【誰にともなしに、独り言レス―その3083】
そう、あのガス・グリソム（リバティベルのハッチ）問題ですね。
関連レス―
その1869～1870
カウフマンの（え～？ と思わせる）発言―
Philip Kaufman : The question was, and is,did Grissom blow the hatch and screw the pooch, putting himself in danger, or did it go off like he claimed？ I would like to believe it went off accidentally. （An Oral History of the Epic Space Film The Right Stuff | WIRED）
映画「ライトスタッフ」では全くの裏腹に―
ガス・グリソムはスプラッシュダウンするや閉所恐怖症的パニックに陥り（レスキュー・ヘリが吊り上げる前に）焦ってハッチを吹っ飛ばしてしまった
かのように（とうに否定されてるはずのパニック説で）酷い描かれ方をしているが。
Despite the fact that Grissom had been proven right about the hatch, with much evidence to back up that claim, the film sticks to the "Grissom panicked" story that proved to be wrong.
参考（概略）
Historically, the July 21st, 1961 flightwent according to plan, until just moments after the splashdown, the hatch on the ship, which was filled with explosive bolts in case of emergency, blew off,causing the ship to start sinking, and forcing Grissom to make a hasty exit from the ship. Grissom claimed that the hatch just blew on its own, while others believed he might have panicked, or accidentally hit the button to blow the hatch on purpose. However, NASA technicians determined that a fault in the system caused the hatch to blow on its own, proving Grissom right. But in the film version, Grissom is seen as getting panicky, almost claustrophobic, before the hatch blows, making it look like he blew the hatch before the rescue chopper could hook onto the ship, and he covered his butt by saying the hatch just blew.
カウフマンの I would like to believe it went off accidentally. は（グリソムの主張どおり）ハッチはグリソムが意図しないのに吹っ飛んだと信じたい（けど、真相は…）といったニュアンスにも感じられるが、そのくせスクリプトには Gus blows the hatch.（グリソムがハッチを吹っ飛ばす）と堂々と明記しており、「ライトスタッフ」は完全に意図して（構成上、グリソムは screw the pooch しなければならない―その3021 参照）グリソムをSquirming Hatch Blower そのものとして描く。
INT CAPSULE
INSIDE WITH GUS. The water’s getting closer and closer. Gus is BREATHING FASTER AND FASTER.
The camera in the capsule emphasizes the claustrophbia. LAUDER and FASTER breathing.
LIFE SYSTEMS MONITOR
His pulse rate is way up there. It’s been high all along, but now it’s way up there, 171
GORDO
No sweat. It’s all over. He’s made it! (softly) Hang in there, Gus.
CUT BACK TO: INT CAPSULE
GUS, breathing hard, making marks on charts in the bobbing capsule.
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Just then, BALOOM ! Gus blows the hatch.
Gus scrambles out of the hatch and plops into the water without ever looking up. He starts swimming like mad.
Water is pouring into the capsule, and it’s sinking.
