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(CLOCK TICKING)
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ANNOUNCER:
T-minus eight hours, five minutes.
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(PANTS)
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(PANTS)
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ANNOUNCER: T-minus six hours to launch.Personnel not required to...
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(WHISTLING)
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MAN 1:
Sequencing A1 recorders to minute speed.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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-MAN 1: Minute speed confirmed.
-MAN 2: Flight copies.
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ANNOUNCER: T-minusfive hours, twenty minutes to launch.
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Tough life, huh?
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Filet mignon for breakfast.
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(LAUGHS)
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Hell. (LAUGHS)
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(CLEARS THROAT) This is a big deal.
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A day like today.
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Man's got to think about
what he's gonna say, you know.
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-(CLEARS THROAT)
-Got to have a...
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Got to have something good,
something memorable.
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(INHALES) You're a great pilot, John.
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One of the best.
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I have no doubt...
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you're gonna make a good astronaut.
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But you went behind my back...
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and I know all about it.
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And we're gonna go out there,
and we're gonna
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turn up the wattage
for the cameras and all, but right now...
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we don't have to sit here
and pretend like we're best buddies.
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Even on a day like today.
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And no, a man shouldn't be thinking
about what he's going to say.
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A man should be thinking
about what he's going to do.
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Right now, what I'm doing is...
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I'm enjoying my breakfast.
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And I'd like to eat
in some damn peace and quiet.
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MAN: They're filling the tanks.
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(LAUGHS)
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NEWSCASTER: At Cape Canaveral,the countdown, which could take days,
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began early this morning.
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The Project Mercury officialshave made no announcement
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on either the timing of the launchor the astronaut chosen.
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The anticipation will, however,be dulled by the sobering fact
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that even if this experimentis a spectacular success,
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it will still leavethe United States second to Russia.
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And if it's a catastrophic failure,
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there will be deep gloom compounded bythe tragic loss, perhaps, of human life.
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NEWSCASTER 2: This is America's effort
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after two and a half years of preparation,
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two and a half yearssince the go-ahead was given
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to Project Mercury.
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-(DOOR CLANGS)
-(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
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NEWSCASTER 2:
The Redstone rocket is ready.
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The Mercury capsule is ready.Our astronaut is ready.
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Now everything is in readiness,and it is T-minus nine.
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Nine minutes before this first attemptto put a man into space
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by the United States.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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JOHN F. KENNEDY:
Now, it is time to take longer strides.
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Time for a great new American enterprise.
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Time for this nation to takea clearly leading role
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in space achievement,
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which in many ways
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may hold the key to our future on Earth.
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MAN: Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
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five, four, three, two, one...
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(LAUGHTER)
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Are you read... You ready for it...
You ready?
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-Yeah. Re... Ready Freddy.
-Yeah. Lay it on me.
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Oil.
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-Oil.
-Oil.
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-Mm.
-They're drilling like crazy
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over in Kern County
and I'm thinking, "Okay."
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-I'll, uh, catch on as a roughneck.
-Right.
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Learn the trade, earn some scratch,
and buy up some land.
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Land is where it is at.
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-Yeah. Oil.
-Oil. You get it.
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(LAUGHTER)
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WOMAN: (SINGING ON TV) It's so handyHaving Q-tips 'round the house
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You can do so much with Q-tips'Round the house
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Your pets deserve loving care
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Clean their ears, eyes, and pawsWith gentle Q-tips cotton swabs
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It's so handy...
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Sure you're up for this?
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Hey. I'm on chase today. I'm golden.
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(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
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Just another day at the office.
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(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
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(PLANE ENGINES ROAR)
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-(INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT)
-(PHONE RINGING)
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-GLYNN: Sorry.
-Get in here. And shut the damn door.
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Well actually, I'm looking
for the Space Task Group.
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Where are you from?
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Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
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I knew a fella from Old Forge.
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Family had a goat farm.
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Do goats shit in your ears
in Old Forge, Pennsylvania?
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-Uh, no, sir.
-So, it's safe to say there's no goat shit
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impeding your ability
to understand human speech?
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Is that the list of test pilots?
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-Uh, yes. Yes, sir.
-Well, get on in here, kid.
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Welcome to NASA.
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(ENGINE ROARS)
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CAL: (OVER RADIO)
How am I looking back there, Gordo?
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You're clean and dry. Test complete.
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This old bird's got a funny chirp.
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I think it needs to be let outof its cage.
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Drexel will go ballistic if he finds out.
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We're out of radar contact.
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He ain't gonna find out.
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Right on your tail.
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This is all of 'em?
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Best test pilots in the military.
Yes, sir.
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How come there's no Marines?
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Oh, uh, the Navy guys told me
they make all the best test pilots,
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and the also-rans get booted back
to the Marines.
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Chris, this young man says
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the Navy, which has
a widely acknowledged rivalry
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with the Marines, tells him
there's no good Marine pilots.
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Would you baste that turkey?
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-I would not.
-I'll find some Marines, but, uh...
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No. See, that's... (CHUCKLES)
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-It's Andy Holt, he's a...
-War hero.
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Get ready, Gordo.I'm about to push through the number.
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Mr. Lunney, every trade
has its occupational quirks.
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-Lawyers cheat on their spouses.
