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7 Ιαν 2017 · Is the movie character Al Harrison based on an actual NASA employee? The Al Harrison character (played by Kevin Costner) is largely based on Robert C. Gilruth, the head of the Space Task Group at Langley Research Center and later the first director of what is now the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
But in reality, Harrison was not a real historical figure. The movie’s director wasn’t able to secure the rights to portray the real person he wanted to, so created a character who was a composite of three different NASA directors.
30 Ιαν 2017 · Based on a true story, Hidden Figures follows the events of the U.S. and Russian race to put the first man in orbit. Behind the scenes of one of the greatest operations in U.S. history, a group of...
18 Ιουλ 2023 · Remember Kevin Costner’s character, Al Harrison? He was not based on a single person but a combination of three different NASA directors at Langley, during Johnson’s time at the research facility.
Philanthropic non-profit outside groups and other local efforts by individuals have offered free screenings of Hidden Figures by using crowdfunding platforms on the Internet, that allow people to raise money for free film screening events.
3 Φεβ 2017 · This happens literally in the film, when the head of the Space Task Group, Al Harrison (Kevin Costner) destroys the "colored ladies room" bathroom sign.
23 Δεκ 2016 · Dubbed “computers,” they were talented mathematicians who pored over calculations made by the Space Task Group as they labored to send astronaut John Glenn into space. Hidden Figures focuses mainly...
