

Right Stuff, The (DVD) (Rpkg)In 1947, when the future began somewhere in the middle of the Californiadesert, a pilot flies faster than the speed of sound... Flying higher,faster and harder than anyone before ... always pushing the boundaries,always living on the edge ... the American Air Force test pilots are thebravest, the best and the most daring--the men with The Right Stuff.Suddenly, these men become the first to ride a rocket as the UnitedStates races to put the first man on the moon in this true story of theMercury astronauts.]]> Review: Great story and acting! - Great movie how the first astronauts came to be…very proud to be an American! Review: The Right Stuff(30th Anniversay Edition on Blu Ray) Transferred The Right Way - There are already a great many reviews here providing a summary of the plot, opinions on historical accuracy and acting. Therefore, this review will only focus upon the actual quality of the transfer of the 30th Anniversary Edition to Blue Ray. Keep in mind that the quality of what you see and hear also depends upon the quality of TV monitor you are using and its accompanying home theater processor and speakers. I have a pretty high end, esoteric system and am judging the Blu Ray off of that. VIDEO.... This film has been properly remastered for both the video and audio, of that I have no doubt. Despite a Mbps rate that is lower than many current films on Blu Ray, averaging in the mid to high 20's, the flesh tones are spot on and color resolution throughout the film on BR is excellent. While blacks do not go as deep toward pluge as other movies on Blu Ray, for a film this old, they appear just fine. Details are easily scene, even in the desert and field shots. Since this was shot on film, there is a softer focus to the film's imaging but, all in all, this remastering is quite excellent. At no point did I see any artifacting or aliasing and there are a number of shots where stair stepping could have been created but, thankfully, weren't. AUDIO... Audio is Dolby True HD 5.1 lossless and they did an excellent job with the audio editing with extensive use of panning between the front and rear stages as well as discreet directionality for foley fx in the surrounds. Having a 7.1 audio system, I found that the two extra surrounds really added a great deal to the audio mix and immersed oneself into the roar of the jets. There are not that many older films, or even new ones, with such an excellent use of the home theater surround stages. EXTRAS... Really quality extras on the second disc with documentaries that go past a simple 'Making Of'. There was a goodly use of real and historic footage from the era, as well as focus on the story development, footage of the creation of the effects before there was CGI and some honest and interesting interviews all done recently and not back 30 years ago. How the actors see things now in retrospect after all this time was illuminating. There were also interactive time lines of the Americas space race and a great deal more that I haven't yet seen. This movie is over 3 hours long and you get about that just in the extras as well. I did not have this film on a Standard Def DVD but am completely happy I have it on Blu Ray. I do hope that this review has been of some HELP to you in deciding your purchase. All my reviews focus solely upon the quality of the actual disc and not redundant summaries and acting opinions. Thanks for reading.




| ASIN | B004GJYRI2 |
| Actors | Barbara Hershey, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Pamela Reed, Scott Glenn |
| Best Sellers Rank | #11,976 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #1,170 in Action & Adventure DVDs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (6,596) |
| Director | Philip Kaufman |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | WHV10001745429DVD |
| Language | English (Dolby Digital 5.1) |
| MPAA rating | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Media Format | NTSC, Subtitled |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Producers | Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff |
| Product Dimensions | 0.6 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches; 2.08 ounces |
| Release date | February 8, 2011 |
| Run time | 3 hours and 13 minutes |
| Studio | WarnerBrothers |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Japanese, Spanish |
| Writers | Philip Kaufman, Tom Wolfe |
S**P
Great story and acting!
Great movie how the first astronauts came to be…very proud to be an American!
