Philip Kaufman's 1983 adaptation of Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff is a rare creature in that it's borderline perfect, from tone to casting to miles-ahead-of-the-curve effects work.
And yet it isn't close to being definitive. Most near-perfect adaptations of near-perfect books probably shouldn't be remade or tampered with, but even with a running time of 192 minutes, the film barely dips into the wealth of stories and characterizations in Wolfe's free-wheeling chronicle of the Project Mercury astronauts.
So it was with a mixture of trepidation and excitement that I approached Disney+'s new series adaptation of The Right Stuff.
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