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The Right Stuff
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Details
- Created by
- Mark Lafferty
- Writer
- Philip Kaufman
- Released
- 9 October 2020
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 8 across 1 season
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Motion Picture Sound Editors 2021 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form - Dialogue and ADR | Walter Newman, Brian Armstrong, Darleen Stoker | Nominee |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors 2021 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form - Effects and Foley | Walter Newman, Kenneth Young, Rickley W. Dumm, Peter Reynolds. Sanaa Kelley, Adam DeCoster | Nominee |
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2 awards — The Right Stuff
×| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form - Dialogue and ADR | Walter Newman, Brian Armstrong, Darleen Stoker | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form - Effects and Foley | Walter Newman, Kenneth Young, Rickley W. Dumm, Peter Reynolds. Sanaa Kelley, Adam DeCoster | Nominee |