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The Right Stuff (1983)
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"For me, it was the wrong stuff. Yeah, this is another hate mail movie that everyone claims is a masterpiece or classic, but I found to be extremely overrated. A critic's darling but box office failure on its initial release, The Right Stuff is considered by many critics to be one of the best of the 80's, but for me the movie was mostly a wasted effort, taking an interesting subject and treating it in an overly flippant manner. I was reminded of another overrated movie that tried to do that and failed: M*A*S*H. The interesting subject is the early days of the American space program, when the United States was running far behind the Soviet Union in the space race, and it looked as if the Commies might inherit the Earth. That didn't happen, of course, and in a way the space race proved to be a bit overhyped- we never got that moonbase we were promised by
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"Movies 101 is the NYU Film Course long moderated by Professor Richard Brown. The “Leading Men” series includes some of the finest working actors, as well as Josh Lucas. Each interview covers nearly every aspect of the actors’ respective careers, from the good, to the bad, to the ugly. This, of course, excludes Lucas, whose interview can only go so far in trying to make the man seem bearably competent. George Clooney’s hour-long interview is first on the disc, and it is by far one of the most engaging. Clooney is, redundant as this sounds, naturally charming and charismatic. His great sense of humor is often overlooked, but Brown lets him run free, often chuckling at his subject’s one-liners. With this interview in particular, Brown’s knowledge about film really allows him to discuss in-depth the thought process that went into each film of Clooney’s. Now having directed his own films and having started a production company with good friend ... "
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