-(PLANE RATTLING)
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BOB: Politicians take bribes.
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Writers like to drink.
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Coming left.
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GORDON: Easy! That's a lot of G, Cal.
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Cal! Cal? Cal, eject!
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And test pilots...
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Cal! Eject! Goddamn it Cal, eject!
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Eject, Jesus Christ, Cal! Eject! Cal!
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Well, test pilots have
a particularly odd habit.
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Cal! Cal! Cal!
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A lot of them die.
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I asked for a list of the best test pilots
in the United States.
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Well, son, your list is out of date.
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None of the best test pilots are dead.
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What we're doing here has consequences
for the entire world.
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If Russia gets a man into space first,
we could lose the Cold War,
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and we don't have any time for do-overs.
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Morning.
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-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-MAN 3: Uh, yes I did, sir.
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-Morning, Henry.
-John Glenn.
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Look what came in today.
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-JOHN: Would you look at that?
-HENRY: It's on me.
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No, I'll do you one better.
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-I'll buy us both a copy.
-Well, thank you.
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JOHN: Yes, sir.
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(CHUCKLES)
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HENRY:
You know, that's a real nice shot of you.
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Oh, well, thank you, sir.
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I think anybody would look good standing
next to a beast like that.
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Have yourself a good day.
Say hello to that little lady of yours.
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-Okay. And keep smiling. (CHUCKLES)
-I couldn't stop if I tried.
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GLYNN: New list.
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Paint my pecker,
he even found you a Marine, Bob.
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-One whole Marine, who is it?
-John Glenn.
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Oh, I love John Glenn.
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He was on Name That Tune,
same day Sputnik went up.
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A bit of a showboat
with the Project Bullet thing.
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How could you put a list together
and not include John Glenn?
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Yeah. He named all the tunes, Lunney.
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John Glenn. That's good.
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How old is he?
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"Project Bullet set a record which
would not soon be broken, but at 38..."
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"But at 38, Major Glenn has reached
the practical age limit
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"for piloting complicated
pieces of machinery through the air,
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"and so it falls to a new generation
of daredevils to best Glenn's feat
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"and take the nation beyond
this career-capping accomplishment."
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I get all that right?
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Uh, it says "achievement,"
not "accomplishment".
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(CHUCKLES) What?
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-It's not that bad.
-(SNICKERS) Oh, it's a eulogy.
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This is your next achievement.
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-You... You're helping to make it.
-I don't care about making it.
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-I wanna fly it.
-You wouldn't be flying anything.
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-You'd be two tons of dead weight.
-No. I'd be the first man in space.
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(CHUCKLES)
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You already have enough glory, John.
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Every schoolkid is gonna know
the name of the first American in space.
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His face is gonna be everywhere.
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He'll never be forgotten.
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That's not glory.
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That's history.
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CHRIS: Jared Felner, he's not too shabby.
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BOB: Kyle Westin, needs more experience.
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-Harvey Hondorf.
-Gary Oglevee.
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Alan Shepard.
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-Alan Shepard.
-Who's Alan Shepard?
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One of the best pilots
the Navy has ever seen.
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Yes, he is.
And he's also one of the most reckless.
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There you are. All alone up in the sky.
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-You look down and cars are like ants.
-(WOMAN CHUCKLES)
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Boulders like pebbles.
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And you're like a god.
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Oh, a god, huh? (LAUGHS)
It's nice that you're so modest.
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ALAN: Pilots are not modest. (SIGHS)
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Not the good ones, anyway.
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Or the ones who know how to do it right.
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And when you push the throttle
all the way up,
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and you're getting close
to the speed of sound,
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-there's all these vibrations.
-(WOMAN LAUGHS)
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And then you push
through the sound barrier,
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and everything is just...
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...smooth.
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So it is better than sex.
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Well, like sex, the less of it you get,
the more of it you want.
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I've been promoted.
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WOMAN: Hmm.
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So now I don't fly as much.
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Okay. So, you're a test pilot,
born in New Hampshire,
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and you're married.
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But you still won't tell me your name.
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But I'll tell you anything you wanna know.
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I can tell you my shoe size,
my blood type... just not my name.
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-What, makes it too real?
-ALAN: No, it isn't real.
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-It's all just a dream.
-Hmm.
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Well, if it's all just a dream...
then come back to bed.
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I gotta go.
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What could possibly
be more important than this?
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-(COMMENTATOR TALKING ON TV)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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-(LAUGHS)
-(CLEARS THROAT)
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Al, hey.
Uh, Rick, you know Alan Shepard.
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The most talented test pilot
the Navy's got.
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I need more hours, Bob.
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Excuse us a minute, would you?
Thank you.
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How's that tuna you been chasing, huh?
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Red-headed number
with a wiggle in her hiney.
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X-14s, F-100s, it doesn't matter,
just something that I can fly.
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-What's Admiral Wright got you doing?
-Readiness officer for two years.
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Bob, I'm staring at graph paper all day,
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I'm calculating the fuel needs
for aircraft carriers...
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RO's a cushy assignment.
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Regular hours,
home in time to see the kids.
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It's a desk job.
I didn't ask for regular hours.
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You can donate a point of your IQ
to everyone in this place
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and still be smarter
than almost all of them.
