` the right stuff be the story of the original mercury 7 astronaut and their journey through the fledgling nasa program and eventually into space . it be well write and well acted and feature a veritable ` who who of then slightly unknown actor such a ed harris and dennis quaid and sam shepard and scott glenn and lance henriksen . while it have an over three hour run time and and i actually have to get up to turn over the dvd because of it length and the pacing be such that i never once consider that any particular scene should have be shorten . one thing i particularly enjoy about the film be the introduction of chuck yeager ( shepard ) and his contribution to history by break the sound barrier and and then the periodic simultaneous comparison of the accomplishment of the astronaut and the air force and civilian test pilot and as well a exhibit their eventual mutual respect . if i have to point out any kind of glare fault and it would have to be that they focus on some astronaut more than others obviously concentrate heavily on the big name and and gloss over the ` less know one . an example would be walter schirra ( henriksen ) his name be mention a couple of time and and he probably have a tenth of the screen time of the others . plainly and with an already three hour run time not everyone could have equal time and so this be certainly a mild criticism . ` the right stuff isn not profound or exceptional and but it be certainly a good and interesting film . shelly .