Essentially, it was the sound barrier, which the Air Force had been trying to break for several years with no success. The USAF kept developing aircraft they thought could push past the upper limit of speed, just under Mach 1, about 700 mph. The phenomenon was called a demon because it claimed the lives of several pilots and thwarted many missions in attempts to break it. When Yeager breaks the barrier at the beginning of this movie, the demon is presented as an ominous sort of cloud in front of him. When he punches through the barrier, the demon is symbolically dispelled.
He's a symbolic representation of the Grim Reaper, who delivers the bad news to the pilot's next of kin if a mission fails.
Yet, while symbolic of death, he is actually, plain and simple, the local preacher whose job is to not only sing and preach at dead pilots' funerals, but to tell the widows (unaware they're widows) the bad news (then, later on, when he winds up at the takeoff site for Shepard, he has become more of a phantom or symbol or representation than a real person.
He's played by veteran actor Royal Dano, who had a long career depicting extremely serious, often sinister and.... very grim characters.
Yet, while symbolic of death, he is actually, plain and simple, the local preacher whose job is to not only sing and preach at dead pilots' funerals, but to tell the widows (unaware they're widows) the bad news (then, later on, when he winds up at the takeoff site for Shepard, he has become more of a phantom or symbol or representation than a real person.
He's played by veteran actor Royal Dano, who had a long career depicting extremely serious, often sinister and.... very grim characters.
Comedic relief. The guys were required to give a sample of semen for the doctors records and having such an hirsute nurse checking in on them made a normally easy 'task' almost impossible.
No one has answered this question yet.
No, for the most part, it was just an expression to indicate that most of them crashed (and died) in the desert around Edwards Air Force Base, though a few might be buried locally on base at the edge of the desert.
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- How long is The Right Stuff?3 hours and 13 minutes
- When was The Right Stuff released?February 17, 1984
- What is the IMDb rating of The Right Stuff?7.8 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in The Right Stuff?Chuck Yeager, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Glennis Yeager, Pancho Barnes, Betty Grissom, Trudy Cooper, Deke Slayton, and others
- What is the plot of The Right Stuff?The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
- What was the budget for The Right Stuff?$27 million
- How much did The Right Stuff earn at the worldwide box office?$21.2 million
- How much did The Right Stuff earn at the US box office?$21.2 million
- What is The Right Stuff rated?PG
- What genre is The Right Stuff?Adventure, Biographical, Drama, Historical Drama, and Historical
- How many awards has The Right Stuff won?12 awards
- How many awards has The Right Stuff been nominated for?28 nominations
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