BFI guide to the 1983 account of America's first space mission, 'The Right Stuff.' The author untangles the complex backstory of the film's production, showing how its mixed reception owed much to the conflicting aims of the novelist Tom Wolfe, screenwriter William Goldman and director Philip Kaufman.

Item number 79440
Category Book
Type Films
Language English
Country of origin UK
Related people Tom Charity (Author)

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection