60 The Right Stuff

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2017

⏱️ 114 minutes

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In honor of the great Sam Shepard, Steve, John and special guest Dave Rapp, explore Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff. Starring, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn and Fred Ward as America's first Astronauts. Funny, mystical, patriotic and adventurous, The Right Stuff, is movie unlike any other and we have a fantastic time discussing it. You can support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/support Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Steve. The Great American Playwright and Actor Sam Shepard died a few weeks ago due to complications from ALS.
0:08.0	I first encountered Shepard through a dog-eared copy of his seven plays while a freshman studying theater at UC Berkeley. a one a Pulitzer Prize. Sam Shepard, the playwright, became a stark, unknowable, almost mystical figure in my life. In the right stuff, Sam
0:29.5	Shepard, the actor, is no less iconic. His performance as Chuck Yeager is spare, tough, and in some fundamental
0:37.0	way quintessentially American. 1983's The Right Stuff is as ambitious as it is unusual. Sometimes dramatic,
0:45.4	sometimes mystical, and sometimes really, really funny. It follows the story of
0:49.6	test pilots turn astronauts at the beginning of America's space program.
0:54.1	It features an incredible ensemble of actors who would all go on to be stars on their own, such
0:58.9	as Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Barbara Hershey, and the hilarious Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer.
1:07.0	The Right Stuff is a big, beautiful, inspiring film about a moment in America when great heroes risk their lives to push the
1:14.9	boundaries of what was possible. So that's the right stuff in honor of the
1:19.9	Great Sam Shepard this Friday on the Cinephiles.
1:23.0	Oh, and one more thing.
1:25.0	We know a bunch of you like to watch the films we feature before you listen on the podcast.
1:29.0	Well, guess what?
1:31.0	From now on, we suggest you buy them through us, because the Cinephiles has a brand new website
1:37.0	with every podcast we've ever recorded and links to purchase every film we've discussed on the show. We're really proud of it. We'd love you to check it out at cineophiles.net.
1:47.0	That's C-I-N-F-I-E-L-E-S-D-N-E-F-I-E-S-N-E. Okay, We'll see you on Friday for the right stuff 10, 3, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, drop.
2:10.0	There you go buddy.
2:15.0	buddy.
2:17.0	Put the spurs to her chuch. Hello and welcome once again to the cinnophiles where each week we enter the world of a great film
2:35.6	we explore its themes the history the filmmaking and the influence it has on us today.
2:39.7	My name is Steve Morris I am a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.
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