X-15 (film)
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X-15 is a 1961 American aviation drama film that presents a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket aircraft program, the test pilots who flew the aircraft, and the associated NASA community
Theatrical release poster
Interweaving of NASA and original film footage was intended to present a realistic representation of the X-15 research flights.
An X-15, the subject of the film, in flight
Richard Donner
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Richard Donner was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters", Donner directed some of the most financially successful films of the 1970s and
X-15 (film)
…McLean, Charles Bronson, James Gregory and Mary Tyler Moore (in her first feature film role). The film marked the feature film directorial debut of Richard Donner, and was narrated by James Stewart. The experimental North American X-15 program at Edwards Air Force Base involves test pilots: civilian Matt Powell…
Donner in 1979