The Right Stuff

The 1983 film The Right Stuff follows the Mercury 7 astronauts as they prepare for NASA's first manned space flights. It stars Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey, and Ed Harris as John Glenn. There was some controversy over showing the film in 1984 because John Glenn was running for president that year. The Right Stuff was a big hit, but the real Mercury astronauts didn't like it.