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Posted: 11/11/2006 8:54:14 PM EDT

one of the best movies ever, over 3 hours long though

Posted: 11/11/2006 8:58:42 PM EDT

[#1]

one of my wifes and I favorite movies of all time even if it is filled with a ton of mistakes.
Aliens is number 1

Posted: 11/11/2006 10:32:11 PM EDT

[#2]

An excellant movie!

Posted: 11/12/2006 7:12:20 AM EDT

[#3]

Great movie.

Posted: 11/12/2006 7:17:42 AM EDT

[#4]

I watched it last night. Bought the DVD about 3 weeks ago at Best Buy they had it on sale for $10 part of a 2 for $20 deal

Posted: 11/12/2006 7:07:20 PM EDT

[#5]

it has a great sense of humor

have you read the book?

Posted: 11/13/2006 6:26:55 AM EDT

[#6]

I've not read the book "The Right Stuff." But I've read Chuck Yeager's autobiography. And in some parts it closely parallels and relates to events in "The Right Stuff."

Posted: 11/13/2006 7:46:21 AM EDT

[#7]

Both movie and book were excellent. "Fuckin' A, Gordo!"

Posted: 11/13/2006 8:16:30 AM EDT

[#8]

Great movie, better book, soundtrack is awesome

"hey Riddley, got any beemans?"
"I might have me a stick"
"well loan me some, I'll pay ya back later"
"Fair 'nough"

I love this movie

Posted: 11/13/2006 9:59:52 AM EDT

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"What's your name?"

"Gus"

"Gus? Gus?! We can't have an astronaut named Gus!"
"What's your middle name?"

"Ivan."

"Gus is good."

Posted: 11/13/2006 10:02:21 AM EDT

[#10]

Other than the wacked out flying scenes, I really like that movie.

Posted: 11/13/2006 10:16:43 AM EDT

[#11]

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Other than the wacked out flying scenes, I really like that movie.

The aborigine's fire and sparks and the fireflies in John Glen's flight was totally whacked out.

Poor Gus screwed the Pooch and didn't get invited to the White House. "It just blew!!!"

Posted: 11/13/2006 10:36:20 AM EDT

[#12]

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Other than the wacked out flying scenes, I really like that movie.

The aborigine's fire and sparks and the fireflies in John Glen's flight was totally whacked out.

Poor Gus screwed the Pooch and didn't get invited to the White House. "It just blew!!!"

The scenes like when yeager broke the sound barrier, there are no bright lights or howling goblins. Just some good ol mach buffet.

Posted: 11/13/2006 1:02:02 PM EDT

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The aborigine's fire and sparks and the fireflies in John Glen's flight was totally whacked out.

Yet both actually happened. Neither had anything to do with the other, of course.

Posted: 11/13/2006 8:41:55 PM EDT

[#14]

"Who's the greatest pilot you've ever seen?"

I love this movie!
I saw it in the theater when I was 9...thank goodness for intermission!

Posted: 11/14/2006 6:00:48 AM EDT

[#15]

That is a great movie!

Posted: 11/15/2006 9:14:10 AM EDT

[#16]

I remember seeing this in the theater back when I was a youngster. One of my favorites.

"No bucks, no Buck Rodgers."

"My name, Jose Jimenez. Occupation, astronaut."
"I see you brought some of your gear with you today. Is that your crash helmet?"
"Oh I hope not."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRSbYXutreE&mode=related&search=

Posted: 11/15/2006 12:34:45 PM EDT

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Posted: 11/15/2006 1:03:56 PM EDT

[#18]

I saw that movie when I was 11 years old at the Byrd Theater in Richmond. One awesome flick, my wife gave me the DVD for Christmas a couple years ago.

DVDTracker that is the best part of the movie.

Posted: 11/15/2006 1:58:08 PM EDT

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My favorite part of the movie was near the end when Yeager took the F-104 up to try and break the record and they interspersed it with the BBQ for the atsronauts. "Lookie what I brought you" Great music. Claire de Lune I think

Posted: 11/15/2006 2:01:50 PM EDT

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My favorite part of the movie was near the end when Yeager took the F-104 up to try and break the record and they interspersed it with the BBQ for the atsronauts. "Lookie what I brought you" Great music. Claire de Lune I think

I never understood that part, unless it just meant that the Astronauts were just monkees and didn't do anything more than look pretty.

Posted: 11/15/2006 2:23:01 PM EDT

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My favorite part of the movie was near the end when Yeager took the F-104 up to try and break the record and they interspersed it with the BBQ for the atsronauts. "Lookie what I brought you" Great music. Claire de Lune I think

I never understood that part, unless it just meant that the Astronauts were just monkees and didn't do anything more than look pretty.

It was pretty clear to me: it was a statement that while the college-educated astronauts got all the glory, it was men like Yeager who really pushed the envelope and made things happen.

Posted: 11/16/2006 6:07:35 AM EDT

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My favorite part of the movie was near the end when Yeager took the F-104 up to try and break the record and they interspersed it with the BBQ for the atsronauts. "Lookie what I brought you" Great music. Claire de Lune I think

I never understood that part, unless it just meant that the Astronauts were just monkees and didn't do anything more than look pretty.

It was pretty clear to me: it was a statement that while the college-educated astronauts got all the glory, it was men like Yeager who really pushed the envelope and made things happen.

Yep. And that's the way it was too. In fact, Yeager coundn't get into the astronaut program because he lacked a college degree.

Posted: 11/16/2006 7:31:31 AM EDT

[#23]

www.chuckyeager.com/home.htm

Posted: 1/3/2007 10:46:47 PM EDT

[#24]

Bump^

I was going to start a thread on this movie but actually did the right thing for once and searched first.

What a great movie, if you havnt you really need to read the book too. I love how the movie incorporates the "pilots prayer."

I was actually a little surprized that very many people had seen this movie, thats great!

Posted: 1/4/2007 5:04:07 PM EDT

[#25]

"Is that a man?"
"You bet it is!"

Posted: 1/4/2007 5:17:11 PM EDT

[#26]

I bought the book in 1980 during a visit to the Air and Space museum in DC and the hook was set after I read chapter 1.

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