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Is that supposed to flatter me?
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And unlike your peers,
you can do a day's worth of our work
241
00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:11,042
in a couple of hours.
242
00:15:12,954 --> 00:15:15,164
I belong in a plane. I was promised.
243
00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:18,288
No, you kept mouthing off,
and we said we'd see what we could do.
244
00:15:20,670 --> 00:15:22,590
Just... come on.
245
00:15:23,172 --> 00:15:26,262
-Can you help me out?
-Al, you're not a full-time pilot anymore.
246
00:15:26,801 --> 00:15:28,471
Look around, look where you are.
247
00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:30,175
You won.
248
00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:32,767
Start acting like it.
249
00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:37,483
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
250
00:15:40,450 --> 00:15:43,280
PASTOR: "If I say, surely the darkness
shall cover me,
251
00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,823
"even the night shall be light about me.
252
00:15:46,529 --> 00:15:50,869
"Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee,
but the night shineth as the day.
253
00:15:51,033 --> 00:15:53,083
"The darkness and the light
are both alike...
254
00:15:54,537 --> 00:15:56,367
"thou hast covered me
in my mother's womb.
255
00:15:56,831 --> 00:16:00,041
"And I will praise thee,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
256
00:16:01,878 --> 00:16:07,428
"Marvelous are thy works,
and that my soul knoweth right well."
257
00:16:07,550 --> 00:16:09,180
(PLANE ENGINES RUMBLING)
258
00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:15,023
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
259
00:16:15,558 --> 00:16:16,558
GORDON: Sir.
260
00:16:18,227 --> 00:16:19,897
Ah. Captain Cooper.
261
00:16:20,188 --> 00:16:23,938
Sir, b... (SIGHS)
I... I've been doing some thinking.
262
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,317
Well, I thought long and hard and...
263
00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:28,403
in light of... (SIGHS)
264
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:35,621
Well, sir, I have... I have a family,
I have two girls, and I was hoping...
265
00:16:36,245 --> 00:16:37,455
(SIGHS)
266
00:16:38,414 --> 00:16:40,124
I would like to put in for a transfer.
267
00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:41,671
Transfer?
268
00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:46,052
You know, fly transpos, 131s or...
or something like that.
269
00:16:47,882 --> 00:16:48,932
How's the hand?
270
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:54,310
-Better, sir.
-What happened exactly?
271
00:16:56,432 --> 00:16:59,522
A jar of peaches, see,
I dropped it on the kitchen tile
272
00:16:59,602 --> 00:17:03,982
and went to pick up the shards, and...
Well, I was on the phone, got distracted.
273
00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:06,402
I hadn't had my coffee yet, sir.
274
00:17:09,570 --> 00:17:13,740
Look.
We're all saddened by Cal's passing.
275
00:17:14,283 --> 00:17:16,413
I just wanna make sure
we're all on the same page.
276
00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:17,702
Yes, sir.
277
00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:21,540
(CLEARS THROAT) You and Cal did
everything by the book that day?
278
00:17:25,002 --> 00:17:30,512
Cal was a top-notch stick-and-rudder man,
sir, if that's what you're asking.
279
00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:32,045
But we are test pilots.
280
00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:37,099
We push things,
and sometimes they break.
281
00:17:39,684 --> 00:17:43,524
Cal wasn't just your wingman,
he was your friend. Isn't that right?
282
00:17:45,648 --> 00:17:46,728
That's correct, sir.
283
00:17:47,483 --> 00:17:50,403
You wouldn't wanna soil
the reputation of a friend, would you?
284
00:17:50,528 --> 00:17:53,948
And I assume you won't wanna bring
further scrutiny to your squadron
285
00:17:54,115 --> 00:17:55,195
or what we do here?
286
00:17:55,783 --> 00:17:57,123
I believe in what we do here,
287
00:17:57,201 --> 00:18:01,461
all I meant to say was that situations
in the air can be complex.
288
00:18:02,623 --> 00:18:05,383
Complexity can be confusing.
289
00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:10,046
-I suppose so, sir.
-Simple story, Cooper.
290
00:18:10,548 --> 00:18:12,838
-Simple story, sir?
-Jar of peaches.
291
00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,889
-Sit tight.
-Sir?
292
00:18:21,976 --> 00:18:25,056
There's a courier from Washington
with a message for you.
293
00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:26,806
Won't even tell me what it is.
294
00:18:27,064 --> 00:18:29,654
Oh, and, uh, transfer denied.
295
00:18:32,069 --> 00:18:33,239
Captain Cooper?
296
00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:36,322
-What's this?
-It's top secret, sir.
297
00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:47,497
COURIER: Major Glenn?
298
00:18:48,544 --> 00:18:51,094
That is the nicest thing
anyone's ever said to me.
299
00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:53,471
I'm Major Glenn.
300
00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:57,799
(CLEARS THROAT)
301
00:18:58,512 --> 00:18:59,972
I'll be waiting outside, sir.
302
00:19:06,896 --> 00:19:09,436
"Top secret communication. Eyes only.
303
00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:20,115
"To Major John Glenn, US Marine Corps,
please report to Langley Air Force Base.
304
00:19:20,743 --> 00:19:23,913
"Secret airman briefing,
Monday, February 9th.
