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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Philip Kaufman
- written for the screen by
- Tom Wolfe
- based on the book by
Cast
- Sam Shepard
- Chuck Yeager
- Scott Glenn
- Alan Shepard
- Ed Harris
- John Glenn
- Dennis Quaid
- Gordon Cooper
- Fred Ward
- Gus Grissom
- Barbara Hershey
- Glennis Yeager
- Kim Stanley
- Pancho Barnes
- Veronica Cartwright
- Betty Grissom
- Pamela Reed
- Trudy Cooper
- Scott Paulin
- Deke Slayton
- Charles Frank
- Scott Carpenter
- Lance Henriksen
- Wally Schirra
- Donald Moffat
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Levon Helm
- Jack Ridley / Narrator
- Mary Jo Deschanel
- Annie Glenn
- Scott Wilson
- Scott Crossfield
- Kathy Baker
- Louise Shepard
- Mickey Crocker
- Marge Slayton
- Susan Kase
- Rene Carpenter
- Mittie Smith
- Jo Schirra
- Royal Dano
- Minister
- David Clennon
- Liaison Man
- Jim Haynie
- Air Force Major
- Jeff Goldblum
- Recruiter
- Harry Shearer
- Recruiter
- Scott Beach
- Chief Scientist
- Jane Dornacker
- Nurse Murch
- Anthony Muñoz
- Gonzales
- John P. Ryan
- Head of Program
- Darryl Henriques
- Life Reporter
- Eric Sevareid
- Eric Sevareid
- William Russ
- Slick Goodlin
- Drew Letchworth
- The Permanent Press Corps
- Christopher P. Beale
- The Permanent Press Corps
- Richard Dupell
- The Permanent Press Corps
- William Hall
- The Permanent Press Corps
- John X. Heart
- The Permanent Press Corps
- Ed Holmes
- The Permanent Press Corps
- Jack Bruno Tate
- The Permanent Press Corps
- Edward Anhalt
- Grand Designer
- Mary Apick
- Woman Reporter
- Robert Beer
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Erik Bergmann
- Eddie Hodges
- James Brady
- Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
- Katherine Conklin
- Woman TV Reporter
- Maureen Coyne
- Waitress
- Tom Dahlgren
- Bell Aircraft Executive
- John Lion
- Bell Aircraft Executive
- Peggy Davis
- Sally Rand
- John Dehner
- Henry Luce
- Robert Elross
- Review Board President
- Drew Eshelman
- Assistant Scientist
- Robert J. Geary
- Game Show M.C.
- Royce Grones
- 1st X-1 Pilot
- David Gulpilil
- Aborigine
- Anthony Wallis
- Australian Driver
- Kaaren Lee
- Young Widow
- Sandy Kronemeyer
- Cocoa Beach Girl
- Frankie Di
- Cocoa Beach Girl
- Michael Pritchard
- Texan
- Ed Corbett
- Texan
- O-Lan Jones
- Girl at Pancho's
- Mark Todd
- Astronaut Trainee
- Allen Gebhardt
- Astronaut Trainee
- Chuck Yeager
- Fred
- Ed Sullivan
- Self
- Gilbert Bazan
- Spectator
- Alan Bendich
- NYPD Patrolman
- Ronnie Dee Blaire
- Voiceover
- Nikolai Bulganin
- Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin
- Bill Dana
- José Jimenez
- Dorothy Duder
- Woman in Audience
- Craig Elario
- Self
- Shawn Flanagan
- Fan at Cow Palace
- Yuri Gagarin
- Self - Embracing Khrushchev
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self - Standing Behind JFK
- John F. Kennedy
- Self
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Self - Embracing Gagarin
- Christopher Kriesa
- Mission Control Room Man
- Georgi Malenkov
- Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin
- James Mathers
- Capt. Mills
- Michael David McGuire
- Student Pilot
- Anastas Mikoyan
- Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin
- Randy Outzen
- Reporter
- Mimi Sarkisian
- New Mexico Nurse in Lobby
- Gregory Rae Stone
- Hero Extra
