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From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Right Stuff
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Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 21:05:52 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 18 21:05:52 1983
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> Interesting tidbit about "The Right Stuff".  The real Chuck Yeager was a
> consultant on the film and actually appears in a couple of scenes.  He
> is the old guy behind the bar when the guys arrive from Washington to
> recruit the test pilots to be astronauts.

Both Chuck Yeager and Gordon Cooper were technical consultants on the movie.
They and several of the actors appeared at the World SF convention over
labor day (the only time I have ever seen hard-core sf fans give *two*
minute-long standing ovations in a row on the mere announcement of names).

The special effects in the movie are impressive, but not perfect.  E.g.,
Glen's retros are shown still being on the capsule much too far down.
Yeager's comment:  "For every one like you who would notice something like
that there are a thousand others, and we've already got your money."
Said he heard that from Clint Eastwood when he worked on FireFox.
-- 
John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas
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