October Sky 1999

7.8 /10
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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.

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... Jake Gyllenhaal

... Chris Cooper

... Chris Owen

... William Lee Scott

... Chad Lindberg

... Laura Dern

... Natalie Canerday

... Elya Baskin

... Chris Ellis

... Scott Miles

Director:

Joe Johnston,

Release Date:

Feb 19, 1999

Run Time:

108 Min

MMPA Rating:

10

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel Or Book Parent Child Relationship Small Town Satellite Biography Rocket West Virginia Mining Accident Teacher Coal Mine 1950s Sputnik Rocketry Certified Fresh Has Trailer Miner School Gymnasium Watching Tv Lens Flare Rolodex Dirty Face Science Fair Project Chemistry Lesson Stray Rocket Moonshine Rural Town Depleted Mine Rocket Launch Mine Shaft National Science Fair Bus Journey Montage Miner S Strike Hospital Visit Signed Photograph 17 Year Old 18th Birthday Coal Friend Pushing A Vehicle Cold War Era Reference To Wernher Von Braun Triumph Mine Collapse Chemistry Class Welder Steel Launchpad Home Movie 45 Recording Record Player Vanguard Rocket Guided Missile Layoff Rocket Launching Year 1957 Coalwood West Virginia Coal Industry Telephone Shooting A Car Target Practice Cement Marching Band Football Coach Football Player Football Practice Football Field High School Football Car Radio Radio News Listening To A Radio Rocket Scientist Headlamp Month In Title Space Satellite Historical Event Aerospace Industry Indianapolis Indiana Hodgkin S Disease German Forest Fire Fence Mine Disaster Calculus Based On Novel Title Spoken By Character Alcohol Rocket Hope Competition Nerd Theft Jealousy Scientist Drunkenness Hero Friendship Train Principal Police Officer Telephone Call Mining Town Earthquake Car Trouble Abusive Stepfather 1950s High School Student Coal Miner Letter High School Teacher Arrest Radio Broadcast Sputnik Mining Mine Science Science Fair High School College Coal Mine Rocketry Satellite West Virginia Scholarship Gym Underdog Cold War Bomb Mining Accident Cafeteria Recording Dancing Dancer Dance African American Chinese Basement Labor Strike Demonstration Barber Teenage Boy Wheelchair Crying Forest Woods Fire Bus Rifle Rain Robbery Thief Determination Geek Death Coach Radio Classroom Class Teacher Student Relationship Abuse Space Race Mother Son Relationship Labor Union Hospital Handcuffs American Football Explosion Coal Mining Brother Brother Relationship Mathematics Generation Gap Appalachia Small Town Father Son Relationship Death Of Father Based On True Story 2k Blu Ray Original Author As Character Cigarette Smoking Train Track

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October Sky

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Cast

... Jake Gyllenhaal

... Chris Cooper

... Chris Owen

... William Lee Scott

... Chad Lindberg

... Laura Dern

... Natalie Canerday

... Elya Baskin

... Chris Ellis

... Scott Miles

... Randy Stripling

... Courtney ColeFendley

... David Dwyer

... Terry Loughlin

... Kaili Hollister

... David Copeland

... Don Henderson Baker

... Tom Kagy

... Donald Thorne

... Justin Whitsett

... Larry Rue

... Neva Howell

... Terry Nienhuis

... Brady Coleman

... Rick Forrester

... Terrence Gibney

... Doug Swander

... Keeli Hale Kimbro

... Mark Jeffrey Miller

... Blaque Fowler

... Don Tilley

... Rockford Davis

... John Bennes

... Jonathan Fawbush

... Larry Black

... Frank Schuler

... Tommy Smeltzer

... Marc Platt

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October Sky

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