305
00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:28,422
"Disembark to the Chamberlain Hotel,
11:00 a.m. of same.
306
00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:31,341
"Civilian attire. ID as Bill Baker."
307
00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:33,340
-It's the space program.
-It's the space program.
308
00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:36,472
It's the space program! (LAUGHS)
309
00:19:39,220 --> 00:19:43,720
-(DOOR OPENS)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
310
00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:45,478
(LAUGHTER)
311
00:19:45,976 --> 00:19:47,226
Uh, three whiskeys.
312
00:19:47,645 --> 00:19:48,895
Hey, Shepard.
313
00:19:49,230 --> 00:19:52,440
We're racing to Langley in the morning,
loser buys drinks, you in?
314
00:19:53,567 --> 00:19:54,567
Langley?
315
00:19:55,152 --> 00:19:56,492
The telegram, numb nuts.
316
00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:58,359
What telegram?
317
00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:00,280
Uh...
318
00:20:06,622 --> 00:20:07,752
What telegram, Wally?
319
00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,920
Oh, nothing, just a briefing.
320
00:20:12,003 --> 00:20:13,673
-Wally, just shut up.
-You got a telegram about a briefing?
321
00:20:14,004 --> 00:20:15,554
We're racing to Langley, that's all.
322
00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:17,051
What kind of briefing?
323
00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:18,933
-No, no. No brief...
-Shut up, Wally.
324
00:20:19,009 --> 00:20:21,349
-Go to hell, Jimmy!
-Hey, come on, come on.
325
00:20:22,972 --> 00:20:24,392
-ALAN: Hey.
-Look...
326
00:20:25,099 --> 00:20:27,179
I don't even know. Okay?
327
00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:30,273
They told us to go to Langley,
bunch of test pilots, some secret thing.
328
00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:32,306
That's all I know, swear to God.
329
00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:36,741
And I just thought that you would know
because you're, you know, you.
330
00:20:44,618 --> 00:20:45,698
(KEYS JINGLING)
331
00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:14,652
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
332
00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:16,362
Hi, there. Uh, checking in.
333
00:21:16,442 --> 00:21:18,652
-Name?
-Bill Baker.
334
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,370
Not only do you all have the same name...
335
00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:26,035
you all look the same, too.
336
00:21:33,376 --> 00:21:34,786
MALE VOICE: Hey, Shepard.
337
00:21:36,504 --> 00:21:38,634
Hey. This came Friday.
338
00:21:38,798 --> 00:21:41,088
They said only the addressee
could sign for it,
339
00:21:41,175 --> 00:21:42,175
so I pretended to be you.
340
00:21:43,219 --> 00:21:45,099
Almost didn't work
because I'm so damn handsome.
341
00:21:45,179 --> 00:21:47,099
-Oh, so, last night...
-Oh, you idiot.
342
00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:52,685
-It starts in two hours.
-Wha... What does?
343
00:21:53,437 --> 00:21:54,607
I don't know.
344
00:21:56,524 --> 00:21:57,984
Shh...
345
00:21:58,108 --> 00:22:01,068
CHRIS: The capsule sits upon 25 tons
346
00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:04,657
of highly combustible ethyl alcohol
and liquid oxygen,
347
00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:07,121
powering a Rocketdyne engine
348
00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:11,084
that provides 78,000 pounds
of thrust.
349
00:22:11,372 --> 00:22:13,672
Now, if these specifications
sound familiar,
350
00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:15,003
it's because, well,
351
00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:18,753
we've essentially removed
the core from a nuclear missile.
352
00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:22,014
And we wanna put you in its place.
353
00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:27,046
(CAR HORN BLARES)
354
00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:30,097
ALAN: Shepard! Shepard! Damn it.
355
00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:35,767
Alan Shepard.
356
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:39,355
Lieutenant commander... very late.
357
00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:42,573
Now, would we like to test
the Mercury-Redstone system for years
358
00:22:42,736 --> 00:22:44,856
before risking a man's life?
359
00:22:45,030 --> 00:22:48,240
Yes. But are we afforded such a luxury
with the Russians
360
00:22:48,325 --> 00:22:50,365
sneaking satellites through our backyard?
361
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,000
CHRIS: We are not.
362
00:22:52,454 --> 00:22:54,334
(TIRES SQUEALING)
363
00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:08,966
(MEN CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)
364
00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:14,889
(DOOR SLAMS)
365
00:23:26,697 --> 00:23:31,737
Now, you gentlemen are accustomed
to testing dangerous, unproven aircraft,
366
00:23:31,869 --> 00:23:35,789
and yet, somehow,
you've made it this far in one piece.
367
00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:38,666
Most of you have families.
368
00:23:39,335 --> 00:23:41,875
You have careers. You have lives.
369
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:46,384
That could all come to an abrupt halt
if you sign on to this endeavor.
370
00:23:46,884 --> 00:23:50,684
We wanna take 32 of you to Lovelace Clinic
for medical evaluations,
371
00:23:52,014 --> 00:23:54,224
but only seven of you will have
what it takes.
372
00:23:54,642 --> 00:23:57,692
And those seven
will be the Mercury astronauts.
373
00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:01,977
Now, we have a fantastic agency
in the making.
