October Sky
1999 · ★ 7.6 · Dir. Joe Johnston
Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.
Based on 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, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
- Released
- 1999-02-19
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- PG
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $34.7M
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Homer Hickam
Chris Cooper
John Hickam
Laura Dern
Miss Riley
Chris Owen
Quentin Wilson
William Lee Scott
Roy Lee
Chad Lindberg
O'Dell
Natalie Canerday
Elsie Hickam
Chris Ellis
Principal Turner
Scott Miles
Jim Hickam
Elya Baskin
Ike Bykovsky
Randy Stripling
Leon Bolden
David Dwyer
Jake Mosby
Keywords
Based on novel or bookBiographySmall townStudentParent child relationship1950sWest virginiaTeacherSatelliteCoal mineRocketMining accidentSputnikRocketry