- Paula Telander
- Party Guest
- Tony Toscano
- Reporter
- Jim Turner
- Diaper Man
- Kliment Voroshilov
- Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin
Produced By
- James D. Brubaker
- executive producer
- Robert Chartoff
- producer
- Irwin Winkler
- producer
Music
Cinematography
- Caleb Deschanel
- director of photography
Sound
- C.J. Appel
- adr editor
- Sandina Bailo-Lape
- adr assistant / dialogue assistant
- Tom Bellfort
- adr assistant
- Danny Benson
- cable person
- John Benson
- sound effects editor
- Mark Berger
- supervising re-recording mixer
- Jay Boekelheide
- supervising sound editor
- Todd Boekelheide
- re-recording mixer
- Karen Brocco
- sound technician
- Valerie Bryce
- recordist
- T.M. Christopher
- sound effects assistant
- Sukey Fontelieu
- sound effects assistant
- Cynthia Haagens
- foley assistant editor
- Vivien Hillgrove
- dialogue editor
- Tim Holland
- sound effects editor
- Richard Hymns
- supervising dialogue editor / sound effects editor
- Pat Jackson
- sound effects editor
- Mary Helen Leasman
- changes assistant
- David Macmillan
- production sound mixer
- Michael Magill
- sound effects assistant
- Robert Marty
- recordist
- Barbara McBane
- dialogue editor
- Marilyn McCoppen
- dialogue assistant
- David Parker
- location mixer / sound effects mixer / sound effects recordist / sound recordist
- Diana Pellegrini
- foley editor
- Steve Powell
- boom operator
- E. Jeane Putnam
- sound apprentice
- Fred Runner
- sound apprentice
- Paige Sartorius
- sound apprentice
- Thomas Scott
- re-recording mixer
- Michael Silvers
- dialogue assistant
- Karen Spangenberg
- dialogue assistant
- Stephen Sutter
- re-recording mix assistant
- Randy Thom
- re-recording mixer / sound effects artist / sound effects recordist
- Dennie Thorpe
- foley artist
- Christopher Weir
- sound effects assistant
- Karen G. Wilson
- sound effects editor
- Andy Wiskes
- re-recording mixer
- J. Michael Davis
- sound sampler
- Donald C. Rogers
- technical director of sound
- Ewa Sztompke
- sound technician
- Clive Taylor
- sound recordist
Casting Director
Production Design
Art Direction
Set Design
Makeup
- Karen Bradley
- makeup artist
- Catherine Childers
- hair stylist
- Yvonne Curry
- makeup artist
- Bruce Geller
- hair stylist
- Pat Grover
- hair stylist
Special Effects
- Stan Parks
- special effects foreman
- Ken Pepiot
- special effects supervisor
- David Pier
- special effects foreman
- Rod P. Sharpe
- technical engineering advisor
- Joseph C. Sasgen
- special effects electronics
Visual Effects
- Terry Lynn Allen
- editorial coordinator: USFX
- Peter Amundson
- editorial coordinator: USFX
- Stewart Barbee
- effects cameraman: USFX
- Jordan Belson
- special visual creations
- Leigh Blicher
- editorial coordinator: USFX
- Zac Bogart
- motion control systems designer: USFX
- Michael Bottero
- key grip: USFX
- Kris Boxell
- art assistant: USFX
- Bill Buttfield
- modelmaker: USFX
- David Carothers
- modelmaker: USFX
- Peter Daulton
- first assistant cameraman: USFX
- Don Dow
- effects cameraman: USFX
- John V. Fante
- effects cameraman: USFX
- Rick Fichter
- effects cameraman: USFX
- Whitney Green
- production manager: USFX
- William Groshelle
- second assistant cameraman: USFX
- Gary Gutierrez
- supervisor special visual effects: USFX
- Peter Hadres
- key grip: USFX
- Bill Hansard Jr.
