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October Sky is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Joe Johnston, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen and Laura Dern. The screenplay by Lewis Colick, based on the memoir of the same name, tells the true story of Homer H. Hickam Jr., a coal miner 's son who was inspired by the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 to take ...
Feb 19, 1999 · October Sky: Directed by Joe Johnston. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen. The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
- (98K)
- Biography, Drama, Family
- Joe Johnston
- 1999-02-19
With the help of his friends, Roy Lee Cooke (William Lee Scott) and Sherman O'Dell (Chad Lindberg), and support from their science teacher, Miss Riley (Laura Dern), the four try out their new passion. While their first launches are failures, they begin experimenting with new fuels and rocket designs.
John Hickam (Chris Cooper) is a West Virginia coal miner who loves his job and expects his sons, Jim (Scott Miles) and Homer (Jake Gyllenhaal), to follow in his footsteps. But Jim gets a football...
- (74)
- Joe Johnston
- PG
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Feb 19, 1999 · "October Sky'' tells the story of four boys in a poverty-stricken corner of Appalachia who are determined to build their own rocket, and help get America back in the "space race.''
October Sky. The boyhood trials and tribulations of future NASA scientist Homer Hickham - in 1950s West Virginia, he and his friends bond over a mutual love of model rocket construction. 8,181 IMDb 7.8 1 h 47 min 1999. X-Ray PG. Drama · Inspiring · Touching · Exciting. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.79. Buy. HD $14.69. More purchase. options
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