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Subject: Special Effects in The Right Stuff
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Date: Wed, 2-Nov-83 08:50:29 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  2 08:50:29 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Nov-83 03:26:52 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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	A previous review said that the special effects in
	The Right Stuff were "negligible".

	BULL!

	The SFX were so well done that it's very hard to tell what is real 
	historical footage and what is new SFX film...

	Did you really think that they took full color wide-screen
	footage of the launching of the X-1 that Chuck Yaeger flew?
	Of course not!  But the SFX in the movie made it look very
	real.  Ditto for the last flight scenes of the film.

	"Kids" (those who don't remember watching the Mercury
	missions on TV) probably won't appreciate the film -
	they're used to Star Wars stuff, and the more reliable
	Apollo missions.

	Jim McParland
	AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
	allegra!mac