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The Right Stuff
1983
· Movie
· 193 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #335
- IMDb #609
- Rotten Tomatoes #272
- Metacritic #197
- Letterboxd #572
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #338
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #562
- Metacritic Critics #163
- Metacritic Audience #561
- Criticker #309
- Kinopoisk #2751
- AlloCiné #429
- Trakt #896
Every rating
68–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 94, everyone else 80.
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Details
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Writer
- Philip Kaufman
- Studio
- The Ladd Company, Winkler Films
- Released
- 20 October 1983
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Russian, Spanish
- Runtime
- 193 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $27.0M
- Box office
- $21.5M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →4 major awards won · 10 wins from 21 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Film Editing | Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter and Douglas Stewart | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Original Score | Bill Conti | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Sound | Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom and David MacMillan | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Sound Effects Editing | Jay Boekelheide | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Picture | Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Supporting Actor | Sam Shepard | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell and Peter R. Romero ; Set Decoration: Jim Poynter and George R. Nelson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
8 nominations, 4 won
| Best Film Editing | Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter and Douglas Stewart | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Bill Conti | Winner |
| Best Sound | Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom and David MacMillan | Winner |
| Best Sound Effects Editing | Jay Boekelheide | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell and Peter R. Romero ; Set Decoration: Jim Poynter and George R. Nelson | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sam Shepard | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Philip Kaufman | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | Philip Kaufman | Nominee |
Blue Ribbon Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Philip Kaufman | Winner |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Non-European Film | Philip Kaufman | Winner |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing – ADR | C.J. Appel, Richard Hymns, Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam and Barbara McBane | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Philip Kaufman | Winner |
London Critics' Circle Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Screenwriter of the Year | Philip Kaufman | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter and Tom Rolf | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Philip Kaufman (screenplay/director) and Tom Wolfe (based on the book) | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination
| Best Family Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |