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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-minus
five 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 officials
have made no announcement
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on either the timing of the launch
or 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 experiment
is a spectacular success,
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it will still leave
the 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 by
the 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 years
since 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 attempt
to 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 take
a 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 paws
With 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 out
of 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?
240
00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:12,662
And unlike your peers,
you can do a day's worth of our work
241
00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:14,038
in a couple of hours.
242
00:15:15,957 --> 00:15:18,167
I belong in a plane. I was promised.
243
00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:21,295
No, you kept mouthing off,
and we said we'd see what we could do.
244
00:15:23,673 --> 00:15:25,591
Just... come on.
245
00:15:26,175 --> 00:15:29,262
- Can you help me out?
- Al, you're not a full-time pilot anymore.
246
00:15:29,804 --> 00:15:31,472
Look around, look where you are.
247
00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:33,182
You won.
248
00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:35,768
Start acting like it.
249
00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:40,481
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
250
00:15:43,453 --> 00:15:46,279
PASTOR: "If I say, surely the darkness
shall cover me,
251
00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:48,823
"even the night shall be light about me.
252
00:15:49,532 --> 00:15:53,870
"Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee,
but the night shineth as the day.
253
00:15:54,036 --> 00:15:56,080
"The darkness and the light
are both alike...
254
00:15:57,540 --> 00:15:59,375
"thou hast covered me
in my mother's womb.
255
00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:03,045
"And I will praise thee,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
256
00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:10,428
"Marvelous are thy works,
and that my soul knoweth right well."
257
00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:12,180
(PLANE ENGINES RUMBLING)
258
00:16:15,266 --> 00:16:18,019
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
259
00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:19,562
GORDON: Sir.
260
00:16:21,230 --> 00:16:22,899
Ah. Captain Cooper.
261
00:16:23,191 --> 00:16:26,944
Sir, b... (SIGHS)
I... I've been doing some thinking.
262
00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,322
Well, I thought long and hard and...
263
00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:31,407
in light of... (SIGHS)
264
00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:38,623
Well, sir, I have... I have a family,
I have two girls, and I was hoping...
265
00:16:39,248 --> 00:16:40,458
(SIGHS)
266
00:16:41,417 --> 00:16:43,127
I would like to put in for a transfer.
267
00:16:43,544 --> 00:16:44,670
Transfer?
268
00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:49,050
You know, fly transpos, 131s or...
or something like that.
269
00:16:50,885 --> 00:16:51,928
How's the hand?
270
00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:57,308
- Better, sir.
- What happened exactly?
271
00:16:59,435 --> 00:17:02,522
A jar of peaches, see,
I dropped it on the kitchen tile
272
00:17:02,605 --> 00:17:06,984
and went to pick up the shards, and...
Well, I was on the phone, got distracted.
273
00:17:07,735 --> 00:17:09,403
I hadn't had my coffee yet, sir.
274
00:17:12,573 --> 00:17:16,744
Look.
We're all saddened by Cal's passing.
275
00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:19,413
I just wanna make sure
we're all on the same page.
276
00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:20,706
Yes, sir.
277
00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:24,544
(CLEARS THROAT) You and Cal did
everything by the book that day?
278
00:17:28,005 --> 00:17:33,511
Cal was a top-notch stick-and-rudder man,
sir, if that's what you're asking.
279
00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:35,054
But we are test pilots.
280
00:17:35,972 --> 00:17:40,101
We push things,
and sometimes they break.
281
00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:46,524
Cal wasn't just your wingman,
he was your friend. Isn't that right?
282
00:17:48,651 --> 00:17:49,735
That's correct, sir.
283
00:17:50,486 --> 00:17:53,406
You wouldn't wanna soil
the reputation of a friend, would you?
284
00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:56,951
And I assume you won't wanna bring
further scrutiny to your squadron
285
00:17:57,118 --> 00:17:58,202
or what we do here?
286
00:17:58,786 --> 00:18:00,121
I believe in what we do here,
287
00:18:00,204 --> 00:18:04,458
all I meant to say was that situations
in the air can be complex.
288
00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:08,379
Complexity can be confusing.
289
00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:13,050
- I suppose so, sir.
- Simple story, Cooper.
290
00:18:13,551 --> 00:18:15,845
- Simple story, sir?
- Jar of peaches.
291
00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,895
- Sit tight.
- Sir?
292
00:18:24,979 --> 00:18:28,065
There's a courier from Washington
with a message for you.
293
00:18:28,149 --> 00:18:29,817
Won't even tell me what it is.
294
00:18:30,067 --> 00:18:32,653
Oh, and, uh, transfer denied.
295
00:18:35,072 --> 00:18:36,240
Captain Cooper?
296
00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:39,327
- What's this?
- It's top secret, sir.
297
00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:50,504
COURIER: Major Glenn?
298
00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:54,091
That is the nicest thing
anyone's ever said to me.
299
00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,469
I'm Major Glenn.
300
00:18:59,722 --> 00:19:00,806
(CLEARS THROAT)
301
00:19:01,515 --> 00:19:02,975
I'll be waiting outside, sir.
302
00:19:09,899 --> 00:19:12,443
"Top secret communication. Eyes only.
303
00:19:17,948 --> 00:19:23,120
"To Major John Glenn, US Marine Corps,
please report to Langley Air Force Base.
304
00:19:23,746 --> 00:19:26,916
"Secret airman briefing,
Monday, February 9th.
305
00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:31,420
"Disembark to the Chamberlain Hotel,
11:00 a.m. of same.
306
00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:34,340
"Civilian attire. ID as Bill Baker."
307
00:19:34,423 --> 00:19:36,401
- It's the space program.
- It's the space program.
308
00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:39,470
It's the space program! (LAUGHS)
309
00:19:42,223 --> 00:19:46,727
- (DOOR OPENS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
310
00:19:46,811 --> 00:19:48,479
(LAUGHTER)
311
00:19:48,979 --> 00:19:50,231
Uh, three whiskeys.
312
00:19:50,648 --> 00:19:51,899
Hey, Shepard.
313
00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:55,444
We're racing to Langley in the morning,
loser buys drinks, you in?
314
00:19:56,570 --> 00:19:57,571
Langley?
315
00:19:58,155 --> 00:19:59,490
The telegram, numb nuts.
316
00:20:00,282 --> 00:20:01,367
What telegram?
317
00:20:02,243 --> 00:20:03,285
Uh...
318
00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:10,751
What telegram, Wally?
319
00:20:12,503 --> 00:20:14,922
Oh, nothing, just a briefing.
320
00:20:15,006 --> 00:20:16,983
- Wally, just shut up.
- You got a telegram about a briefing?
321
00:20:17,007 --> 00:20:18,551
We're racing to Langley, that's all.
322
00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:20,052
What kind of briefing?
323
00:20:20,136 --> 00:20:21,929
- No, no. No brief...
- Shut up, Wally.
324
00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:24,348
- Go to hell, Jimmy!
- Hey, come on, come on.
325
00:20:25,975 --> 00:20:27,393
- ALAN: Hey.
- Look...
326
00:20:28,102 --> 00:20:30,187
I don't even know. Okay?
327
00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:33,274
They told us to go to Langley,
bunch of test pilots, some secret thing.
328
00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:35,317
That's all I know, swear to God.
329
00:20:35,484 --> 00:20:39,739
And I just thought that you would know
because you're, you know, you.
330
00:20:47,621 --> 00:20:48,706
(KEYS JINGLING)
331
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:17,651
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
332
00:21:17,735 --> 00:21:19,361
Hi, there. Uh, checking in.
333
00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:21,655
- Name?
- Bill Baker.
334
00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,368
Not only do you all have the same name...
335
00:21:27,828 --> 00:21:29,038
you all look the same, too.
336
00:21:36,379 --> 00:21:37,797
MALE VOICE: Hey, Shepard.
337
00:21:39,507 --> 00:21:41,634
Hey. This came Friday.
338
00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:44,094
They said only the addressee
could sign for it,
339
00:21:44,178 --> 00:21:45,179
so I pretended to be you.
340
00:21:46,222 --> 00:21:48,102
Almost didn't work
because I'm so damn handsome.
341
00:21:48,182 --> 00:21:50,100
- Oh, so, last night...
- Oh, you idiot.
342
00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:55,689
- It starts in two hours.
- Wha... What does?
343
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:57,608
I don't know.
344
00:21:59,527 --> 00:22:00,986
Shh...
345
00:22:01,111 --> 00:22:04,073
CHRIS: The capsule sits upon 25 tons
346
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,660
of highly combustible ethyl alcohol
and liquid oxygen,
347
00:22:08,244 --> 00:22:10,120
powering a Rocketdyne engine
348
00:22:10,287 --> 00:22:14,083
that provides 78,000 pounds
of thrust.
349
00:22:14,375 --> 00:22:16,669
Now, if these specifications
sound familiar,
350
00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:18,003
it's because, well,
351
00:22:18,546 --> 00:22:21,757
we've essentially removed
the core from a nuclear missile.
352
00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:25,010
And we wanna put you in its place.
353
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:30,057
(CAR HORN BLARES)
354
00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:33,102
ALAN: Shepard! Shepard! Damn it.
355
00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:38,774
Alan Shepard.
356
00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:42,361
Lieutenant commander... very late.
357
00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:45,573
Now, would we like to test
the Mercury-Redstone system for years
358
00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:47,867
before risking a man's life?
359
00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:51,245
Yes. But are we afforded such a luxury
with the Russians
360
00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:53,372
sneaking satellites through our backyard?
361
00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:54,999
CHRIS: We are not.
362
00:22:55,457 --> 00:22:57,334
(TIRES SQUEALING)
363
00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:11,974
(MEN CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)
364
00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:17,897
(DOOR SLAMS)
365
00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:34,747
Now, you gentlemen are accustomed
to testing dangerous, unproven aircraft,
366
00:23:34,872 --> 00:23:38,792
and yet, somehow,
you've made it this far in one piece.
367
00:23:40,169 --> 00:23:41,670
Most of you have families.
368
00:23:42,338 --> 00:23:44,882
You have careers. You have lives.
369
00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:49,386
That could all come to an abrupt halt
if you sign on to this endeavor.
370
00:23:49,887 --> 00:23:53,682
We wanna take 32 of you to Lovelace Clinic
for medical evaluations,
371
00:23:55,017 --> 00:23:57,227
but only seven of you will have
what it takes.
372
00:23:57,645 --> 00:24:00,689
And those seven
will be the Mercury astronauts.
373
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,985
Now, we have a fantastic agency
in the making.
374
00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:08,906
But to be frank, the Russians
are sprinting around the track,
375
00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:11,700
and we are still at the starting block,
tying our shoelaces.
376
00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:15,287
CHRIS: We need to work fast,
we need to work smart.
377
00:24:16,538 --> 00:24:17,957
And we need the best.
378
00:24:18,916 --> 00:24:21,752
Our very way of life is at stake.
379
00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:24,254
The choice is yours, gentlemen.
380
00:24:25,881 --> 00:24:28,676
Sleep on it. Call your wives.
381
00:24:29,677 --> 00:24:31,720
Get word to Mr. Lunney by morning.
382
00:24:36,183 --> 00:24:38,268
(ALL CLAMORING)
383
00:24:47,778 --> 00:24:50,948
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
384
00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:59,999
- Hey there. Gordo Cooper.
- Scott Carpenter.
385
00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:01,458
Ricky Carsrud.
386
00:25:02,418 --> 00:25:03,919
Well, hot damn.
387
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,713
- That's a sight.
- GORDON: What?
388
00:25:06,165 --> 00:25:08,048
Just two of the best pilots
who ever lived.
389
00:25:08,132 --> 00:25:09,925
And they'll be the first to tell you.
390
00:25:10,050 --> 00:25:12,094
I can't believe that's our competition.
391
00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:14,972
- Nice to meet you.
- Yeah.
392
00:25:16,306 --> 00:25:19,101
- So, did I miss much?
- No, not really.
393
00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:23,689
(CLEARS THROAT)
394
00:25:24,398 --> 00:25:27,776
- Well, John, what do you think?
- You know how these things go.
395
00:25:28,402 --> 00:25:32,031
A lot of promises out of the gate,
and then you hit a wall of red tape.
396
00:25:32,656 --> 00:25:34,116
Come on. A civilian agency?
397
00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:36,035
Yeah.
You know, if they were really committed,
398
00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:37,681
it would be a branch of the military.
399
00:25:37,828 --> 00:25:40,581
- It could just be a publicity stunt.
- Well, you love those.
400
00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:42,676
- Scotch.
- BARTENDER: Yes, sir, right away.
401
00:25:44,626 --> 00:25:45,706
So, I'm guessing you're in?
402
00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:54,553
- (ALAN CHUCKLES)
- Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna do it.
403
00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,139
Now, was that so hard?
404
00:25:58,307 --> 00:26:00,243
It's almost like you're afraid
of the competition,
405
00:26:00,267 --> 00:26:01,518
you wanna thin the pack.
406
00:26:01,602 --> 00:26:04,563
No. No, I'm pretty sure
I'll be one of the seven.
407
00:26:04,646 --> 00:26:06,982
Well then, congratulations
and good luck. (SIGHS)
408
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:08,567
Thank you.
409
00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:11,195
But what? You're, uh...
410
00:26:13,049 --> 00:26:14,569
No, I'm not gonna be one of the seven.
411
00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:18,118
- No?
- Nope.
412
00:26:18,696 --> 00:26:20,621
I'm gonna be the first man in space.
413
00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:28,420
Hey, I just wanted to introduce myself,
Gordo Cooper.
414
00:26:28,962 --> 00:26:31,590
- It's a real honor.
- The pleasure is all mine, Gordo.
415
00:26:31,924 --> 00:26:32,925
Thank you.
416
00:26:33,008 --> 00:26:34,888
We might just be a part
of history here tonight.
417
00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:37,930
It's quite a moment for our country
and the entire human race.
418
00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:39,139
Geez.
419
00:26:39,848 --> 00:26:40,891
What are you drinking?
420
00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:42,601
Scotch it is.
421
00:26:42,684 --> 00:26:44,120
- BARTENDER: Right away.
- Okay, sure.
422
00:26:44,144 --> 00:26:46,206
- SCOTT: Well, look who it is.
- You crash the gates or what?
423
00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:47,856
You thought I'd get left behind?
424
00:26:48,357 --> 00:26:50,275
Oh, it's good seeing you, John.
425
00:26:50,818 --> 00:26:52,236
You enjoy that seltzer.
426
00:26:53,344 --> 00:26:56,597
So, Gordo, what's the story
behind that paw? Who's the other guy?
427
00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:06,416
- Take it easy, guys.
- Yeah. Good night, John.
428
00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:10,295
Deke.
429
00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:12,589
Gus.
430
00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:13,757
Rye?
431
00:27:14,716 --> 00:27:15,801
Rye.
432
00:27:16,844 --> 00:27:17,845
You fish?
433
00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:20,430
Fishing's my favorite.
434
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,573
Also cars.
435
00:27:23,267 --> 00:27:24,268
You?
436
00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:27,521
I love cars and camping.
437
00:27:28,063 --> 00:27:30,315
- Big outdoors.
- Hmm.
438
00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:32,818
All right, then.
439
00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:35,070
Yup.
440
00:27:37,281 --> 00:27:39,199
(WOMAN LAUGHING)
441
00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:42,202
- So, how would I say my drink is empty?
- Well...
442
00:27:43,745 --> 00:27:47,457
you would say your go juice is bingo,
and it's time to tank up.
443
00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:50,586
And what's Sierra Hotel?
444
00:27:51,044 --> 00:27:53,880
- Well, Sierra Hotel is what I am.
- CAROL: Oh?
445
00:27:54,047 --> 00:27:56,341
You take the S from Sierra,
the H from Hotel,
446
00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:58,635
- stands for "shit hot."
- (LAUGHS)
447
00:28:01,722 --> 00:28:03,473
- I'm Carol.
- Bill.
448
00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:05,684
Oh, hey there, I'm Bill.
449
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:08,103
Bill.
450
00:28:08,270 --> 00:28:10,063
- (CHUCKLES)
- SCOTT: Bill.
451
00:28:10,772 --> 00:28:12,524
Oh, let me guess. Bill?
452
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:14,526
William.
453
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:17,070
- (LAUGHTER)
- Very funny, boys.
454
00:28:19,823 --> 00:28:20,824
Goodnight.
455
00:28:23,619 --> 00:28:25,871
- To drinking, flying, and screwing.
- (LAUGHS)
456
00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:28,498
As long as the first doesn't get
in the way of the last.
457
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:32,669
Sorry about all that.
458
00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:35,130
Let me walk you to your room.
459
00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:37,758
- Are you making a pass at me?
- Oh, God. No.
460
00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:39,134
I did that 15 minutes ago.
461
00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:41,303
- (LAUGHS)
- Now, I'm just flagrantly hitting on you.
462
00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:43,096
809, please.
463
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,601
- (CAROL LAUGHING)
- ALAN: I am on your wing.
464
00:28:52,856 --> 00:28:54,983
- MALE VOICE: Your key, sir.
- Thank you.
465
00:29:26,556 --> 00:29:27,557
(GLASSES CLATTER)
466
00:30:11,727 --> 00:30:14,646
- Where's the kid?
- Test pilots aren't our only option.
467
00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:16,690
- What about acrobats?
- Jockeys.
468
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:19,484
They're small, they could easily fit
into the capsule.
469
00:30:20,027 --> 00:30:21,028
Lunney!
470
00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:23,864
- Two. Two.
- Only two signed on?
471
00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:26,283
Only two declined.
472
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:31,496
We've got three days to narrow the list
from 108 to 32.
473
00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:36,543
Yes. One week of medical
and psychological evaluation.
474
00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:38,045
Lieutenant Clark, please.
475
00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:41,298
Uh, Glynn Lunney,
uh, Space Task Group. Thank you.
476
00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:43,300
Your itinerary is on its way.
477
00:30:43,467 --> 00:30:46,267
- It'll arrive by courier tomorrow morning.
- JOHN: Well, that's great.
478
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,347
And thank you, Mr. Gilruth.
479
00:30:56,813 --> 00:31:00,192
(STAMMERING) You really w...
want this, don't you?
480
00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:04,529
You remember when we were kids?
481
00:31:06,239 --> 00:31:08,617
- Wills Creek? (LAUGHS)
- (LAUGHS)
482
00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:12,913
I always thought if I just...
if I just went a little further,
483
00:31:13,622 --> 00:31:15,374
one day, I'd come around a bend,
484
00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:18,293
and then I'd be the first person
to step foot somewhere new.
485
00:31:19,461 --> 00:31:21,129
But it wasn't true.
486
00:31:24,007 --> 00:31:27,010
Every inch of the world
has been picked over.
487
00:31:30,013 --> 00:31:33,600
Well, you're almost... (STAMMERS)
...40, John.
488
00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:36,520
- Not enough adventure yet?
- (SCOFFS)
489
00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:40,482
(SIGHS)
490
00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:45,445
This is my chance to be the first
at something memorable.
491
00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:50,617
And I want it more than anyone, Annie.
492
00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:56,832
(SIGHS)
493
00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:02,671
I have to be gone all week.
494
00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:07,175
New Mexico, a bunch of medical stuff.
495
00:32:07,502 --> 00:32:09,845
I was thinking,
get somebody to help you out.
496
00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,347
Help... (STAMMERS) ...me out?
497
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:17,811
You'll be going into...
(STAMMERS) ...space alone.
498
00:32:19,312 --> 00:32:21,064
Who's gonna help you out?
499
00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:27,404
(PHONE RINGING)
500
00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:32,576
- Hello?
- CHRIS: Captain Cooper, Chris Kraft.
501
00:32:32,826 --> 00:32:35,829
Calling to see if you're still interested
in Project Mercury.
502
00:32:36,037 --> 00:32:39,249
Um... (CHUCKLES) Morning, sir.
Uh, yeah. You're damn right I am.
503
00:32:39,416 --> 00:32:40,417
CHRIS: Good.
504
00:32:40,584 --> 00:32:42,878
We'll send over some materials,
and we'll also need
505
00:32:43,044 --> 00:32:45,547
to schedule an interview
with your wife and family.
506
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:51,011
- Uh, my family? What... What for?
- CHRIS: Just part of the background check.
507
00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:55,307
Of course. Uh, I'll let them know.
(CHUCKLES)
508
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,559
Thank you so much, Mr. Kraft.
509
00:32:59,144 --> 00:33:02,063
(RAIN POURING)
510
00:33:05,942 --> 00:33:07,319
(KNOCKING)
511
00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:16,495
- Gordo, why are you...
- GORDON: Hi.
512
00:33:17,037 --> 00:33:20,290
Where's, uh... where's your mom
and... and the girls?
513
00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:22,626
Asleep.
514
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,378
What are you doing here?
515
00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:29,216
I have some news, and, um...
516
00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:32,344
I need a big favor.
517
00:33:35,889 --> 00:33:37,933
Listen, if you'd just come home...
518
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,894
TRUDY: I can't come home, Gordo.
You know that.
519
00:33:41,978 --> 00:33:43,313
I'm trying to live my life.
520
00:33:43,438 --> 00:33:45,774
They're only taking men
with stable families.
521
00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:49,945
They know we're separated, I'll wash out.
522
00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:55,700
I don't know, Gordo.
523
00:33:58,495 --> 00:34:00,372
We could start over.
524
00:34:03,625 --> 00:34:05,335
I just did start over.
525
00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:10,090
Think about what this could mean
for the girls.
526
00:34:12,175 --> 00:34:13,218
Gordo.
527
00:34:13,969 --> 00:34:15,804
It's space, Trudy.
528
00:34:18,014 --> 00:34:19,140
It's space.
529
00:34:22,602 --> 00:34:23,603
Please.
530
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:48,587
That really hurts.
531
00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:01,391
- (WOMAN SCREAMING)
- (BABY CRYING)
532
00:35:01,475 --> 00:35:04,102
- (GLASS SHATTERING)
- (OVERLAPPING SCREAMS)
533
00:35:08,441 --> 00:35:09,441
(RETCHES)
534
00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:11,276
DOCTOR:
We'll insert this into your rectum.
535
00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:13,987
After your sphincters relax,
most of the pain should subside.
536
00:35:14,279 --> 00:35:15,322
(SCOFFS)
537
00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:18,509
- (OVERLAPPING CLAMOR)
- (GLASS SHATTERING)
538
00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:19,534
(WOMAN SOBS)
539
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:22,203
What the hell was that?
540
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:24,414
And you'll gag right about...
541
00:35:24,664 --> 00:35:26,416
- (GAGS)
- DOCTOR: ...now.
542
00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:30,086
How many of these do I got to do
to go to space, huh?
543
00:35:35,842 --> 00:35:38,887
(PANTING)
544
00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:46,019
(SIGHS)
545
00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:52,817
DR. WHITE: You have 15 minutes...
546
00:35:53,318 --> 00:35:55,695
to answer the following question.
