Fantastic real-life drama of early space exploration. 1. LaserVision logo 2. Warning 3. Warner Home Video logo 4. The Ladd Company logo 5. Opening to THE RIGHT STUFF
The opening of this movie alone broke the Sound Barrier, transcending mere EPICNESS as it soared towards something loftier, something far more celestial & divine. Breathtaking & Exhilarating, I've goosebumps galore👍👍
Taylor Ahern This was one of the movies they showed on TV in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing since it depicts the history beforehand. As soon as I started watching it, I was taken back to being nine years old and just getting lost in this movie in the theater. They don’t make movies that grab you like this much anymore, and it’s a real pity.
*_“...'I haven’t yet done everything, but by the time I’m finished, I won’t have missed much,'... 'If I auger in (crash) tomorrow, it won’t be with a frown on my face. I’ve had a ball.'...”_* RIP Chuck Yeager (Feb 23rd 1923 - December 7th 2020)
Probably the most exhilirating intro to a movie in history. The ambiguity and mystery of the speed demon. The narration is like an old man recalling the past in a sort of fable type way. America in the past, and the adversity the country faced in its beginning.
I was truly fortunate to have worked on the film, THE RIGHT STUFF, in the early 1980's ... and the experiences I had, the stuff I learned as well as the professional & personal relationships I made were wondrous. There is nothing like filmmaking. For anyone wanting to work in this business of show ... DO go for it. And don't let anyone tell you, 'No -- you can't do THAT ...' Why-? Because you can. Aim for these or any of your career dreams and perhaps you too will be the one to say to thems that said, 'No' (etc) .... "But I did do it and love it." I did ... and still do. D.A.
Great monologue. Also true for those who pioneered the first dive suit. Scotland, I believe. Thought the kewpies would get ahold of them underwater and drown them
"...for a career Navy pilot, i.e., one who intended to keep flying for twenty years...there was a 23 percent probability that he would die in an aircraft accident. This did not even include combat deaths..." --Tom Wolfe
The super-rich in the mid-20th Century were taxed at around 90%. Back then, it wasn't all about money. * "A controversy arose over just how much bonus Slick Goodlin should receive for assaulting the dread Mach 1 itself. Bonuses for contract test pilots were not unusual, but the figure of $150,000 was now bruited about. The Army balked, and Yeager got the job. He took it for $283 a month, or $3,396 a year..." --from the book The Right Stuff.
This movie won lots of awards but it flunked the reality test. First the sky is blue, then the sky has clouds, then pilot sees nothing but blue, then suddenly he is flying through clouds, all in the middle of the California desert. Then he hits the booster, the altimeter shows 80,000 feet, whoa, there are some cumulus clouds again! I know why the director edited it that way, so the audience could experience the sense of motion, but in reality it is 100% confusing.
Wolfe embellished the "real life" facts quite a bit in the book upon which this movie was based. It's called historical fiction. Perhaps the greatest misrepresentation is of Yeager's NF-104 flight. It was an official planned and scheduled flight with the full support staff needed to get the specialized plane aloft. The altitude to which Yeager ascended had already been exceeded by other NF-104 pilots who correctly followed the flight profile. Yeager refused to follow the planned profile because he couldn't see the horizon at the correct angle of attack. That's why his flight was a failure.
***** I have a few more MGM openings queued up to upload; no Columbia in this batch though. Paramount I'm a little wary of uploading stuff from since they're pretty merciless with copyright strikes. I don't have many LDs from Live but I'll see about uploading what I do have.
RIP Chuck Yeager, as you were one of the greatest test pilots of all time, a real, badass, pioneering American Hero🙏🇺🇸
This movie goes beyond the barrier of epicness.
This is genuinely my favorite movie of all time
@@leonard732second that
This opening sends shivers up my spine everytime.
as it should
The opening of this movie alone broke the Sound Barrier, transcending mere EPICNESS as it soared towards something loftier, something far more celestial & divine. Breathtaking & Exhilarating, I've goosebumps galore👍👍
Taylor Ahern This was one of the movies they showed on TV in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing since it depicts the history beforehand. As soon as I started watching it, I was taken back to being nine years old and just getting lost in this movie in the theater. They don’t make movies that grab you like this much anymore, and it’s a real pity.
@@dragondancer1814 Ditto that for sure👍👍👍
*_“...'I haven’t yet done everything, but by the time I’m finished, I won’t have missed much,'... 'If I auger in (crash) tomorrow, it won’t be with a frown on my face. I’ve had a ball.'...”_*
RIP Chuck Yeager (Feb 23rd 1923 - December 7th 2020)
Anyone else get goosebumps from the music, narration, and nostalgia while watching this?