374
00:24:02,149 --> 00:24:05,899
But to be frank, the Russians
are sprinting around the track,
375
00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:08,700
and we are still at the starting block,
tying our shoelaces.
376
00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:12,281
CHRIS: We need to work fast,
we need to work smart.
377
00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:14,945
And we need the best.
378
00:24:15,913 --> 00:24:18,753
Our very way of life is at stake.
379
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,250
The choice is yours, gentlemen.
380
00:24:22,878 --> 00:24:25,668
Sleep on it. Call your wives.
381
00:24:26,674 --> 00:24:28,724
Get word to Mr. Lunney by morning.
382
00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:35,270
(ALL CLAMORING)
383
00:24:44,775 --> 00:24:47,945
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
384
00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:57,003
-Hey there. Gordo Cooper.
-Scott Carpenter.
385
00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:58,459
Ricky Carsrud.
386
00:24:59,415 --> 00:25:00,915
Well, hot damn.
387
00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,706
-That's a sight.
-GORDON: What?
388
00:25:03,162 --> 00:25:05,052
Just two of the best pilots
who ever lived.
389
00:25:05,129 --> 00:25:06,919
And they'll be the first to tell you.
390
00:25:07,047 --> 00:25:09,087
I can't believe that's our competition.
391
00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:11,967
-Nice to meet you.
-Yeah.
392
00:25:13,303 --> 00:25:16,103
-So, did I miss much?
-No, not really.
393
00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:20,685
(CLEARS THROAT)
394
00:25:21,395 --> 00:25:24,765
-Well, John, what do you think?
-You know how these things go.
395
00:25:25,399 --> 00:25:29,029
A lot of promises out of the gate,
and then you hit a wall of red tape.
396
00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:31,113
Come on. A civilian agency?
397
00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:33,026
Yeah.
You know, if they were really committed,
398
00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:34,658
it would be a branch of the military.
399
00:25:34,825 --> 00:25:37,575
-It could just be a publicity stunt.
-Well, you love those.
400
00:25:37,953 --> 00:25:39,623
-Scotch.
-BARTENDER: Yes, sir, right away.
401
00:25:41,623 --> 00:25:42,673
So, I'm guessing you're in?
402
00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:51,550
-(ALAN CHUCKLES)
-Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna do it.
403
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,141
Now, was that so hard?
404
00:25:55,304 --> 00:25:57,184
It's almost like you're afraid
of the competition,
405
00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:58,524
you wanna thin the pack.
406
00:25:58,599 --> 00:26:01,559
No. No, I'm pretty sure
I'll be one of the seven.
407
00:26:01,643 --> 00:26:03,983
Well then, congratulations
and good luck. (SIGHS)
408
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:05,563
Thank you.
409
00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:08,192
But what? You're, uh...
410
00:26:10,046 --> 00:26:11,396
No, I'm not gonna be one of the seven.
411
00:26:12,821 --> 00:26:15,121
-No?
-Nope.
412
00:26:15,693 --> 00:26:17,623
I'm gonna be the first man in space.
413
00:26:21,163 --> 00:26:25,423
Hey, I just wanted to introduce myself,
Gordo Cooper.
414
00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:28,589
-It's a real honor.
-The pleasure is all mine, Gordo.
415
00:26:28,921 --> 00:26:29,921
Thank you.
416
00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:31,835
We might just be a part
of history here tonight.
417
00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:34,931
It's quite a moment for our country
and the entire human race.
418
00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:36,144
Geez.
419
00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:37,885
What are you drinking?
420
00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:39,598
Scotch it is.
421
00:26:39,681 --> 00:26:41,061
-BARTENDER: Right away.
-Okay, sure.
422
00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:43,141
-SCOTT: Well, look who it is.
-You crash the gates or what?
423
00:26:43,227 --> 00:26:44,847
You thought I'd get left behind?
424
00:26:45,354 --> 00:26:47,274
Oh, it's good seeing you, John.
425
00:26:47,815 --> 00:26:49,225
You enjoy that seltzer.
426
00:26:50,341 --> 00:26:53,591
So, Gordo, what's the story
behind that paw? Who's the other guy?
427
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:03,414
-Take it easy, guys.
-Yeah. Good night, John.
428
00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:07,291
Deke.
429
00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:09,585
Gus.
430
00:27:09,670 --> 00:27:10,750
Rye?
431
00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:12,803
Rye.
432
00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:14,841
You fish?
433
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:17,425
Fishing's my favorite.
434
00:27:18,277 --> 00:27:19,567
Also cars.
435
00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:21,274
You?
436
00:27:21,807 --> 00:27:24,517
I love cars and camping.
437
00:27:25,060 --> 00:27:27,310
-Big outdoors.
-Hmm.
438
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:29,817
All right, then.
439
00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:32,066
Yup.
440
00:27:34,278 --> 00:27:36,198
(WOMAN LAUGHING)
441
00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:39,198
-So, how would I say my drink is empty?
-Well...
442
00:27:40,742 --> 00:27:44,452
you would say your go juice is bingo,
and it's time to tank up.
443
00:27:45,205 --> 00:27:47,575
And what's Sierra Hotel?
444
00:27:48,041 --> 00:27:50,881
-Well, Sierra Hotel is what I am.
