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* NoisyNature: The NASA recruiters'[[note]]Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer[[/note]] arrival at Edwards AFB is punctuated by the distinctive song of a [[https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Canyon_Wren canyon wren]], which to be fair is location-accurate.
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* ReferencedBy: Apart from the countless power-walk scenes that have been inspired by this movie, the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Basic Rocket Science" borrows wholesale from it. (For example, it opens with a parody of the EverybodyKnewAlready scenes on the main page.)
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** Creator/JohnAvildsen and Creator/MichaelRitchie were considered to direct.
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** Inverted for Dennis Quaid, who was 28 playing 33-year-old Gordo Cooper; and Ed Harris, who was 33 playing 37-year-old John Glenn.
** Effectively averted for the others. Scott Paulin was 33 playing 35-year-old Deke Slayton. Creator/CharlesFrank was 37 playing 35-year-old Scott Carpenter.
** Effectively averted for the others. Scott Paulin was 33 playing 35-year-old Deke Slayton. Creator/CharlesFrank was 37 playing 35-year-old Scott Carpenter.
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* UnderageCasting: Dennis Quaid was 28 playing 33-year-old Gordo Cooper, while Ed Harris was 33 playing 37-year-old John Glenn.
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** Like Gus Grissom, Creator/FredWard served in the U.S. Air Force.
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** Like Gus Grissom, the late Creator/FredWard served in the U.S. Air Force.
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** Effectively averted for the others. Scott Paulin was 33 playing 35-year-old Deke Slayton. Charles Frank was 37 playing 35-year-old Scott Carpenter.
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** Effectively averted for the others. Scott Paulin was 33 playing 35-year-old Deke Slayton. Charles Frank Creator/CharlesFrank was 37 playing 35-year-old Scott Carpenter.
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** Creator/ScottGlenn served in the Marines, technically part of the Department of the Navy, here playing Naval aviator Alan Shepard.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/LevonHelm plays Jack Ridley and provides the off-screen narration.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/LevonHelm Levon Helm plays Jack Ridley and provides the off-screen narration.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/LevonHelm plays Jack Ridley and provides the off-screen narration.
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* DawsonCasting: A few of the principals were played by actors older than when their characters.[[note]]For the Mercury Seven, we'll use their ages at selection in January 1959.[[/note]]
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* DawsonCasting: A few of the principals were played by actors older than when their characters.[[note]]For the Mercury Seven, we'll use their ages at selection in January 1959.[[/note]]
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* DawsonCasting: A few of the principals were played by actors older than when their characters.[[note]]For the Mercury Seven, we'll use their ages at selection in January 1959.[[/note]]
** Chuck Yeager was 24 when he broke the sound barrier. Sam Shepard was 40. Though the NF-104 accident at the end of the film did happen when Yeager was 40 in 1963.
** Alan Shepard was 36 when selected for the Mercury Seven. Scott Glenn was 44.
** Gus Grissom was 32 when selected. Fred Ward was 41.
** Wally Schirra was also 36. Lance Henriksen was 43.
** Inverted for Dennis Quaid, who was 28 playing 33-year-old Gordo Cooper; and Ed Harris, who was 33 playing 37-year-old John Glenn.
** Effectively averted for the others. Scott Paulin was 33 playing 35-year-old Deke Slayton. Charles Frank was 37 playing 35-year-old Scott Carpenter.
** Chuck Yeager was 24 when he broke the sound barrier. Sam Shepard was 40. Though the NF-104 accident at the end of the film did happen when Yeager was 40 in 1963.
** Alan Shepard was 36 when selected for the Mercury Seven. Scott Glenn was 44.
** Gus Grissom was 32 when selected. Fred Ward was 41.
** Wally Schirra was also 36. Lance Henriksen was 43.
** Inverted for Dennis Quaid, who was 28 playing 33-year-old Gordo Cooper; and Ed Harris, who was 33 playing 37-year-old John Glenn.
** Effectively averted for the others. Scott Paulin was 33 playing 35-year-old Deke Slayton. Charles Frank was 37 playing 35-year-old Scott Carpenter.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Several of the main actors top 6 feet (183 cm) (Creator/DennisQuaid and Scott Glenn in particular). However, none of the actual astronauts were over 5'11" (180 cm), as that was the maximum height allowed by the cramped ''Mercury'' capsu--er, [[InsistentTerminology spacecraft]]. Gus Grissom, who was 5'5" (165 cm) in real life, was portrayed by the 5'10" (178 cm) Fred Ward. The 5'10" Wally Schirra was, however, portrayed by the 5'10" Creator/LanceHenriksen.
* AcclaimedFlop: Despite being critically acclaimed and having been nominated for eight Oscars, the film failed to make back its budget.
* AcclaimedFlop: Despite being critically acclaimed and having been nominated for eight Oscars, the film failed to make back its budget.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Several of the main actors top 6 feet (183 cm) (Creator/DennisQuaid and Scott Glenn in particular). However, none of the actual astronauts were over 5'11" (180 cm), as that was the maximum height allowed by the cramped ''Mercury'' capsu--er, [[InsistentTerminology spacecraft]]. Gus Grissom, who was 5'5" (165 cm) in real life, was portrayed by the 5'10" (178 cm) Fred Ward.Creator/FredWard. The 5'10" Wally Schirra was, however, portrayed by the 5'10" Creator/LanceHenriksen.
* AcclaimedFlop: Despite being critically acclaimed and having been nominated for eightOscars, UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, the film failed to make back its budget.
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** Like Gus Grissom, Fred Ward served in the U.S. Air Force.
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** Like Gus Grissom, Fred Ward Creator/FredWard served in the U.S. Air Force.