S**S
The Right Stuff(30th Anniversay Edition on Blu Ray) Transferred The Right Way
There are already a great many reviews here providing a summary of the plot, opinions on historical accuracy and acting. Therefore, this review will only focus upon the actual quality of the transfer of the 30th Anniversary Edition to Blue Ray. Keep in mind that the quality of what you see and hear also depends upon the quality of TV monitor you are using and its accompanying home theater processor and speakers. I have a pretty high end, esoteric system and am judging the Blu Ray off of that. VIDEO.... This film has been properly remastered for both the video and audio, of that I have no doubt. Despite a Mbps rate that is lower than many current films on Blu Ray, averaging in the mid to high 20's, the flesh tones are spot on and color resolution throughout the film on BR is excellent. While blacks do not go as deep toward pluge as other movies on Blu Ray, for a film this old, they appear just fine. Details are easily scene, even in the desert and field shots. Since this was shot on film, there is a softer focus to the film's imaging but, all in all, this remastering is quite excellent. At no point did I see any artifacting or aliasing and there are a number of shots where stair stepping could have been created but, thankfully, weren't. AUDIO... Audio is Dolby True HD 5.1 lossless and they did an excellent job with the audio editing with extensive use of panning between the front and rear stages as well as discreet directionality for foley fx in the surrounds. Having a 7.1 audio system, I found that the two extra surrounds really added a great deal to the audio mix and immersed oneself into the roar of the jets. There are not that many older films, or even new ones, with such an excellent use of the home theater surround stages. EXTRAS... Really quality extras on the second disc with documentaries that go past a simple 'Making Of'. There was a goodly use of real and historic footage from the era, as well as focus on the story development, footage of the creation of the effects before there was CGI and some honest and interesting interviews all done recently and not back 30 years ago. How the actors see things now in retrospect after all this time was illuminating. There were also interactive time lines of the Americas space race and a great deal more that I haven't yet seen. This movie is over 3 hours long and you get about that just in the extras as well. I did not have this film on a Standard Def DVD but am completely happy I have it on Blu Ray. I do hope that this review has been of some HELP to you in deciding your purchase. All my reviews focus solely upon the quality of the actual disc and not redundant summaries and acting opinions. Thanks for reading.
T**.
This really is "The Right Stuff"
There are movies and then there are Motion Pictures this is the latter. "The Right Stuff" is the kind of movie that no movie enthusiast should forgo. To me it is an all-time top 20 movie. And it is - by far - the best Motion Picture about the american space program ever made and that includes "Apollo 13". "The Right Stuff" is magnificently cool and so is its starpacked cast: Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quade, Sam Shepard, Barbara Hershey, Fred Ward, Lance Henriksen, Pamela Reed and... and... and... This is about the very beginnings of american space exploration, starting with those early super sonic flights by Chuck Yeager, making him the fastest man on earth. But when Project Mercury Space Program started he wasn't among the pilots chosen for the program, officially because he wasn't college trained but the real reason was probably more like those in charge fearing they would be unable to control him, since he could think for himself. As it turned out so could the pilots actually chosen for the program and once they got past that initial chock of being thrust straight into rockstar-fame without having done anything to deserve this, they actually began asserting them selves, forcing a shift in power towards the astronauts, of which they were the first. These were true pioneers, taking enormous and incalculable risks to reach speeds and altitudes never before reached by man (with the exception of Gagarin and Titov). They probably didn't do it to better the lives of mankind, but look at the impact: P.C's, sat-phones, sat-tv, sat-navigation, velcro, more precise weather-forecasts and a much greater understanding of what makes our home planet tick, yes even the polarized glasses in your Ray-Bans are byproducts of space exploration or have been developed much faster as a consequence of those early programmes. The movie however deserves your consideration not just as lesson in history but as an extremely entertaining, hilarious, well acted, well directed, beautifully shot piece of Motion Picture history, telling that early tale in a gripping and heart-warming manor. Pauline Kael of "The New Yorker" called it Astonishingly entertaining and great fun to watch. The Academy agreed and awarded it 4 Oscars. Now, who am I to argue...
も**ん
昔劇場で観た名作を手元に置きたくて購入。 1年以上経ってからの視聴だが、古いという印象は感じなかった。 名作は永遠なのかと思った。 この映画が公開された当時の洋画は名作が目白押しだった。 今の分かり易いが中身がスカスカな映画と違って、見応えのある映画ばかりだった。 若い人たちにも、そんな時代の映画を是非見て貰いたいと思います。
R**A
Gostei muito
D**A
This is a movie that makes me want to read about all of the history of the astronauts and pilots from the Wright brothers to present day. Excellent quality, well made, a few appropriately placed swear words and I am sure there was also a little theatrical licence in the story. Well done!
