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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. However, Homer is inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
6 April 1976, Bristol, Tennessee, USA
14 April 1956, Dallas, Texas, USA
9 June 1953, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
6 July 1973, Hudson, New York, USA
23 September 1956, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
February 24, 2011
uplifting family film with great values
April 07, 2006
...plays like a TV movie made for everyone who subscribes to Reader's Digest. Still, its manipulations are sincere rather than cynical...
January 01, 2000
A must-see for every student, parent and teacher in the country!
January 29, 2005
October Sky is a movie you want to believe in.
August 29, 2015
...compulsively watchable...
April 09, 2005
Director Joe Johnston has crafted a feel good film that doesn't pander to cheap emotions.
January 01, 2000
It is a film that treats its teen-aged hero and his pals as distinctive, sentient human beings.
December 26, 2010
Inspiring tale for older tweens and up.
January 01, 2000
A professionally crafted family film that reserves all its challenging moments for its characters, letting the audience bask comfortably in the approach of a predetermined warm and fuzzy ending.
January 01, 2000
This movie has deep values.
January 26, 2006
The TV movie subject matter is infused with genuine feeling for the value of learning as a passport to freedom, and an authentic regard for the honest graft of working men.
January 01, 2000
Believable, subtle, and consistently intelligent!