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1996 television documentary film
This article is about the 1996 television documentary film. For the British television chat show, see
The Wright Stuff
.
The Wright Stuff
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Genre
| Documentary
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Written by
| Nancy Porter
[1]
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Directed by
| Nancy Porter
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Narrated by
| Garrison Keillor
[1]
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Music by
| Michael Bacon
[1]
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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Producers
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- Nancy Porter
[1]
- Kate Hudec
[1]
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Cinematography
| Peter Hoving
[1]
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Editor
| Jeanne Jordan
[1]
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Running time
| 56 minutes
[2]
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Production company
| Nancy Porter Productions
[1]
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Network
| PBS
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Release
| February 12, 1996
(
1996-02-12
)
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The Wright Stuff
is a 1996 television documentary film about
Orville and Wilbur Wright
, the brothers who invented the first successful motor-powered
airplane
. Produced by
PBS
for
The American Experience
(now simply
American Experience
) documentary program, it recounts the lives of the Wright brothers from their early childhood in
Ohio
with dreams of flight to their subsequent fame after their successful 1908 demonstration in France. The film was written, produced, and directed by Nancy Porter, narrated by
Garrison Keillor
, and hosted by
David McCullough
, and was first aired on PBS in the United States on February 12, 1996.
McCullough himself would later become interested in the brothers' story, writing his own
book
about the Wright family in 2015.
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Interviewees
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- Joseph Corn, historian
- Tom Crouch
, National Air and Space Museum
- John Gillikin, national park service
- Peter Jakab, National Air and Space Museum
- Ivonette Wright-Miller, niece
- Robert Wohl, historian
- Wilkinson Wright, grand-nephew
Release
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"The Wright Stuff" originally aired on
PBS
as part of
The American Experience
documentary program on February 12, 1996.
For home media, the film was first released on VHS in 1996.
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Later, it was released on DVD in North America on August 5, 2003.
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References
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External links
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