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Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Adventure / Drama / History / Sci-Fi /  more » Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 11 nominations  more » User Ratings: 7.9 (32,418 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: The original US Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.  more »

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Filmmakers: Philip Kaufman - Director / Writer (screenplay), Tom Wolfe - Writer (book), Robert Chartoff - Producer, Irwin Winkler - Producer, Caleb Deschanel - Cinematographer, Bill Conti - Composer, Geoffrey Kirkland - Production Designer, Glenn Farr - Editor, Lisa Fruchtman - Editor, Tom Rolf - Editor, Stephen A. Rotter - Editor, Douglas Stewart - Editor  more »

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