-CAROL: Oh?
445
00:27:51,044 --> 00:27:53,344
You take the S from Sierra,
the H from Hotel,
446
00:27:53,547 --> 00:27:55,627
-stands for "shit hot."
-(LAUGHS)
447
00:27:58,719 --> 00:28:00,469
-I'm Carol.
-Bill.
448
00:28:01,138 --> 00:28:02,678
Oh, hey there, I'm Bill.
449
00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:05,096
Bill.
450
00:28:05,267 --> 00:28:07,057
-(CHUCKLES)
-SCOTT: Bill.
451
00:28:07,769 --> 00:28:09,519
Oh, let me guess. Bill?
452
00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:11,522
William.
453
00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:14,070
-(LAUGHTER)
-Very funny, boys.
454
00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:17,820
Goodnight.
455
00:28:20,616 --> 00:28:22,866
-To drinking, flying, and screwing.
-(LAUGHS)
456
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:25,495
As long as the first doesn't get
in the way of the last.
457
00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:29,673
Sorry about all that.
458
00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:32,132
Let me walk you to your room.
459
00:28:32,211 --> 00:28:34,761
-Are you making a pass at me?
-Oh, God. No.
460
00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:36,128
I did that 15 minutes ago.
461
00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:38,295
-(LAUGHS)
-Now, I'm just flagrantly hitting on you.
462
00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:40,087
809, please.
463
00:28:41,637 --> 00:28:44,597
-(CAROL LAUGHING)
-ALAN: I am on your wing.
464
00:28:49,853 --> 00:28:51,983
-MALE VOICE: Your key, sir.
-Thank you.
465
00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:24,553
(GLASSES CLATTER)
466
00:30:08,724 --> 00:30:11,644
-Where's the kid?
-Test pilots aren't our only option.
467
00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:13,694
-What about acrobats?
-Jockeys.
468
00:30:14,187 --> 00:30:16,477
They're small, they could easily fit
into the capsule.
469
00:30:17,024 --> 00:30:18,034
Lunney!
470
00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:20,863
-Two. Two.
-Only two signed on?
471
00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:23,277
Only two declined.
472
00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,487
We've got three days to narrow the list
from 108 to 32.
473
00:30:29,745 --> 00:30:33,535
Yes. One week of medical
and psychological evaluation.
474
00:30:33,707 --> 00:30:35,037
Lieutenant Clark, please.
475
00:30:35,417 --> 00:30:38,297
Uh, Glynn Lunney,
uh, Space Task Group. Thank you.
476
00:30:38,462 --> 00:30:40,302
Your itinerary is on its way.
477
00:30:40,464 --> 00:30:42,924
-It'll arrive by courier tomorrow morning.
-JOHN: Well, that's great.
478
00:30:43,717 --> 00:30:45,337
And thank you, Mr. Gilruth.
479
00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:57,190
(STAMMERING) You really w...
want this, don't you?
480
00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:01,531
You remember when we were kids?
481
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:05,606
-Wills Creek? (LAUGHS)
-(LAUGHS)
482
00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:09,905
I always thought if I just...
if I just went a little further,
483
00:31:10,619 --> 00:31:12,369
one day, I'd come around a bend,
484
00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:15,294
and then I'd be the first person
to step foot somewhere new.
485
00:31:16,458 --> 00:31:18,128
But it wasn't true.
486
00:31:21,004 --> 00:31:24,014
Every inch of the world
has been picked over.
487
00:31:27,010 --> 00:31:30,600
Well, you're almost... (STAMMERS)
...40, John.
488
00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:33,520
-Not enough adventure yet?
-(SCOFFS)
489
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:37,479
(SIGHS)
490
00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:42,439
This is my chance to be the first
at something memorable.
491
00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:47,605
And I want it more than anyone, Annie.
492
00:31:52,452 --> 00:31:53,832
(SIGHS)
493
00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,669
I have to be gone all week.
494
00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:04,170
New Mexico, a bunch of medical stuff.
495
00:32:04,499 --> 00:32:06,839
I was thinking,
get somebody to help you out.
496
00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,339
Help... (STAMMERS) ...me out?
497
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:14,808
You'll be going into...
(STAMMERS) ...space alone.
498
00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:18,059
Who's gonna help you out?
499
00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:24,403
(PHONE RINGING)
500
00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:29,571
-Hello?
-CHRIS: Captain Cooper, Chris Kraft.
501
00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:32,833
Calling to see if you're still interestedin Project Mercury.
502
00:32:33,034 --> 00:32:36,254
Um... (CHUCKLES) Morning, sir.
Uh, yeah. You're damn right I am.
503
00:32:36,413 --> 00:32:37,413
CHRIS: Good.
504
00:32:37,581 --> 00:32:39,881
We'll send over some materials,and we'll also need
505
00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:42,541
to schedule an interviewwith your wife and family.
506
00:32:43,837 --> 00:32:48,007
-Uh, my family? What... What for?
-CHRIS: Just part of the background check.
507
00:32:49,885 --> 00:32:52,295
Of course. Uh, I'll let them know.
(CHUCKLES)
508
00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:54,557
Thank you so much, Mr. Kraft.
