October Sky (1999)
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.
- Released
- 1999-02-19
- Genres
- Drama, History, Family
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Joe Johnston, Lewis Colick
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 from 1520 votes
Cast
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer Hickam
- Chris Cooper as John Hickam
- Chris Owen as Quentin Wilson
- Laura Dern as Miss Riley
- William Lee Scott as Roy Lee
- Chad Lindberg as O'Dell
- Natalie Canerday as Elsie Hickam
- Elya Baskin as Ike Bykovsky
- Chris Ellis as Principal Turner
- Scott Thomas as Jim Hickam
- Randy Stripling as Leon Bolden
- Courtney Cole-Fendley as Dorothy Platt
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