This is one of my favorite openings to a movie ever.
It's brilliant.
All four of its Oscars are brilliantly displayed in this opening. Especially the Oscar for Best Sound.
I love the beginning of this film. It reminds me of a past of heroes to the sound of this spectacular song.
Probably the most exhilirating intro to a movie in history. The ambiguity and mystery of the speed demon. The narration is like an old man recalling the past in a sort of fable type way. America in the past, and the adversity the country faced in its beginning.
A great book and a movie that held up very well over the years.
Beautifully done opening. Love the break out the screen and into color at the end.
It's odd, I haven't seen this movie in maybe ten years, and I was almost verbatim with Riddley's narrative.
But.... did you know their names?
I was truly fortunate to have worked on the film, THE RIGHT STUFF, in the early 1980's ... and the experiences I had, the stuff I learned as well as the professional & personal relationships I made were wondrous.
There is nothing like filmmaking. For anyone wanting to work in this business of show ... DO go for it. And don't let anyone tell you, 'No -- you can't do THAT ...'
Why-? Because you can.
Aim for these or any of your career dreams and perhaps you too will be the one to say to thems that said, 'No' (etc) .... "But I did do it and love it."
I did ... and still do.
D.A.
Great monologue. Also true for those who pioneered the first dive suit. Scotland, I believe. Thought the kewpies would get ahold of them underwater and drown them
October 1947... made public June 1948... First US Postal covers in January 1949 !
Don't confuse them with correct historical facts!
"The Right Stuff." My second favorite movie of all time. Even after all these years. Robbed of Best Picture at the Oscars.
What is your first?
I have The Right Stuff as the 12th greatest movie ever.
@@StephenPaulTroup The Empire Strikes Back :P
They were called test pilots... And no one knew their names
Gets me every time
RIP Chuck Yeager American hero.
My childhood favorite movie hell still my favorite movie they really did have the right stuff
Great film for the time it came out...
...We defeated the Soviets in the COLD WAR...
There may be a better Narration that opens a movie. I just can't think of one.
As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster
@@canaanclb
Yeah, but these planes would buffet wildly...
Mad max intro is the only 1 better
"...for a career Navy pilot, i.e., one who intended to keep flying for twenty years...there was a 23 percent probability that he would die in an aircraft accident. This did not even include combat deaths..." --Tom Wolfe
The super-rich in the mid-20th Century were taxed at around 90%. Back then, it wasn't all about money.
*
"A controversy arose over just how much bonus Slick Goodlin should receive for assaulting the dread Mach 1 itself. Bonuses for contract test pilots were not unusual, but the figure of $150,000 was now bruited about. The Army balked, and Yeager got the job. He took it for $283 a month, or $3,396 a year..." --from the book The Right Stuff.
Rest in Peace Chuck.....
And no one knew their names.
This movie won lots of awards but it flunked the reality test. First the sky is blue, then the sky has clouds, then pilot sees nothing but blue, then suddenly he is flying through clouds, all in the middle of the California desert. Then he hits the booster, the altimeter shows 80,000 feet, whoa, there are some cumulus clouds again! I know why the director edited it that way, so the audience could experience the sense of motion, but in reality it is 100% confusing.
Wolfe embellished the "real life" facts quite a bit in the book upon which this movie was based. It's called historical fiction. Perhaps the greatest misrepresentation is of Yeager's NF-104 flight. It was an official planned and scheduled flight with the full support staff needed to get the specialized plane aloft. The altitude to which Yeager ascended had already been exceeded by other NF-104 pilots who correctly followed the flight profile. Yeager refused to follow the planned profile because he couldn't see the horizon at the correct angle of attack. That's why his flight was a failure.
Next you're going to tell us that the particulars of the record-breaking flight weren't worked out spontaneously in a bar the evening before. 😂
I'm always disappointed that they said the demon lived at 750 mph instead of 666 knots.
And it’s not exactly. Mach 1 is not a constant. It depends of air temperature.
Point nine eight!! Boom!!!
fun fact the dropping footage was actually from chuck yeager's attempt
***** I have a few more MGM openings queued up to upload; no Columbia in this batch though. Paramount I'm a little wary of uploading stuff from since they're pretty merciless with copyright strikes. I don't have many LDs from Live but I'll see about uploading what I do have.
A reminder of a time when Americans with brass balls got shit done instead of fretting over people's pronouns....
3 thumbs down from guys with their picture on Poncho’s wall.
1:19 There was a demon...