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In Honor of Chuck Yeager's 97th Birthday...
Posted on 2/13/20 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 2/13/20 at 6:13 pm
I just started watching the Right Stuff. Haven't seen the movie in many years. One of my favorites. Awesome pro-American movie! Without Yeager, who knows what would have happened.
Anyone else recently watch it?
Anyone else recently watch it?
This post was edited on 2/13/20 at 6:14 pm
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Posted on 2/13/20 at 6:54 pm to Dawgirl
“Over there, is that a man?!?”
“Yeah you’re damn right it is.”
Posted this in the OT thread that was buried in 10mins. Also that Yeager was the old man at the bar asking Shearer & Goldblum if they wanted a whiskey.
I own this movie, and the sequence that moves back & forth between the giant Texas bbq & Yeager’s crash is editing greatness.
“Yeah you’re damn right it is.”
Posted this in the OT thread that was buried in 10mins. Also that Yeager was the old man at the bar asking Shearer & Goldblum if they wanted a whiskey.
I own this movie, and the sequence that moves back & forth between the giant Texas bbq & Yeager’s crash is editing greatness.
This post was edited on 2/13/20 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 2/13/20 at 7:30 pm to Backinthe615
One of my favorites. Levon Helm was awesome in it too.
Posted on 2/13/20 at 7:39 pm to Backinthe615
I'm at the part of the movie when the initial astronauts are giving a press conference. Let me say this...Those men had a lot of balls to ride on a rocket filled with jet fuel under their arse. God Bless America. Those men are hero's.
Posted on 2/13/20 at 9:35 pm to Dawgirl
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the Right Stuff
The book is so much better than the movie. It made the movie unwatchable for me, only finished 3/4 of it.
The book is currently on sale on audible fyi
Posted on 2/13/20 at 9:42 pm to Dawgirl
One of the more noteworthy Oscar snubs. Great movie.
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:10 am to hawgfaninc
I'll have to take the time and read the book.
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:54 am to Backinthe615
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Also that Yeager was the old man at the bar asking Shearer & Goldblum if they wanted a whiskey.
And despite that movie being over 35 years old and itself portraying events largely 25 to 35 years earlier than that, Chuck has outlived Sam Shepard and Levon Helm.
Posted on 2/14/20 at 10:33 am to Dawgirl
National Geographic is currently filming season one of a scripted series based on the book. I think it will be released later this year.
Posted on 2/14/20 at 2:53 pm to Ace Midnight
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And despite that movie being over 35 years old and itself portraying events largely 25 to 35 years earlier than that, Chuck has outlived Sam Shepard and Levon Helm
It struck me as I typed “old man” that the guy is still kicking.
Trivia that I may have posted before, but they lost a stunt guy in the NF-104A scene.
Leonard Joseph Svec was an interesting dude and a real deal GI Joe.
Same site’s write-up on Yeager’s crash.
Posted on 2/14/20 at 2:56 pm to RollTide1987
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National Geographic is currently filming season one of a scripted series based on the book. I think it will be released later this year.
Awesome. I will make sure I watch that with my son and my daughter.
Posted on 2/14/20 at 2:59 pm to Backinthe615
quote:
“Over there, is that a man?!?”
“Yeah you’re damn right it is.”
Posted this in the OT thread that was buried in 10mins. Also that Yeager was the old man at the bar asking Shearer & Goldblum if they wanted a whiskey.
I own this movie, and the sequence that moves back & forth between the giant Texas bbq & Yeager’s crash is editing greatness.
That sequence is a masterpiece. Gives me chills just thinking about it.
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