i remember go to see this movie on it release in the odeon leicester square . there couldn not have be more than about 20 people there but it do not matter because i get so wrap in this film . it be so good because it be such a fantastic story of the courage of these pilot and the support from their wife and the desperate race to beat the russian into space . a script which never drag and be full of humour and pull great performance from some of the young actor of the day sheperd and glenn and quaid and hershey and ward and harris . the list go on . add to this the superb cinematography and sound . what sound . i have just venture in to the world of dvd and now have chuck yaeger break the sound barrier in my living room . my neighbour may never speak to me again .