Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once.

Starring:

Anastas Mikoyan, Anthony Munoz, Barbara Hershey, Bill Dana, Charles Frank, Christopher Kriesa, Darryl Henriques, David Clennon, David Gulpilil, Dennis Quaid, Donald Moffat, Ed Corbett, Ed Harris, Ed Holmes, Ed Sullivan, Edward Anhalt, Eric Sevareid, Fred Ward, Georgi Malenkov, Harry Shearer, James Mathers, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Haynie, John Dehner, John F

Genre:

Adventure, Drama, History