crazy woman at the start of _The Natural._
@lorihagerty7833 Жыл бұрын
Her name is Barbara Hershey.
@StuartKoehl Жыл бұрын
Barbara Hershey. In real life, Yeager's wife Glennis was also a looker.
@Grift76600 Жыл бұрын
...and John Glenn's wife is played by Mary Jo Deschanel, who is the wife of the Director of photography Caleb Deschanel and the mother of Zooey and Emily Deschanel.
@ovp66223 Жыл бұрын
Barbara Hershey was also in "Hoosiers" (the fill-in principal and eventually a love interest of the coach, played by Gene Hackman). Another movie, she was the divorced wife of Michael Douglas in "Falling Down". She had a few prominent roles pre-80s as well.
@donwild50 Жыл бұрын
Chuck Yeager flew in WWII, Korea and Vietnam as a fighter pilot. During WWII he achieved "Ace in a Day" shooting down five Germans in one day. He was the first human to officially break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. Two nights before he did this, he had broken two ribs when he fell from a horse, but did not report the injury. His wife taped his ribs but he couldn't close the hatch lever because of pain. He got another pilot to saw off the end of a broom handle and put it in the plane. He used it as a lever to lock the hatch, and flew the rocket powered Bell X1 into history. He achieved the rank of Brigadier General and flew over 360 different types of aircraft during his career. He recieved two Silver Star Medals, two Legions of Merit, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Bronze Star and the Purple Heart Medal...those were all combat decorations. He recieved multiple decorations for his service in addition to those medal, including the French Legion of Honor. He retired from the Air Force in 1975, but continued to fly for two more decades. He died on December 7, 2020 (Pearl Harbor Day) at the age of 97. If he wasn't the best pilot to ever fly, he was in the top five...and pilots honor his memory to this day.
@jamespfp6 ай бұрын
1:00 -- RE: About the Right Stuff; Yes, it is an 80s movie but it has 2 or 3 key features which really make it very different, even ahead of its time. For starters, the production company was the Alan Ladd Jr. Company, owned and operated by the son of famous Hollywood film star Alan Ladd. Second, the film's script was based on a non-fiction book by the journalist and writer Tom Wolfe who had also written other best sellers like "The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" and the novel "Bonfire of the Vanities". And third, the cast for the film was incredible, including many younger actors who were just starting their careers and some who had made names for themselves on the stage more so than the screen. Sam Shepard playing Chuck Yeagar is really something else.
@jamespfp6 ай бұрын
Oh I knew I forgot something! The Score for this film is by Bill Conti, a composer who is probably most famous for the "Gonna Fly Now" Rocky theme. However, some key scenes do feature music which Conti didn't compose, such as the "Mars" theme from Gustav Holst's "Planets" suite.
@vlofvl Жыл бұрын
Not many people mentioning the soundtrack, it is such an amazing accompaniment to the triumphant flying scenes and really helps this movie become a classic.
@DracoSolon Жыл бұрын
One of coolest pieces of music ever... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLt9kt2FmL-veKc.html&ab_channel=DanielBrusch
@Thunderer0872 Жыл бұрын
Some great music, a YT channel has done the Mercury program and has snippets of the sound track through out the documentaries.
@Johnny_Socko Жыл бұрын
The Right Stuff was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture. It won one -- for Best Original Score, music composed by Bill Conti. As an interesting side note, in later years Bill Conti would become the Musical Director for the Academy Awards themselves.
@glamtastic Жыл бұрын
Kind of a rip-off of Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto though, haha.
@Johnny_Socko Жыл бұрын
@@glamtastic And later, James Horner's music for The Rocketeer definitely echoes this score. I guess it's copies all the way down, lol.
@TFT-JF Жыл бұрын
One of my fondest memories is a business trip with my dad to Washington, DC, when I was 12. We had breakfast at the Marriott near the Pentagon and John Glenn was having breakfast at the next table. It was just after his flight into space!
@TheLeprechaunjm Жыл бұрын
Which flight? He had two!
@TFT-JF Жыл бұрын
@@TheLeprechaunjm The first one.
@TheLeprechaunjm Жыл бұрын
@@TFT-JF W-O-W!
@jonathanmurphy3141 Жыл бұрын
Oh, and Mrs. Glenn did have a severe stutter. I have stuttered since I was in 3rd Grade, developmental/social, and went through a few years of therapy to find a way to cope with speaking. How John Glenn helped, listened, and suggested his wife, is honest, and loving. The Mercury 7 were all fine and notable men of achievement. They had the real Right Stuff.
@jschrauwen Жыл бұрын
As a 40 year veteran of the Canadian Air Force (ATC), I still enjoy the opportunity to revisit this movie. Truth be told, I searched YT many times over the years to find a good youtuber that would do this movie justice, and you did. I'm sure it's probably been mentioned in the comments already, but at the beginning of the movie, when Yeager's buddy goes into the hanger, the old guy cleaner that gives him that broom stick is the actual Chuck Yeager.
