"Right Stuff" Special Edition question
05-25-03, 12:01 AM
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"Right Stuff" Special Edition question
In the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, there is an add for the new special edition of "The Right Stuff" and they mention that "fifteen minutes of never before seen footage": is this in a deleted footage section of the supplements or actually re-intergrated into the film for this edition (as Warner's has done for Costner's "Robin Hood")?
05-25-03, 01:12 AM
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Several sites I checked gave a run time of 193 minutes for both the old DVD and the new one so it must not be re-integrated into the film.
05-25-03, 06:11 PM
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Believe it or not I never saw this film??..The new SE coming out looks pretty packed..Is this a good blind buy??..
I'm not really into "space program" type movies but I did like Apollo 13. How does this compare??
Cheers!
I'm not really into "space program" type movies but I did like Apollo 13. How does this compare??
Cheers!
05-25-03, 07:41 PM
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Originally posted by shanester
I'm not really into "space program" type movies but I did like Apollo 13. How does this compare??
I'm not really into "space program" type movies but I did like Apollo 13. How does this compare??
All that being said, The Right Stuff is not as special effects laden as Apollo 13, but it is still a great movie nonetheless!
05-25-03, 08:02 PM
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The Right Stuff is one of the best movies of all time. Rolling Stone gave it the 3 best movie of the 80's behind Raging Bull & Blue Velvet. Good blind buy.
05-25-03, 09:40 PM
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Originally posted by Jason Bovberg
Working on one as we speak...should have it up in the Reviews section in a day or two...
Working on one as we speak...should have it up in the Reviews section in a day or two...
05-27-03, 08:13 PM
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Apollo 13 was just *okay*.
The Right Stuff has THE RIGHT STUFF. It's excellent - a classic.
You must buy this.
-- Jough
The Right Stuff has THE RIGHT STUFF. It's excellent - a classic.
You must buy this.
-- Jough
05-27-03, 09:44 PM
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Originally posted by evanmd
Is this going to have any commentaries?
Is this going to have any commentaries?
Scene Specific Commentary:
Director Philip Kaufman
Producers Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, and Barbara Hershey
06-02-03, 11:20 AM
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Originally posted by jough
Apollo 13 was just *okay*.
The Right Stuff has THE RIGHT STUFF. It's excellent - a classic.
You must buy this.
-- Jough
Apollo 13 was just *okay*.
The Right Stuff has THE RIGHT STUFF. It's excellent - a classic.
You must buy this.
-- Jough
06-02-03, 01:32 PM
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Originally posted by TomOpus
How's this for a commentary track:
Scene Specific Commentary:
Director Philip Kaufman
Producers Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, and Barbara Hershey
How's this for a commentary track:
Scene Specific Commentary:
Director Philip Kaufman
Producers Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, and Barbara Hershey
06-03-03, 09:27 AM
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I was assuming the commentary wouldn't fit on one disc. Otherwise, yes, I'm disappointed about the short commentary as well. I also wish the actors did the commentary together, instead of separatly.
06-03-03, 09:32 AM
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This commentary style is similar to the true romance commentaries that the actors give on disc 2 about their scene. (many of the big names in the movie had one or two scenes)
06-03-03, 11:04 PM
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Originally posted by Spooky
This is odd, because I feel almost the exact opposite. My biggest problem with THE RIGHT STUFF is that many of the characters are presented as PARODIES of the actual people they are, rather than presented in a more realistic manner. That being said, I enjoyed both films, but believe that Apollo 13 is the excellent one, and The Right Stuff is good, but not "great".
This is odd, because I feel almost the exact opposite. My biggest problem with THE RIGHT STUFF is that many of the characters are presented as PARODIES of the actual people they are, rather than presented in a more realistic manner. That being said, I enjoyed both films, but believe that Apollo 13 is the excellent one, and The Right Stuff is good, but not "great".
But the thing I really dislike is the
Spoiler:
The fact that the whole thing is explained in Tom Wolfe's book upon which the movie was based serves to make Kaufman's rendition of it appear totally dishonest.
Here is the explanation of the "fireflies":
Spoiler:
Still. other than that wrong stuff, the rest of the film is quite great.