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The Right Stuff

1983 · 193 min · Director: Philip Kaufman ★ IMDb 7.8 · 68,664 ratings

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As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.

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The Right Stuff (1983) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 35%, Awe 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Awe, Excitement. Genres: Drama, History, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Awe and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Joy
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Joy

Tension
Joy
Humor
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 48 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionJoyHumor
2.5 %≈ 5′Tension65 %60 %7 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 14′Tension64 %57 %26 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 24′Relief65 %53 %43 %30 %
17.5 %≈ 34′Sadness63 %48 %28 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 43′Tension61 %45 %15 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 53′Humor61 %40 %19 %46 %
32.5 %≈ 63′Humor60 %40 %18 %55 %
37.5 %≈ 72′Humor61 %31 %28 %53 %
42.5 %≈ 82′Joy60 %21 %41 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 92′Humor55 %27 %35 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 101′Humor57 %41 %29 %45 %
57.5 %≈ 111′Tension66 %57 %34 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 121′Relief70 %56 %33 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 130′Sadness68 %46 %19 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 140′Tension68 %55 %15 %23 %
77.5 %≈ 150′Tension74 %69 %24 %16 %
82.5 %≈ 159′Tension73 %57 %34 %18 %
87.5 %≈ 169′Joy66 %41 %39 %25 %
92.5 %≈ 179′Tension68 %44 %40 %24 %
97.5 %≈ 188′Joy70 %42 %50 %27 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Sam Shepard

Chuck Yeager

Ed Harris

John Glenn

Fred Ward

Gus Grissom

KS
Kim Stanley

CF
Charles Frank

Scott Carpenter

Lance Henriksen

Wally Schirra

Donald Moffat

Lyndon B. Johnson

LH
Levon Helm

Jack Ridley / Narrator

MJ
Mary Jo Deschanel

Annie Glenn

Scott Wilson

Scott Crossfield

Kathy Baker

Louise Shepard

MC
Mickey Crocker

Marge Slayton

SK
Susan Kase

Rene Carpenter

MS
Mittie Smith

Jo Schirra

Details

Directed by
Philip Kaufman
Type
Movies
Released
1983
Runtime
193 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 68,664 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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