An all-star cast including Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Barbara Hershey and Sam Shepard. From Chuck Yeager - the first man to break the sound barrier - to the seven Mercury astronauts, this is the story of the birth of the U.S. Space Program.

• 3 hr 13 min
• Directed by

  Philip Kaufman
• Written by Philip Kaufman, William Goldman

• Starring

  Sam Shepard

  ,

  Scott Glenn

  ,

  Ed Harris

  ,

  Dennis Quaid

  ,

  Fred Ward

  ,

  Barbara Hershey

  ,

  Kim Stanley

  ,

  Veronica Cartwright

  ,

  Pamela Reed

  ,

  Scott Paulin

  ,

  Charles Frank

  ,

  Lance Henriksen

  ,

  Donald Moffat

  ,

  Levon Helm

  ,

  Mary Jo Deschanel

  ,

  Scott Wilson

  ,

  Kathy Baker

  ,

  Royal Dano

  ,

  David Clennon

  ,

  Jim Haynie

  ,

  Harry Shearer

  ,

  Jeff Goldblum

  ,

  Scott Beach

  ,

  John Ryan

  ,

  Ed Corbett

  ,

  Tom Dahlgren

  ,

  John Dehner

  ,

  David Gulpilil

  ,

  O Lan Jones

  ,

  Michael Pritchard

  ,

  William Russ

  ,

  Eric Sevareid

  ,

  Lynn Stalmaster

  ,

  Bob Elross

  ,

  William Hall