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Although the movie is centered around the men and their fast, expensive, and dangerous toys, the women in the movie receive a great deal of character development, from Pancho and Nurse Murch to all of the astronaut's wives.
The movie was named to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2013.
Interesting trivia: the actor named Glenn played Shepard, and the actor named Shepard played Yeager. Glenn was played by ... the actor named Harris.
Not to be confused with the [[Anime]] online store ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20171014171017/http://www.rightstuf.com/ The Right Stuf]'', which has one "F". Or the song by [[New Kids on the Block]].
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*** Tell me about it.
** Although the "Australia" in the film looked a ''lot'' like some of the more desolate places on the base...
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Who's the best pilot you ever saw?"; "Hey Ridley, got any Beeman's?"; "No bucks, no Buck Rogers"; "Fucking-A Bubba"; "My name
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The conversation the Mercury 7 have with the scientists about having a window, manual controls and explosive bolts. Later on all three become an important part of at least one flight.
* [[Chiaroscuro]]: Used to good effect in the cabinet room.
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* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: "Dear Lord, please don't let me fuck up."
** This became a [[Shout-Out]] in ''[[Space Cowboys]]'' as "Shepard's Prayer".
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]:
{{quote|'''Life Magazine publisher Henry Luce:''' Now, I want them all to meet my people who will write their true stories, Naturally these stories will appear in Life magazine under their own bylines: For example, "by Betty Grissom", or "by Virgil I. Grissom", or...
'''Gus Grissom:''' Gus!
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'''Grissom:''' Gus. Nobody calls me by... that other name.
'''Luce:''' Gus? An astronaut named "Gus?" What's your middle name?
'''Grissom:''' [[Red Scare|Ivan]].
'''Luce:''' Ivan... ahem... well. Maybe Gus isn't so bad. Might be something there.... All right, all right. You can be Gus.}}
* [[Eagle Land]]: Unapologetically.
* [[Embarrassing Middle Name]]: Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom. Not only was his first name ''personally'' [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|embarrassing]], but his middle name would have been a propaganda embarrassment. This IS the Cold War Space Race, after all.
* [[Fauxlosophic Narration]]: The beginning narration, which poetically describes the sound barrier as a "demon that lives in the air."
* [[Fee Fi Faux Pas]]: "I bet you're gonna hang our picture on your wall."
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[[Category:Hugo Award]]
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[[Category:National Film Registry]]
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