Realizing The Right Stuff

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Realizing The Right Stuff

2003

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The making of the motion picture "The Right Stuff", from the purchase of the filming rights to the end of principal photography.

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Ed Harris

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Pamela Reed

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Veronica Cartwright

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Barbara Hershey

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Jeff Goldblum

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Donald Moffat

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Fred Ward

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Harry Shearer

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Dennis Quaid

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