**Lance Henriksen Creator/LanceHenriksen and his character Walter Schirra served in the U.S. Navy.
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* ActorSharedBackground:
** Like Gus Grissom, Fred Ward served in the U.S. Air Force.
** Lance Henriksen and his character Walter Schirra served in the U.S. Navy.
** Like Gus Grissom, Fred Ward served in the U.S. Air Force.
** Lance Henriksen and his character Walter Schirra served in the U.S. Navy.
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** Music/JohnBarry was the original composer, but left because he found it impossible to understand what Philip Kaufman wanted from the score, citing a meeting where Kaufman described his ideal score as "sounding like you're walking in the desert and you see a cactus, and you put your foot on it, but it just starts growing up through your foot." In the end, Bill Conti wrote the music.
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** Music/JohnBarry was the original composer, but left because he found it impossible to understand what Philip Kaufman wanted from the score, citing a meeting where Kaufman described his ideal score as "sounding like you're walking in the desert and you see a cactus, and you put your foot on it, but it just starts growing up through your foot." In the end, Bill Conti Music/BillConti wrote the music.
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* NonActorVehicle: Levon Helm, the erstwhile singer and drummer for Music/TheBand, plays Jack Ridley.
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* AFIS100Years100Cheers: #19
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* NoDubForYou: The film was released in Japan in 1984. However, it wasn't until 29 years later that the film would eventually receive a dub.
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** The real John Glenn tried to use this for a presidential run in 1984. He didn't make it out of the Democratic primaries, finishing sixth with only two delegates.
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** The real John Glenn tried to use this for a presidential run in 1984. He didn't make it out of the Democratic primaries, finishing sixth with only two delegates.delegates while his campaign was saddled with over $3 million in debt.
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* NonActorVehicle: Levon Helm, the erstwhile singer and drummer for Music/TheBand, plays Jack Ridley.
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** Music/JohnBarry was the original composer, but left because he found it impossible to understand what Philip Kaufman wanted from the score, citing a meeting where Kaufman described his ideal score as "sounding like you're walking in the desert and you see a cactus, and you put your foot on it, but it just starts growing up through your foot."
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** Music/JohnBarry was the original composer, but left because he found it impossible to understand what Philip Kaufman wanted from the score, citing a meeting where Kaufman described his ideal score as "sounding like you're walking in the desert and you see a cactus, and you put your foot on it, but it just starts growing up through your foot."" In the end, Bill Conti wrote the music.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/ScottGlenn was initially considered for the role of Chuck Yeager, but he expressed that he would rather play Alan Shepard, and was cast in that part instead.
* ChannelHop: The film was originally picked up by Creator/UnitedArtists, who outbid Creator/UniversalPictures for the rights to the book. They eventually put the film in turnaround and it was picked up by The Ladd Company.
* ChannelHop: The film was originally picked up by Creator/UnitedArtists, who outbid Creator/UniversalPictures for the rights to the book. They eventually put the film in turnaround and it was picked up by The Ladd Company.
* DisownedAdaptation: Creator/TomWolfe was unhappy with the film, because he felt it made too many changes to the book.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/SamShepard, who played legendary pilot Chuck Yeager, was actually afraid of flying.
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** Creator/WilliamGoldman was originally hired to write the script. This version focused on the astronauts, entirely ignoring Chuck Yeager.
** Music/JohnBarry was the original composer, but left because he found it impossible to understand what Philip Kaufman wanted from the score, citing a meeting where Kaufman described his ideal score as "sounding like you're walking in the desert and you see a cactus, and you put your foot on it, but it just starts growing up through your foot."
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** Creator/WilliamGoldman was originally hired to write the script. This version focused on the astronauts, entirely ignoring Chuck Yeager.
** Music/JohnBarry was the original composer, but left because he found it impossible to understand what Philip Kaufman wanted from the score, citing a meeting where Kaufman described his ideal score as "sounding like you're walking in the desert and you see a cactus, and you put your foot on it, but it just starts growing up through your foot."
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* FatalMethodActing: The stuntman portraying Chuck Yeager's bailout of the crashing F-104. His helmet filled with smoke, and he didn't get his parachute deployed. Also a strange bit of TruthInTelevision, as Yeager actually collided with his seat after ejecting, and his helmet filled with liquid explosive materials, similarly filling his helmet with smoke and burning his face to a cinder. The aftermath is portrayed in the OutOfTheInferno shot listed on the main page.
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* FatalMethodActing: The stuntman portraying Chuck Yeager's bailout of the crashing F-104. His helmet filled with smoke, and he didn't get his parachute deployed. Also Yeager himself -- a technical adviser for the film as well as giving his cameo -- not only refused to re-enact the flight (he did most of the flying filmed), he had warned against stunt personnel doing so, warning that it would almost certainly be a fatal mistake. The scene is also a strange bit of TruthInTelevision, as Yeager actually collided with his seat after ejecting, and his helmet filled with liquid explosive materials, similarly filling his helmet with smoke and burning his face to a cinder. The aftermath is portrayed in the OutOfTheInferno shot listed on the main page.
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** At the movie's end, before Cooper lifts off on his mission, he's shown dozing off. Cooper was the first astronaut to sleep in outer space.
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** At the movie's end, before Cooper lifts off on his mission, he's shown dozing off. Cooper was the first astronaut to sleep in outer space.space.
** The real John Glenn tried to use this for a presidential run in 1984. He didn't make it out of the Democratic primaries, finishing sixth with only two delegates.
** The real John Glenn tried to use this for a presidential run in 1984. He didn't make it out of the Democratic primaries, finishing sixth with only two delegates.