509
00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:59,061
(RAIN POURING)
510
00:33:02,939 --> 00:33:04,319
(KNOCKING)
511
00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,493
-Gordo, why are you...
-GORDON: Hi.
512
00:33:14,034 --> 00:33:17,294
Where's, uh... where's your mom
and... and the girls?
513
00:33:18,622 --> 00:33:19,622
Asleep.
514
00:33:20,957 --> 00:33:22,377
What are you doing here?
515
00:33:23,919 --> 00:33:26,209
I have some news, and, um...
516
00:33:28,089 --> 00:33:29,339
I need a big favor.
517
00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:34,926
Listen, if you'd just come home...
518
00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:37,893
TRUDY: I can't come home, Gordo.
You know that.
519
00:33:38,975 --> 00:33:40,305
I'm trying to live my life.
520
00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:42,765
They're only taking men
with stable families.
521
00:33:44,564 --> 00:33:46,944
They know we're separated, I'll wash out.
522
00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:52,700
I don't know, Gordo.
523
00:33:55,492 --> 00:33:57,372
We could start over.
524
00:34:00,622 --> 00:34:02,332
I just did start over.
525
00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:07,086
Think about what this could mean
for the girls.
526
00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:10,222
Gordo.
527
00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:12,796
It's space, Trudy.
528
00:34:15,011 --> 00:34:16,141
It's space.
529
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:20,599
Please.
530
00:34:44,517 --> 00:34:45,577
That really hurts.
531
00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:58,388
-(WOMAN SCREAMING)
-(BABY CRYING)
532
00:34:58,472 --> 00:35:01,102
-(GLASS SHATTERING)
-(OVERLAPPING SCREAMS)
533
00:35:05,438 --> 00:35:06,438
(RETCHES)
534
00:35:06,537 --> 00:35:08,267
DOCTOR:
We'll insert this into your rectum.
535
00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:10,983
After your sphincters relax,
most of the pain should subside.
536
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:12,316
(SCOFFS)
537
00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:15,450
-(OVERLAPPING CLAMOR)
-(GLASS SHATTERING)
538
00:35:15,530 --> 00:35:16,530
(WOMAN SOBS)
539
00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:19,202
What the hell was that?
540
00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,407
And you'll gag right about...
541
00:35:21,661 --> 00:35:23,411
-(GAGS)
-DOCTOR: ...now.
542
00:35:23,705 --> 00:35:27,075
How many of these do I got to do
to go to space, huh?
543
00:35:32,839 --> 00:35:35,879
(PANTING)
544
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:43,023
(SIGHS)
545
00:35:48,021 --> 00:35:49,811
DR. WHITE: You have 15 minutes...
546
00:35:50,315 --> 00:35:52,685
to answer the following question.
547
00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:55,608
"Who am I?" You may begin.
548
00:36:14,297 --> 00:36:17,297
"I am a man who values my privacy."
549
00:36:19,636 --> 00:36:22,636
-This isn't an interrogation, Alan.
-What a relief.
550
00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:25,766
DR. WHITE: Many men find it can be
rewarding to explore one's emotions
551
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:27,810
in a safe environment such as this.
552
00:36:27,894 --> 00:36:29,854
-ALAN: Safe environment.
-Such as this.
553
00:36:29,938 --> 00:36:30,938
-ALAN: Hmm.
-Yes.
554
00:36:32,899 --> 00:36:34,689
Well, I said all I need to say.
555
00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:37,280
Do you have a good relationship
with your mother?
556
00:36:37,987 --> 00:36:39,907
-Yup.
-And your father? How about him?
557
00:36:39,989 --> 00:36:43,489
Doc, you're looking for a brain
that's been scrambled into a strange soup
558
00:36:43,660 --> 00:36:45,620
and that's just not who I am.
559
00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:48,294
-How's your home life? Is it happy?
-(SIGHS) All right.
560
00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:50,540
Have you ever cheated on your wife?
561
00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:58,129
You know, I'm one of the best pilots
the United States Navy has ever known.
562
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,640
Me and the other men,
we have been here almost a week.
563
00:37:01,845 --> 00:37:04,805
And all you have done is shove scopes
down our throats and up our butts,
564
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,849
collecting samples of God knows what,
565
00:37:07,016 --> 00:37:09,306
fluids that I had no idea
were sloshing around inside me,
566
00:37:09,394 --> 00:37:10,604
and that's fine.
567
00:37:10,687 --> 00:37:12,107
I draw the line at this.
568
00:37:13,189 --> 00:37:14,979
You don't get to poke around in here, Doc.
569
00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,566
My family, my home life, that is mine.
570
00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:19,896
Sure as hell has nothing to do
with how good a pilot I am,
571
00:37:20,029 --> 00:37:21,949
or how well I would do in space.
572
00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:24,531
I know how good of a pilot you are, Alan.
573
00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:28,623
And your medical evaluation places you
near the head of the pack.
574
00:37:30,448 --> 00:37:31,958
Simple fact is, you're too good.
575
00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:35,997
You puff your chest like someone who knows
he'll be picked for the job.
576
00:37:36,212 --> 00:37:37,552
Probably right.
577
00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:40,716
But you aren't honest with yourself,
578
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,720
and that will catch up with you.
579
00:37:43,511 --> 00:37:44,551
Eventually.