@Coldwarrior7781 Жыл бұрын
Sorry brother. Yeager's role was as the old guy in the bar. Fred. During filming he was also known to flat hat across the desert and buzz the cast and crew on that set. He is also the one who got Dennis Quaid interested in becoming a pilot. Brought him up in their off times.
@mikedineen7857 Жыл бұрын
That actor was Levon Helm. He was the drummer for the band.
@albinorhino6 Жыл бұрын
Was not expecting this, excellent choice. Chuck Yeager was the greatest pilot ever to fly. The part about using a broom handle to jimmy-rig a handle because Yeager broke his ribs is true.
@7thsealord888 Жыл бұрын
A favorite movie of mine. It is worth noting that all of the special effects were 'old school" - no CGI or anything like that, all miniatures and a few vintage aircraft and clever use of perspective.
@Johnny_Socko Жыл бұрын
And a lot of that was necessitated by budget. This film had a relatively modest budget, but you wouldn't necessarily know that considering its epic scope.
@johncox6321 Жыл бұрын
Air Force General Chuck Yeager died December 7th, 2020..he was the man who first broke the Sound Barrier, he test flew the first captured Mig 15, served both in Korea and in Vietnam and flew high performance aircraft into his 60's and retired from the Air Force. As a one star General Officer. A life well lived. The old man in Pancho's, who asked the two government flunkies if they wanted a drink was the real Chuck Yeager doing a cameo appearance.
@technofilejr34012 ай бұрын
6:37 Chuck Yeager was only 24 years old when he broke the sound barrier, war hero and a certified flying ace. He and his peers really were the Greatest Generation.
@Soupie62 Жыл бұрын
There's an Australian movie "The Dish" about the satellite dish in Australia, which covered the Apollo mission whenever the orbit put the USA in the wrong position. A light comedy, much less stress than this movie, but still manages to catch some of the awe when Armstrong actually landed.
@MrAegisfan1 Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZqedjcqqrMjIo58.html
@stevefridley4120 Жыл бұрын
I really like that movie. It’s pretty hard to find though.
@chardtomp Жыл бұрын
Yeager's face was badly burned during his ejection from the star fighter. He underwent an extremely painful medical procedure to avoid extensive scaring.
@jonbeckett Жыл бұрын
Chrissie - you asked what they changed in the X-1 that allowed Yeager to succeed - they invented the "flying tailplane" - instead of the control surfaces on the tail being a *part* of the each surface, the entire surfaces moved - which is really important once you reach the speed of sound. A shock-wave forms from the leading edge of the tailplane surfaces - anything within that "triangle" becomes ineffective (so the pilots lost control). Once they made the entire surface move, it solved it. If you look at all modern fighter jets, you'll see the tail surfaces pivot - the whole surface moves.
@leroy214 Жыл бұрын
The actress playing John Glenn’s wife is the mother of Zooey Deschanel and Emily Deschanel. Ed Harris (John Glenn)was from Apollo 13 and The Rock. The real Chuck Yeager was in the movie too.
@richardmeyer1007 Жыл бұрын
I was 7 years old when I saw Sheppard’s flight. This movie is near and dear to my heart.
@flarrfan Жыл бұрын
I was in elementary school in Orlando. We'd watch the launch on TV then go out to the playground to see it in the sky from 60 miles away...
@theDVoT Жыл бұрын
That is so awesome you got to see history being made in the infancy of Manned Spaceflight
@flarrfan Жыл бұрын
@@theDVoT Lived in FL most of my life, seen 'em all. Watch the night launches now from 100+ miles away.
@ccrowe256 Жыл бұрын
Chuck Yeager is played by Sam Shepard. He was not only a great actor he was also a playwright and an artist. He died a few years ago. If I had to compare him with anyone else it would be Viggo Mortensen who played Aragon in the lord of the rings
@kirksworks Жыл бұрын
Back in the 1980s I worked for a company called Colossal Pictures in San Francisco. My good friend Gary Gutierrez began that company, and he did the visual fx for The Right Stuff, creating a compajny called USFX just for that. For the the jets he used miniatures flung on wires and shot real time. He also did the fx of John Glen’s capsule reenterring the atmosphere, among many other shots. His girlfriend at the time, Jena Holman, did the matte paintings of the earth that were seen many times during the flights. No CGI was used at all for this. The effects hold up incredibly well. One day at Colossal the real Chuck Yeager came through our studio. This film remains one of my favorites of the 80s. Your response to the film made me relive it like seeing it the first time. Glad you chose this film. Also, Fred Ward, who played Gus Grissom, used to swim at my local pool in San Francisco and spoke to him in the locker room. It was a bit strange since we’d just showered and were both nude. Hah!
@michaelwalsh2498 Жыл бұрын
Gus Grissom was done dirty in this film. He wasn't the good ol boy blowhard and overreactor portrayed. He gave his life in Apollo 1. He was an accomplished engineer and pilot. He called out NASA for their incompetence and arrogance. Grissom's portrayal is a black mark against the movie. If only Fred Ward had demanded script changes.