547
00:35:56,071 --> 00:35:58,615
"Who am I?" You may begin.
548
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:20,303
"I am a man who values my privacy."
549
00:36:22,639 --> 00:36:25,642
- This isn't an interrogation, Alan.
- What a relief.
550
00:36:25,809 --> 00:36:28,770
DR. WHITE: Many men find it can be
rewarding to explore one's emotions
551
00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:30,814
in a safe environment such as this.
552
00:36:30,897 --> 00:36:32,857
- ALAN: Safe environment.
- Such as this.
553
00:36:32,941 --> 00:36:33,942
- ALAN: Hmm.
- Yes.
554
00:36:35,902 --> 00:36:37,696
Well, I said all I need to say.
555
00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:40,533
Do you have a good relationship
with your mother?
556
00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:42,909
- Yup.
- And your father? How about him?
557
00:36:42,992 --> 00:36:46,496
Doc, you're looking for a brain
that's been scrambled into a strange soup
558
00:36:46,663 --> 00:36:48,623
and that's just not who I am.
559
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:51,292
- How's your home life? Is it happy?
- (SIGHS) All right.
560
00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:53,545
Have you ever cheated on your wife?
561
00:36:57,382 --> 00:37:01,136
You know, I'm one of the best pilots
the United States Navy has ever known.
562
00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:04,639
Me and the other men,
we have been here almost a week.
563
00:37:04,848 --> 00:37:07,809
And all you have done is shove scopes
down our throats and up our butts,
564
00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:09,853
collecting samples of God knows what,
565
00:37:10,019 --> 00:37:12,313
fluids that I had no idea
were sloshing around inside me,
566
00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:13,606
and that's fine.
567
00:37:13,690 --> 00:37:15,108
I draw the line at this.
568
00:37:16,192 --> 00:37:17,986
You don't get to poke around in here, Doc.
569
00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:20,572
My family, my home life, that is mine.
570
00:37:20,739 --> 00:37:23,008
Sure as hell has nothing to do
with how good a pilot I am,
571
00:37:23,032 --> 00:37:24,951
or how well I would do in space.
572
00:37:25,034 --> 00:37:27,537
I know how good of a pilot you are, Alan.
573
00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:31,624
And your medical evaluation places you
near the head of the pack.
574
00:37:33,451 --> 00:37:34,961
Simple fact is, you're too good.
575
00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:39,007
You puff your chest like someone who knows
he'll be picked for the job.
576
00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:40,550
Probably right.
577
00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:43,720
But you aren't honest with yourself,
578
00:37:43,803 --> 00:37:45,722
and that will catch up with you.
579
00:37:46,514 --> 00:37:47,557
Eventually.
580
00:38:00,153 --> 00:38:03,656
(FOOTSTEPS ECHOING)
581
00:38:15,043 --> 00:38:17,128
Well, it looks like you made it out alive.
582
00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:20,799
Yeah. Well, I'll probably drop dead
right around the time we're over Phoenix.
583
00:38:20,924 --> 00:38:22,091
(LAUGHS)
584
00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:25,887
You know, a few months ago,
I was walking on the beach
585
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,514
with a scientist buddy of mine.
586
00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:33,102
He tells me that for every grain of sand
on all the beaches in the world...
587
00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:36,648
there's at least 50 stars in the universe.
588
00:38:37,065 --> 00:38:39,901
I stood there staring at sand
for a good hour.
589
00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:41,110
(LAUGHS)
590
00:38:44,697 --> 00:38:45,824
Pretty wild.
591
00:38:48,910 --> 00:38:50,620
To be born in this country,
592
00:38:51,704 --> 00:38:54,874
right at the moment we finally slip off
and go exploring it all.
593
00:38:57,585 --> 00:39:01,673
You know, all I've heard about all week
is drinking, and girls,
594
00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:04,217
and guys comparing the size
of their giggle sticks.
595
00:39:04,384 --> 00:39:07,345
- (CHUCKLES)
- Nobody's said one word about space...
