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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Special Effects in The Right Stuff - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 22:50:48 EST
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uicsl!wombat    Nov  3 14:21:00 1983

Another note on the SFX in "The Right Stuff": They were done by a couple
of small-time SFX-ers in their garage. I haven't seen the film itself
yet, but I've heard that the effects are very good for the money
spent on them. And people really up on aviation/rocketry history
may notice a few things that aren't completely authentic, but some
of the old vehicles they would have liked to have used just aren't
around anymore.
Some of the actors met with and talked to the people they
were potraying, though most didn't (at least not until
after the filming), and the director didn't encourage anyone to.
There was a certain amount of poetic license taken in the film,
but mostly they tried to stick to the book.
						Wombat
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