October Sky
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| Release date | Turkey |
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| Directors | Joe Johnston |
| Featured song | October Sky |
| Story by | Homer Hickam |
| Screenplay | Lewis Colick |
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| ID | 1402681 |
About October Sky
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 scholarship, and Homer becomes interested in rocket science after seeing Sputnik 1 crossing the sky. John disapproves of his son's new mania, but Homer begins building rockets with the help of friends and a sympathetic teacher (Laura Dern). Rocketry, he hopes, will prove his ticket to a better life. …