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October 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.

Director

Joe Johnston

Year

Genre

Box Office

$32,570,685

Production

Universal Pictures

Awards

4 wins & 11 nominations

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Homer Hickam

Jake Gyllenhaal

John Hickam

Miss Riley

Quentin

Roy Lee

William Lee Scott

O'Dell

Elsie Hickam

Natalie Canerday

Jim Hickam

Leon Bolden

Randy Stripling

Principal Turner

Ike Bykovsky

Dorothy Platt

Courtney Cole-Fendley

Jake Mosby

Mr. Dantzler

Valentine Carmina

Kaili Hollister

Coach Gainer

Jensen

Don Henderson Baker

Lenny

Trooper One

Kid

Justin Whitsett

Neighbor

Neighbor

Neighbor

Anderson

Roper

Basil Thorpe

Terrence Gibney

Corvette Guy (as Doug Swander)

Douglas Swander

Corvette Girl

Keeli Hale Kimbro

Vernon

Mark Jeffrey Miller

Reverend

Rescue Worker

Chemistry Teacher

Doctor

Barney

Jonathan Fawbush

Fred Smith

Moonshiner

Man at Mine

Miner

Miner

Quentin's Mom

Judge at Welch

Richard Lumpkin

Union Official (as Mark Whitman Johnson)

Mark W. Johnson

Union Official

Mr. Morris

Don G. Campbell

Ivy League Girl (as Elizabeth Byler)

Ivy League Boy

Bradford Ryan Lund

Judge at Indy

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Head Judge (as David Hager)

Tom Webster

Jack Palmer

Wernher von Braun (as Joey DiGaetano)

Miner in Elevator (as Thomas Taylor)

Man in Crowd

Nurse

Jenny Patterson

Locomotive Engineer

O. Winston Link

Science Fair Student

Man in Crowd

Coal Miner

Brian Edward Keith

Miner

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Homer Hickam John Hickam O'dell Quentin Roy Lee Dorothy Platt Principal Turner Miss Riley Vernon Jake Mosby Leon Bolden Jim Hickam Lenny Coach Gainer Jensen

If you have just tuned in to this special bulletin - October Sky

If you have just tuned in to this special bulletin

Let's go Roy Lee - October Sky

Let's go Roy Lee

Hey take it easy on my kid brother Make him look good all right - October Sky

Hey take it easy on my kid brother Make him look good all...

Why should the damn jocks be the only ones gettin' scholarships - October Sky

Why should the damn jocks be the only ones gettin'...

Let 'em have outer space We got rock 'n' roll - October Sky

Let 'em have outer space We got rock 'n' roll

Come on Jensen - October Sky

Buck up Homer You're a Coalwood boy - October Sky

Buck up Homer You're a Coalwood boy

Don't know why they'd drop a bomb on this place - October Sky

Don't know why they'd drop a bomb on this place

Ten Nine - October Sky

What do you wanna know about rockets - October Sky

What do you wanna know about rockets

Do we really need this nozzle thing For cryin' out loud - October Sky

Do we really need this nozzle thing For cryin' out loud

Well what do you mean Homer you got a great mind - October Sky

Well what do you mean Homer you got a great mind

What the hell is an auk - October Sky

What the hell is an auk

Holy shit it's headed for the mine - October Sky

Holy shit it's headed for the mine

What's it given him back - October Sky

What's it given him back

Quentin you know that rocket went up at least 100 feet - October Sky

Quentin you know that rocket went up at least 100 feet

We should be tryin' to get in that science fair - October Sky

We should be tryin' to get in that science fair

Besides um didn't your dad say no more rockets - October Sky

Besides um didn't your dad say no more rockets

God's honest truth Homer - October Sky

God's honest truth Homer

Homer I flew with the Red Tails in World War Il - October Sky

Homer I flew with the Red Tails in World War Il

It's abandoned Uh look at the rust - October Sky

It's abandoned Uh look at the rust

That thing had better fly - October Sky

That thing had better fly

I'll tell you what's unbelievable - October Sky

I'll tell you what's unbelievable

Miss Riley our job is to give these kids an education not false hopes - October Sky

Miss Riley our job is to give these kids an education not...

Yeah on a science fiction scholarship maybe - October Sky

Yeah on a science fiction scholarship maybe

The silvery cylinder burst forth in a fiery column of smoke and flame - October Sky

The silvery cylinder burst forth in a fiery column of smoke...

We ain't at the mine now This ain't your business - October Sky

We ain't at the mine now This ain't your business

H O M E R - October Sky

They watched us get arrested - October Sky

They watched us get arrested

Your father always has to be the big hero - October Sky

Your father always has to be the big hero

You ever see that movie Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman - October Sky

You ever see that movie Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman

It wouldn't matter if you lived in the governor's mansion - October Sky

It wouldn't matter if you lived in the governor's...

Prodigenous - October Sky

The coal mine's your life It's not mine - October Sky

The coal mine's your life It's not mine

I'm sorry about what's going on around here but it isn't my fault - October Sky

I'm sorry about what's going on around here but it...

Elsie I don't have the power to settle this strike - October Sky

Elsie I don't have the power to settle this strike

If you don't I'll leave you - October Sky

If you don't I'll leave you

Don't you have some work to do - October Sky

Don't you have some work to do

I'm not gonna crawl on my belly - October Sky

I'm not gonna crawl on my belly

At least not for long - October Sky

At least not for long

But I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world - October Sky

But I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in...

You know it won't fly unless somebody pushes the button - October Sky

You know it won't fly unless somebody pushes the button

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Joe Johnston

Writer: Homer H. Hickam Jr., Lewis Colick

Production: Universal Pictures

Genre: drama, family

Year: 1999

MetaScore: 71/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $32,570,685

Released: 19 Feb 1999

Awards: 4 wins & 11 nominations

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