580
00:37:57,150 --> 00:38:00,650
(FOOTSTEPS ECHOING)
581
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,130
Well, it looks like you made it out alive.
582
00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:17,795
Yeah. Well, I'll probably drop dead
right around the time we're over Phoenix.
583
00:38:17,921 --> 00:38:19,091
(LAUGHS)
584
00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:22,880
You know, a few months ago,
I was walking on the beach
585
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:24,507
with a scientist buddy of mine.
586
00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:30,096
He tells me that for every grain of sand
on all the beaches in the world...
587
00:38:31,226 --> 00:38:33,646
there's at least 50 stars in the universe.
588
00:38:34,062 --> 00:38:36,902
I stood there staring at sand
for a good hour.
589
00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:38,111
(LAUGHS)
590
00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:42,824
Pretty wild.
591
00:38:45,907 --> 00:38:47,617
To be born in this country,
592
00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:51,871
right at the moment we finally slip off
and go exploring it all.
593
00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:58,672
You know, all I've heard about all week
is drinking, and girls,
594
00:38:58,753 --> 00:39:01,213
and guys comparing the size
of their giggle sticks.
595
00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:04,341
-(CHUCKLES)
-Nobody's said one word about space...
596
00:39:05,385 --> 00:39:06,465
except you.
597
00:39:07,762 --> 00:39:10,852
Well, that's where we're going, isn't it?
598
00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:19,518
-They're all incredible.
-And they're all terrible.
599
00:39:22,986 --> 00:39:24,646
Let's start with the easy ones.
600
00:39:27,740 --> 00:39:29,410
All right, troops.
Come on. We got five minutes.
601
00:39:29,492 --> 00:39:31,042
Otherwise,
we're gonna be late for service.
602
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,080
(PHONE RINGING)
603
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:36,463
(CLEARS THROAT)
604
00:39:40,545 --> 00:39:41,545
Hello?
605
00:39:43,631 --> 00:39:45,051
Yes. Hello, Mr. Kraft.
606
00:39:50,346 --> 00:39:53,426
I am. Yes. Yes. I'd be honored.
607
00:39:54,434 --> 00:39:55,774
And thank you, sir.
608
00:39:56,352 --> 00:39:57,522
I won't let you down.
609
00:40:02,859 --> 00:40:04,739
-I got it.
-(LAUGHS)
610
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:07,279
-BOY: Got what?
-(JOHN LAUGHS)
611
00:40:07,822 --> 00:40:10,072
Well, it's an honor
and a privilege, Mr. Gilruth.
612
00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:13,371
I can't wait to get started.
Much thanks to you, sir.
613
00:40:17,624 --> 00:40:20,924
-Congratulations, Al.
-I couldn't have done it without you, Lou.
614
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,550
T. KEITH GLENNAN: Which of these menwill be first to orbit the Earth,
615
00:40:25,715 --> 00:40:27,255
-I cannot tell you.
-(PHONE RINGING)
616
00:40:27,342 --> 00:40:30,262
KEITH: He won't know himselfuntil the day of the flight.
617
00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:35,057
The astronaut training programwill last probably two years.
618
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:36,266
Hello?
619
00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:37,935
Yes.
620
00:40:39,562 --> 00:40:41,362
KEITH: Gentlemen, it's my pleasure
621
00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:44,069
-to introduce to you...
-It would be an absolute honor.
622
00:40:44,609 --> 00:40:45,649
Gus!
623
00:40:46,235 --> 00:40:48,065
KEITH: Virgil I. Grissom...
624
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:52,738
Donald K. Slayton...
625
00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:56,582
John H. Glenn...
626
00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:00,418
Walter M. Schirra...
627
00:41:03,336 --> 00:41:05,586
Malcolm S. Carpenter...
628
00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:08,723
-GORDON: I got it!
-(GIRLS CHEERING)
629
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,470
-You got it!
-You're gonna be an astronaut!
630
00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:12,851
-Daddy's gonna be...
-KEITH: Leroy G. Cooper...
631
00:41:12,929 --> 00:41:13,929
You did it!
632
00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:22,805
-(ALL CHEERING)
-MALE VOICE: There's the man!
633
00:41:23,231 --> 00:41:27,191
-Ah! To the space program.
-ALL: To the space program.
634
00:41:27,276 --> 00:41:28,396
(LAUGHTER)
635
00:41:29,195 --> 00:41:31,065
KEITH: Alan B. Shepard.
636
00:41:31,864 --> 00:41:34,494
-(APPLAUSE)
-KEITH: These, ladies and gentlemen,
637
00:41:35,076 --> 00:41:38,286
are the nation's Mercury astronauts.
638
00:41:38,579 --> 00:41:43,459
-(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
-(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
639
00:41:46,754 --> 00:41:49,924
-PHOTOGRAPHER 1: Mr. Glenn!
-One more, one more, one more.
640
00:41:53,386 --> 00:41:55,216
PHOTOGRAPHER 1:
Mr. Glenn. Mr. Glenn, right here please.
641
00:41:55,304 --> 00:41:56,314
PHOTOGRAPHER 2: Terrific!
642
00:41:58,975 --> 00:42:03,555
-(APPLAUSE)
-(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
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