- process coordinator
- Donald Hansard Sr.
- process coordinator
- Toby Heindel
- second assistant cameraman: USFX
- H. Kent Hendricks
- photographic printer: USFX
- Karl Herrmann
- effects cameraman: USFX
- Jan M. Heyneker
- chief stage technician: USFX
- Jena Holman
- art supervisor: USFX
- Jay Ignaszewski
- chief stage technician: USFX
- Rick Kerrigan
- production administator: USFX
- Greg Kimble
- second assistant cameraman: USFX
- Pete Kleinow
- modelmaker: USFX
- Dan Kuhn
- key grip: USFX
- Michael Lawler
- effects cameraman: USFX
- Frank Morelli
- chief model designer: USFX
- Deborah Morgan
- second assistant cameraman: USFX
- Thaine Morris
- pyrotechnician: USFX
- Earle Murphy
- model shop supervisor: USFX
- Bill Neil
- effects cameraman: USFX
- Jenny Oznowicz
- editorial apprentice: USFX
- Diana Pellegrini
- editorial coordinator: USFX
- Rick Perkins
- mechanical designer: USFX
- Gary Platek
- technical researcher: USFX
- Bruce Richardson
- modelmaker: USFX
- Lawrence G. Robinson
- process supervisor
- Martin Rosenberg
- first assistant cameraman: USFX
- Tom Rudduck
- modelmaker: USFX
- John Rynn
- computer programmer: USFX
- David Shwartz
- modelmaker: USFX
- Mark Stetson
- chief model designer: USFX
- Gordon Stout
- engineering consultant: USFX
- Chris Strohmeyer
- key grip: USFX
- Zuzana Swansea
- modelmaker: USFX
- Pat Turner
- first assistant cameraman: USFX
- Christine Whitney
- assistant production administrator: USFX
- Thomas Baker
- main title graphics
- Bob Diepenbrock
- visual effects
- Ira Keeler
- model maker
- Susan Turner
- visual effects
Assistant Director
- Nancy Giebink
- second assistant director: additional unit
- L. Dean Jones Jr.
- second assistant director
- Michael Looney
- additional second assistant director
- Sharon Mann
- additional second assistant director
- Ed Milkovich
- first assistant director: desert and aerial unit
- Charles Myers
- first assistant director / first assistant director: additional unit
Production Management
- James D. Brubaker
- production manager
- Ned Kopp
- production manager: additional photography
- Larry Powell
- unit production manager: desert and aerial unit
- David Whorf
- unit production manager
Art Department
- James R. Allen
- assistant property master
- Thomas Anderson
- labor foreman
- Peter Bankins
- lead set dresser
- Steve Banks
- additional set dresser
- Tim Boxell
- storyboard artist
- Alan Covey Jr.
- greensman
- Dale Edward Cowart
- drapery foreman
- Paul Dal Porto
- property master
- Bruce Di Valerio
- construction foreman
- Cal DiValerio
- supervising construction coordinator
- Craig Edgar
- set designer
- Robert Evans
- stand-by painter
- Emily Ferry
- supervising property master
- Tom J. Furginson
- lead set dresser
- Gary Gutierrez
- storyboard artist
- Elizabeth Hamilton
- paint coordinator
- Dale Haugo
- paint foreman
- Donald E. Kerns
- additional set dresser
- Rich Larson
- storyboard artist
- Joel David Lawrence
- set designer
- Leo Loverro
- construction foreman
- Rick Moore
- artist
- Nick Navarro
- set designer
- Gene Rudolf
- visual consultant
- Don Watson
- drapery supervisor
- Dwight Williams
- construction coordinator
- George Zimninsky
- lead set dresser
- William Boyd
- construction foreman
- Scott H. Campbell
- assistant art director
- Jim Fiorito
- scenic artist
- Gerald Gates Jr.
