Customer Ratings & Reviews

When TRS was released in 1983, I saw Siskel and Ebert’s laudatory joint review and thought I’d like to see it, Then it tanked at the box office and I never had the chance. In 2020 I finally picked this up and watched it in 5.1 surround sound. Whoah! The subwoofer made me feel like I was breaking the sound barrier right along with Chuck Yeager! The characters are relatively one-note and some unfortunate liberties were taken with Tom Wolfe’s book, but the performances steal the show anyway and the flight sequences are imaginatively staged—incredibly convincing. If you have any interest at all in the history of aeronautics and space flight in the US, see it. And hear it! The 3-hour-plus runtime is a bit much, but the lovely transfer, the bombastic sound (an Oscar winner for it), and the thrill of flight carries it through.

If you haven't seen this, it is definitely worth buying!

Movie chronicles the beginning of NASA from Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier to the Mercury Astronauts which led to John Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the earth. It's a long movie w/ a few dead spots but entertaining to watch.

Fine documentary style movie about the beginning of the space age in the US.

Movie is great, a classic. I wish there were more extras as part of this item.

This movie depicts the begining of what became NASA

Good edition of a very good film. Should be in everyone's collection.

As an aerospace engineer, I am required by law to like this movie. Actually, I enjoyed it, and I think it is a good movie for a non-aerospace engineer to watch as well. The story follows the pioneering pilots of early supersonic aircraft through space flight. The story focuses on some historical basis, the obstacles of becoming test pilots, as well as the affect of the space training and flight on the families of pilots. Throughout the story humor is infused at certain points to lighten the mood. I especially like the rocket montage scene. Pop! The drawbacks to the movie are length and that certain sections of the movie drag.