@476429 Жыл бұрын
I flew with Yeager in 1995. He was in first class and I was in coach, but we were on the same plane. He had recently done some car commercials so I recognized him immediately. And he was wearing his green flight jacket with the "Yeager" name tag.
@wwoods66 Жыл бұрын
"I flew with Yeager in 1995 ... we were on the same plane." _Snort!_
@476429 Жыл бұрын
@@wwoods66 Glad you got the joke. I did fly on a plane with him, but it was just commercial. That's why I worded it the way I did. It was funny.
@normadamous Жыл бұрын
Hey man, even if you were in an aircraft with a hundred other people, that's a great story!
@joes2514 Жыл бұрын
LOL. I have a similar story. I flew in formation with the Thunderbirds at Daytona Beach. I went to flight school at Embry Riddle located at the Daytona Airport. The day before our annual air show I was scheduled for a morning solo flight and the Thunderbirds were cleared for takeoff right after me. The tower cleared me to climb out over Daytona Raceway and the Thunderbirds screamed right past me. No cell phones back then so sadly, no pictures. But for a split second I was in formation with them. 😁
@archersfriend5900 Жыл бұрын
Chuck Yeager had a cameo in this movie. He was the older gentleman with a Fedora looking at the pilots talk in Panchos.
@cognitionignition Жыл бұрын
Yes! at about 17:10 in this video.
@liblitАй бұрын
Pancho Barnes, who owned the club in the desert that all the astronauts hung out in, was one of the early female pilots who raced cross-country in the 1930's. There's a book called Fly Girls about one of the races. Quite a character in her own right.
@hannejeppesen18096 ай бұрын
Ridley was played by Levon Helm, who was the drummer and singer in The Band (one of my all time favorite music bands) he also narrorated, can't miss his southern accent.
@frozenharold Жыл бұрын
Sam Shepard, who played Chuck Yeager, was also an extremely accomplished, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. He wrote close to 60 plays and New York magazine called him the greatest playwright of his generation. He also won 10 Obie awards, more than any other playwright.
@1wwtom Жыл бұрын
The solution to going past Mach1 was to have an all flying elevator that would still work when the Mach shock wave hit it. The Bell X-1 had that trim adjustment. Now all Mach capable aircraft have an all flying stabilator. As an extra, Chuck Yeager is the old guy bartender there at Pancho's in a few scenes.
@georgesykes394 Жыл бұрын
BG Yeager also played in Smokey and The Bandit Part II.
@thomastimlin1724 Жыл бұрын
I was 7 when John Glenn became the first real astronaut hero to us little kids. And remember when Yeager broke through flying the highest in a jey. When I saw this in the theater way back when, when Chuck Yeager flew the highest a jet ever flew and we finally saw him walking away from the burning plane with a burnt face, which crashed before he landed after ejecting, the audience, we all stood up and cheered! Now I'm standing up and cheering your reaction today. Never seen anything like that kind of reaction before.
@SeanHendy Жыл бұрын
Grew up in the military and then went on to serve myself. I was abut 19 when I experienced a sonic boom. The most extraordinary sound you'll ever hear, combined with what sounded and felt like someone trying to push in and then immediately pull out the windows, frames and all.
@gregorygorski2154 Жыл бұрын
At the end they described Gordo as the greatest pilot ever seen , but leave out an important fact. The automatic pilot/computer control failed and Gordo had to actually fly the spacecraft manually thru the end of the flight and thru re entry.
@oliviastratton2169 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! Shame they didn't include that. It would have tired back nicely to when they demanded the ability to manually control the capsule.
@TabaquiJackal906 Жыл бұрын
This is such an amazing, excellent, incredible movie. Watching the first time, when John Glenn broke through, into space - I just sobbed. I still get teary-eyed. So much courage and drive, and sacrifice...... So happy to see this here! :D
@bellethilrancthalion1109 Жыл бұрын
The fraternity among those astronauts is so goshdarn admirable.
@lamestuser Жыл бұрын
General Chuck Yeager passed away in 2020 at 97 years old. He was married to Glennis until 1990 when she passed away. He was an amazing person and a true hero. Fun Fact, in the movie, the person who delivers the steak to the table for Yeager at Ponchos (in the hat) is the real Chuck Yeager. He was had a bit role working at Ponchos. :)
@peterradsliff527 Жыл бұрын
Brigadier General (retired) Chuck Yeager just died in 2020 at the age of 97. His first book, “Yeager” is fantastic. He fought in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. A truly amazing life.
@goldenager59 Жыл бұрын
There's a rocky eminence in my neighborhood. When I received the news of his passing, I felt like scaling that rock and shrieking to the corners of creation, " *AMERICA'S OWN CHARLES YEAGER, A LIVING LEGEND, LIVES NO MORE!* " But alas, I'm no longer as young and impetuous as I was once. I don't exactly regret passing up the opportunity - but then, neither am I completely at ease with having done so. (I went through much the same thing with the Queen of England, too.) 😕