D**E
...ist leider eine recht "billige" Veröffentlichung. Einfach nur der Film in einem blauen HD-KeepCase ohne Wendecover und ohne Extras. "Der Stoff aus dem die Helden sind" ist wie auch "Apollo 13" einer von den Filmen, welche bei mir ca. alle 5 Jahre mal im Player landen...einfach weil sie interessant, spannend und gut inszeniert sind. Natürlich sollte man auch ein kleiner Fan solcher Raumfahrtabenteuer sein. In "The Right Stuff", so der Originaltitel, wird sehr detaliert und ausführlich die Geschichte der amerikanischen Raumfahrt (vor allem die Frühphase) beschrieben. Mit einem Wahnsinns-Staraufgebot (Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Lance Henriksen), einer guten Dosis Humor und jeder Menge Flugaction wird man hier über 3 Stunden top unterhalten. Die Bluray bietet den Film (anders als uns das Backcover mit 130 min sagen will) in der ungeschnittenen Kinoversion mit einer Lauflänge von ca. 193 Minuten. Das Bildformat ist 16:9/1,85:1 (1080p). Mit heutigen Hochglanzproduktionen kann sich das Bild von der Quali her auf keinen Fall messen. Trotzdem bin ich sehr zufrieden: schöne warme Farbgebung, alles klar und detailreich (Weiterentwicklung zur DVD klar ersichtlich), sehr guter Schwarzwert, immer wieder auftretendes leichtes Filmkorn (stört mich persönlich nicht) und einige Szenen sind mit Absicht auf alt getrimmt und in schwarz/weiß um als Nachrichtensendung besser durchzugehen...also nicht erschrecken. Allein die Szenen, welche am Tag oder draußen spielen sind wunderbar geworden und das Umrüsten von DVD auf Bluray wert. Der deutsche Ton liegt in DD 5.1 vor und hat sich bis auf ein wenig mehr Bass kaum verändert zur DVD. Gute Räumlichkeit, die Dialoge sind immer verständlich und die Musik ist nicht zu laut. Es fehlt allerdings irgendwie das Feeling im Vergleich mit der Originaltonspur in Englisch True HD 5.1. Dort ist alles nochmal eine Spur besser...vor allem die Umgebungsgeräusche und auch der Bass zündet noch eine Spur besser. Deutsche Untertitel (und auch englische) sind vorhanden....allerdings für Hörgeschädigte, d.h. es werden auch Geräusche ect. beschrieben. Wie gesagt gibt es leider keinerlei Extras. In den USA gibts es ein Media-DigiBook mit der Bluray (identisch mit der deutschen Bluray) und einer Bonus-DVD mit den Specials der 2003er DVD-Veröffentlichung. Allerdings ist diese Bonus-DVD wohl nur mit RegionFree Playern abspielbar (die Bluray ist RegionFree). Also habe ich mir (besaß bisher nur eine Einzel-DVD mit dem Film) die deutsche DVD-Special Edition für nicht mal 5 Euro besorgt. Diese hat ein recht schön gestaltetes DigiPack im Schuber ohne nerviges FSK-Logo. Habe dann einfach die DVD dieser Special Edition weiterverschenkt und gegen die Bluray ausgetauscht. Somit habe ich insgesamt nicht mal 15 Euro für meine "Bluray Special Edition" bezahlt ;-) nur so als Tipp...wem die Bluray in der Billig-Verpackung nicht reicht. Als Bonus sind auf der DVD enthalten: - John Glenn - American Hero (ca. 87 min) - Umsetzung von "Der Stoff aus dem die Helden sind" (ca. 21 min) - T-20 Jahre und der Countdown läuft weiter (ca. 12 min) - Die wahren Helden (ca. 16 min) - ausgewählte Szenen mit 2 Kommentarspuren (ca. 25 min) - Deleted Scenes - Kinotrailer - Interaktiver Zeitplan ins Weltall ...da ich gerne Extras schaue, hat sich der geringe Mehraufwand nur für die Specials-DVD für mich persönlich gelohnt. Die 5 Sterne gibts hier nur für den Film an sich. Die deutsche Bluray-Veröffentlichung wird dem Gesamtkunstwerk (immerhin 4 Oscars) nicht gerecht. Schade, aber wie gesagt gibts ja Möglichkeiten für Sammler seine eigene "Edition" zu erstellen oder eben zur US-Version zu greifen.
D**O
Ho saputo di questo FILM leggendo che Nolan, il regista, lo ha fatto vedere ai protagonisti di INTERSTELLAR come preparazione al film. Un docufilm bellissimo, internet è piena di recensioni e di commenti: il Blue ray fisicamente è fatto benissimo; un bel cartonato simil libro con dentro un booklet informativo. Certo ha un costo elevato ma si paga la qualità e ne vale la pensa. Consigliatissimo per gli appassionati.
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