- paint foreman
- Tom Jung
- poster designer
Stunts
- Rande DeLuca
- parachute stunts
- Buddy Joe Hooker
- stunt coordinator / stunt double: riding: Sam Shepard
- Clay Lacy
- stunt pilot
- Phil Pastuhov
- parachute stunts
- Art Scholl
- stunt pilot
- Joseph Leonard Svec
- parachute stunts / parachuting stunt double: Sam Shepard
- B.J. Worth
- parachute stunts
Editorial
- Donah Bassett
- negative cutter
- Louis Benioff
- first assistant editor
- Susanna Blaustein
- apprentice editor
- Nicole Boris
- editorial assistant
- David Dresher
- apprentice editor
- Jack Garsha
- color timer
- Cliff Latimer
- apprentice editor
- Victor Livingston
- first assistant editor
- John Morris
- apprentice editor
- Sara Roberts
- assistant editor
- Bob Sarles
- apprentice editor
- Frank Simeone
- apprentice editor
- John Teton
- editorial consultant
- Jeff Watts
- assistant editor
- Jenny Weyman-Cockle
- assistant editor
- Robert Yano
- apprentice editor
- William Chartoff
- apprentice editor
Other
- Ed Arter
- transportation co-captain
- Russell McEntyre
- transportation coordinator
- Bruce Richardson
- transportation captain
- Dan Riportella
- transportation captain
- Ed Wirth
- transportation co-captain
Music Department
- Todd Boekelheide
- additional music by
- Susan R. Crutcher
- source music editor
- Vivien Hillgrove
- source music editor
- Stephen A. Hope
- music editor
- Garth Hudson
- composer: additional music / musician: keyboards
- Forrest Patten
- music researcher
- Dan Wallin
- scoring mixer
- Robert Adcock
- musician: cello
- Rick Baptist
- musician: trumpet
- Arnold Belnick
- musician: violin
- John Bilezikjian
- musician: guitar
- Harry Bluestone
- musician: violin
- Michael Boddicker
- musician: synthesizer
- Charles Boito
- musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Tom Boyd
- musician: oboe soloist
- Jacqueline Brand
- musician: violin
- Dennis Budimir
- musician: guitar
- Denyse Buffum
- musician: viola
- Larry Bunker
- musician: percussion
- Stuart Canin
- concertmaster
- Norman Carr
- musician: violin
- Paul Castillo
- musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Gene Cipriano
- musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Ron Clark
- musician: violin
- Bill Conti
- composer: source music / conductor / music arranger / music producer
- Ronald Cooper
- musician: cello
- Don Cristlieb
- musician: bassoon
- Franklyn d'Antonio
- musician: violin
- Vince De Rosa
- musician: french horn
- Bob DiVall
- musician: trumpet
- Chuck Domanico
- musician: double bass
- Bonnie Jean Douglas
- musician: violin
- David Duke
- musician: french horn
- Steve Edelman
- musician: double bass
- Arni Egilsson
- musician: double bass
- Alan Estes
- musician: percussion
- Dominick Fera
- musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Bob Findley
- musician: trumpet
- Ron Folsom
- musician: violin
- Pam Gates
- musician: violin
- James Getzoff
- musician: violin
- Harris Goldman
- musician: violin
- Pamela Goldsmith
- musician: viola
- Endre Granat
- musician: violin
- Gary Gray
- musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Susan Greenberg
- musician: flute
- Ralph Grierson
- musician: keyboards
- Alan Harshman
- musician: viola
- Clayton Haslop
- musician: violin
- Nelson Hatt
- musician: trumpet
- Richard Hazard
- orchestrator
- Norman Herzburg
- musician: bassoon
- Kevin Hiatt
- music copyist
- Paula Hochhalter
- musician: cello
- The Hollywood Studio Symphony
- music performed by
- Tommy Johnson
- musician: tuba
- Anatol Kaminsky
- musician: violin
- Jim Kanter
- musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Armand Kaproff
- musician: cello
- Dennis Karmazyn
- musician: cello
- Roland Kato
- musician: viola
- Milton Kestenbaum
- musician: double bass
- Myra Kestenbaum
- musician: viola
- Katie Kirkpatrick
- musician: harp
- Connie Kupka
- musician: violin
- Michael Lang
- musician: keyboards
- Ronny Lang
- musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Ron Leonard
- musician: cello
- Gayle Levant
- musician: harp
- Peter Limonick
- musician: percussion
- David Lindley
- musician: guitar
- Charlie Loper
- musician: trombone
- Warren Luening
- musician: trumpet
- Earl Madison
- musician: cello
- Arthur Maebe
- musician: french horn
- Loren Marsteller
- musician: trombone
- Tim May
- musician: guitar
- Lincoln Mayorga
- musician: keyboards
- Lew McCreary
- musician: trombone
- David McKelvey
- musician: harmonica
- Malcolm McNab
- musician: trumpet
- Ed Meares
- musician: double bass
- Michael Melvoin
- musician: keyboards
- Peter Mercurio
- musician: double bass
- Tommy Morgan
- musician: harmonica
- Angela Morley
- orchestrator
- Victor Morosco
- musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Carole Mukagawa
- musician: viola
- Richard Nash
- musician: trombone
- Buell Neidlinger
- musician: double bass
- Barbara Northcutt
- musician: oboe / musician: saxophone, clarinet
- Mike Nowak
- musician: viola
- Michael O'Donovan
- musician: bassoon
- Sid Page
- musician: violin
- Richard Perissi
- musician: french horn
- Joe Porcaro
- musician: percussion
- Sue Ranney
- musician: double bass
- Joseph Reilich
- musician: viola
- Dorothy Remsen
- musician: harp
- Red Rhodes
- musician: guitar
Casting Department
- Ann Brebner
- additional casting: San Francisco
- Patricia de Oliveira
- casting assistant
- Gail Eisenstadt
- casting assistant
Costume Department
- William Browder
- costumer
- Winnie D. Brown
- costumer: women
- Jill Maley
- costumer
- Monique Montgomery
- promotion wardrobe coordinator
- John Napolitano
- costumer
- James W. Tyson
- costume supervisor
Camera Department
- Elizabeth Bailey
- video assistant
- Jim Beebe
- aerial photographer
- Maurice Beesley
- electrician
- Gary M. Brickley
- grip
- Hugh Byrne
- best boy grip
- Steve Cardellini
- grip
- Dave Childers
- electrician
- Ted Churchill
- steadicam operator
- Ray De La Motte
- additional camera operator
- Craig Denault
- camera operator
- Alan R. Disler
- first assistant camera
- Stephen J. Gardner
- best boy
- Jeff Gershman
- assistant camera: desert
- Gary Gill
- grip
- Jeff Gilliam
- gaffer
- Ron Grover
- still photographer
- Jon Guterres
- key grip
- Gary Holt
- supervising gaffer
- Brad Jerrell
- electrician
- Louis Mahler
- video technician
- Harry Mathias
- Steadicam operator
- Stan McClain
- assistant camera: aerial unit
- Nick McLean
- additional camera operator
- Paul Murphey
- video operator
- Hiro Narita
- additional camera operator
- Dennis Pope
- best boy grip
- Medel Ramos
- electrician
- Art Scholl
- aerial photographer
- Tom Sindicich
- grip
- Chris Squires
- second assistant camera
- Bill Bennett
- aerial camera operator
- Mark Ludwig
- second assistant camera
- Michael Maley
- electrician
- Tony Rivetti
- first assistant camera: additional first assistant
- Skip Stanyan
- electrician
Location Management
- Steph Benseman
- additional locations
- Rory Enke
- additional locations
- Michael Polaire
- location manager
- Patrick Ranahan
- additional locations
- Ken Freeze
- location consultant
Script Department
- Alice Tompkins
- script supervisor
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