596
00:39:08,388 --> 00:39:09,472
except you.
597
00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:13,852
Well, that's where we're going, isn't it?
598
00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:22,527
- They're all incredible.
- And they're all terrible.
599
00:39:25,989 --> 00:39:27,657
Let's start with the easy ones.
600
00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:32,471
All right, troops.
Come on. We got five minutes.
601
00:39:32,495 --> 00:39:34,139
Otherwise,
we're gonna be late for service.
602
00:39:34,163 --> 00:39:36,082
(PHONE RINGING)
603
00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:39,460
(CLEARS THROAT)
604
00:39:43,548 --> 00:39:44,549
Hello?
605
00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:48,052
Yes. Hello, Mr. Kraft.
606
00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:56,436
I am. Yes. Yes. I'd be honored.
607
00:39:57,437 --> 00:39:58,771
And thank you, sir.
608
00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:00,523
I won't let you down.
609
00:40:05,862 --> 00:40:07,739
- I got it.
- (LAUGHS)
610
00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:10,283
- BOY: Got what?
- (JOHN LAUGHS)
611
00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:13,077
Well, it's an honor
and a privilege, Mr. Gilruth.
612
00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:16,372
I can't wait to get started.
Much thanks to you, sir.
613
00:40:20,627 --> 00:40:23,922
- Congratulations, Al.
- I couldn't have done it without you, Lou.
614
00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:28,551
T. KEITH GLENNAN: Which of these men
will be first to orbit the Earth,
615
00:40:28,718 --> 00:40:30,261
- I cannot tell you.
- (PHONE RINGING)
616
00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:33,264
KEITH: He won't know himself
until the day of the flight.
617
00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:38,061
The astronaut training program
will last probably two years.
618
00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:39,270
Hello?
619
00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:40,939
Yes.
620
00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:44,359
KEITH: Gentlemen, it's my pleasure
621
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:47,070
- to introduce to you...
- It would be an absolute honor.
622
00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:48,655
Gus!
623
00:40:49,238 --> 00:40:51,074
KEITH: Virgil I. Grissom...
624
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:55,745
Donald K. Slayton...
625
00:40:57,705 --> 00:40:59,582
John H. Glenn...
626
00:41:01,501 --> 00:41:03,419
Walter M. Schirra...
627
00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:08,591
Malcolm S. Carpenter...
628
00:41:10,176 --> 00:41:11,719
- GORDON: I got it!
- (GIRLS CHEERING)
629
00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:13,530
- You got it!
- You're gonna be an astronaut!
630
00:41:13,554 --> 00:41:15,848
- Daddy's gonna be...
- KEITH: Leroy G. Cooper...
631
00:41:15,932 --> 00:41:16,933
You did it!
632
00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:25,817
- (ALL CHEERING)
- MALE VOICE: There's the man!
633
00:41:26,234 --> 00:41:30,196
- Ah! To the space program.
- ALL: To the space program.
634
00:41:30,279 --> 00:41:31,406
(LAUGHTER)
635
00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:34,075
KEITH: Alan B. Shepard.
636
00:41:34,867 --> 00:41:37,495
- (APPLAUSE)
- KEITH: These, ladies and gentlemen,
637
00:41:38,079 --> 00:41:41,290
are the nation's Mercury astronauts.
638
00:41:41,582 --> 00:41:46,462
- (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
- (REPORTERS CLAMORING)
639
00:41:49,757 --> 00:41:52,927
- PHOTOGRAPHER 1: Mr. Glenn!
- One more, one more, one more.
640
00:41:56,389 --> 00:41:58,283
PHOTOGRAPHER 1:
Mr. Glenn. Mr. Glenn, right here please.
641
00:41:58,307 --> 00:41:59,308
PHOTOGRAPHER 2: Terrific!
642
00:42:01,978 --> 00:42:06,566
- (APPLAUSE)
- (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
643
00:42:06,590 --> 00:42:08,590
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