October Sky

In October 1957, news of the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1 reaches the town of Coalwood, West Virginia, where most male residents work in the coal mines. As the townspeople gather outside to see the satellite orbit across the sky, Homer Hickam is inspired to build his own rockets to escape the tedium of Coalwood. His family and classmates do not respond kindly, especially his father John, the mine superintendent, who wants Homer to join him in the mines.

MPAA Rating:	PG
Genre:	Biography, Drama, Family
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Peter Cramer, Marc Sternberg, Charles Gordon, Larry J. Franco
Directed By:	Joe Johnston
Written By:	Homer H. Hickam Jr., Lewis Colick
Cast:	Blaque Fowler, Ryder Davis, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terry Loughlin, Charles Lawlor, Chris Cooper, Kaili Hollister, William Lee Scott, David Copeland, Rick Forrester, Tom Turbiville, Wren Barnes, Chad Lindberg, Terry Nienhuis, Natalie Canerday, Courtney Cole-Fendley, Andy Stahl, Larry Black, Tom Kagy, Don Henderson Baker, Tommy Smeltzer, Scott Thomas, Laura Dern, Elya Baskin, Neva Howell, Chris Ellis, Mark W. Johnson, David Dwyer, John Bennes, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Randy Stripling, Don Tilley, Frank Schuler, Donald Thorne, Liz Byler, Chris Owen, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Brady Coleman, Dave Hager, Terrence Gibney, Justin Whitsett, O. Winston Link, Brian Edward Keith
In Theaters:	Feb 19, 1999
Runtime:	1 hour 48 minutes
Production:	Universal Pictures
Budget:	$25,000,000
Box Office:	$32,570,685
Available On:	Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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